A collaborative research project between the University of Lincoln’s National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM) at Holbeach and leading engineering company Olympus Automation Ltd aims to revolutionise advances in food processing.

Funded by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the project will look at developing a fuller understanding of the innovative new ‘PDX’ patented steam injection technology which offers a major opportunity for revolutionary advances in food processing. PDX is an advanced cooking process that heats, mixes and cooks liquid based food products extremely quickly and efficiently.
It has already made an initial impact through salt and fat reduction and faster more efficient processing, but this has been achieved without full scientific understanding, largely by trial and error.
Olympus Automation Ltd, together with the University of Lincoln and industry partners, plan to gain a full scientific understanding of the operating envelope of the technology and to minimise production time; as well as use the knowledge gained to model and develop a new generation of products and processes to unlock exciting new food opportunities not possible utilising current food process technologies.
created by Marie Daniels, 18/2/14