A significant part of the foods we consume like meat, ready meals, dressings, plant-based foods, and more are perishable by nature and intrinsically have a limited shelf-life. Additionally, micro-organisms are all around and proliferate rapidly, so at one point they will take over and render these perishable foods inedible. To prolong the shelf-life of foods, protect them and preserve their freshness, we need preservation.
Preservation not only prolongs the shelf-life of food but also ensures food safety, helps maintain nutritional value, and greatly supports food waste reduction. In the food business, these are critical issues that manufacturers and distributors need to consider.
Essential in doing preservation and ensuring a longer shelf-life, is to do it the right way: with natural and sustainable ingredients! At Galactic, we focus our expertise on delivering proven, bio-based antimicrobial solutions for shelf-life extension to food manufacturers around the world. Our solutions are bio-based, produced through fermentation and designed to meet the highest standards of efficacy and label transparency:
- Cultured sugars, fermented flours, vinegars and natural flavors to preserve freshness and protect product quality, fully compatible with clean-label positioning.
- Lactic acid to prolong the shelf-life through pH control, acidification, and disinfection processes with application, amongst others, for fish, meat carcasses and fresh vegetables. This is a great way to address the challenges of food preservation.
- Lactates to protect against the factors of spoilage bacteria and maintain a longer microbial shelf-life, thus reducing food waste.
- Specialty lactate-(di)acetate blends for highly efficient protection of meats, prepared meals, and fish against pathogens. These blends are the result of extensive scientific validation and reflect Galactic's commitment to advancing food safety standards.
Various packaging options are available, selected to optimize your supply chain and to preserve the safety and freshness of our ingredients, from manufacturing to distribution and always with an eye to cost. In terms of quality, our policy always ensures the delivery of high-quality, bio-based antimicrobial solutions.
Our application technology experts are available to support you with the latest data, trial results and regulatory updates on food preservation, helping you make informed decisions at every stage of your product development.
