Microwaves have established themselves in many industrial fields. The absorption of microwave energy directly in the water molecules predestines this device particularly for application in the food industry.

If this process takes place in a vacuum, not only fast and gentle drying is achieved, but also, under certain preconditions, an instand character of the product.
Conventionally pre-dried fruits, vegetables or meat products may expand due to the high inner steam pressure generated in the vacuum by the microwaves. A completely new end product emerges, similar to freeze-dried goods.

Microwave-Vacuum-Processor (MIVAP™)
The product is placed into microwave-compatible carrier trays outside the unit and emptied after the microwave-vacuum-process outside the unit. Hence the product never comes into contact with the unit itself. This reduces the cleaning process to a minimum. This procedure also allows the drying of pasty or liquid products.
Products manufactured using this method have the following quality features:

Colour: natural
Share of flavour and active agents: high
Agents (vitamins, enzymes, minerals, and so on): mostly preserved
Microbiology: reduced
Re-hydrogenation: excellent
Special quality: instant character
Geometry: natural, geometrically cut or powder

Application areas:
The modern nutritional awareness of the population demands constant new high-quality products that have up to now not been able to be produced (efficiently) using known processing methods.

The MIVAP process now opens up fully new prospects in the production of instant products, cereals, snack food, fast food and many other products.

Following products are suitable for this dehydration method:

Vegetables: cauliflower, paprika, beans, celery, broccoli, asparagus, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, topinambur, kohlrabi, onions.
Fruit: pine-apple, kiwi, apples, mango, bananas, raisins, blueberries, oranges, raspberries, papayas, cherries, gooseberries.
Others:
algae, meat products, herbs, cheese, noodles, rice.

The patented MIVAP™-technology ist delivered by our cooperation partner INAP GmbH, Marzling.