Prepared and catered foods

Serving the growing market for convenience and prepared foods with a range of technologies and applications that preserve freshness and taste along the entire processing chain.

Consumer-ready foods such as pizza, sandwiches and ready-meals are often high value products which lead consumers to demand high quality, long shelf-life, fresh appearance, great taste and the frequent introduction of new variants.

The catering industry has always been challenged to deliver fresh, fine foods of the highest quality. Last-minute production is often required to meet these demands which can be an inefficient and very expensive way to operate.

BOC provides a broad range of flexible cryogenic systems to efficiently and effectively freeze, chill and package your prepared meals at low capital cost, giving you high product quality and allowing you to produce very innovative value-added products.

Food Freezing & Chilling

Cryogenic freezing is extremely popular for products which need to be frozen quickly after cooking such as ready-made meals, pizzas, battered and fried products as well as coated products to maintain quality and reduce the risk of contamination. BOC has a wealth of experience and a range of cryogenic freezers to suit the needs of the industry.

Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)
BOC understands that each ingredient has its own properties and deteriorates differently. The in-depth know-how of our field and in-house experts enable them to recommend the right gas mixture for Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) that will best inhibit deterioration and maintain quality in consumer ready-made meals.

BOC's dedicated field and in-house specialists have in-depth knowledge of the solution options available to you. We will work with you to develop the right gas mixture for ready-made-meals or catered food product that you are packing.

Product	Gas mixture	Gas/product volume	Typical shelf life (Air)	Typical shelf life (MAP)	Storage temp.
Pizza	30-60% O2 + 40-70% N2	50-100ml/ 100g product	1 week	3 weeks	2-4 °C
Pasta	30-60% CO2 + 40-70% N2	50-100ml/ 100g product	1 week	3 weeks	2-4 °C
Sandwiches	30% CO2 + 70% N2	50-100ml/ 100g product	2 days	10 days	2-4 °C
Ready meals	30-60% CO2 + 40-70% N2	50-100ml/ 100g product	4 days	21 days	2-4 °C