The Horeca Expo took place from 18 to 22 November at Flanders Expo in Ghent. The trade fair for catering establishments and catering kitchens. Exhibitors exhibited in eight halls. Usually it is the presentation of the Michelin stars that the media get. Between all innovations and evolutions I was looking for two eye-catching novelties.
In the non-food sector I went for the mist technique for fruit and vegetables from the company “Contronics“.
Fresh products quickly lose their quality in a store because the air humidity is generally very low. As a result, they lose moisture to the dry surrounding air. For example, lettuce leaves can become limp within an hour and visibly fewer fresh and crunchy eyes. The “dry-fog” technology helps to counter this effect. It is a copy of a natural phenomenon, the morning fog above a field. The system makes the finest fog of the purest water by means of ultrasonic vibrations. The products are wrapped, as it were, by a light fog cover. The mist evaporates and this increases the humidity and releases a natural cooling effect. The fresh products no longer allow moisture to retain their quality for longer. They also do not get wet. The product does not need to be stored in the cold store after closing time and energy is also saved. Packaging material is unnecessary due to fog.
The technique can be applied to all fruit and vegetable presentation furniture, the distribution and quantity of fog is easy to regulate. In England supermarket chain Morrisons has been working on it for a while and several French hypermarkets use the system (Carrefour and in the Auchan of Roncq – just across the border – we have already seen it in operation).
Source: http://www.allkindsofeverything.be/horeca-expo/
Info: www.contronics.nl
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