The Indian Food Processing Industry is poised to grow exponentially. A study by McKinsey & Co revealed that though India has the world’s second largest bank of cultivable land and enjoys growing conditions suited to most crops and greens, food security eludes us with about 380 million people suffering from hunger and malnourishment. In such a scenario, better application of known cropping best-practices and available technology coupled with a robust food processing sector that will minimise wastage of food is an imperative the country cannot ignore. With changing demographics and rising urbanisation added to the mix, there are many opportunities in this sector. They can broadly be classified as under:
·    Processable varieties of crop

·    Contract farming
·    Investments in infrastructure through Public Private partnership (PPP)
·    Mega Food parks
·    Integrated cold chain
·    Food safety Management Systems

We at Eastern are able to offer a gamut of equipment to handle the processing of fresh produce from grading and sorting  machines produced by Unitec to dicing ,shredding and processing machines .

The most innovative systems, the most advanced technologies, the maximum attention to the operators needs, the experience of more than eighty years in fruit and vegetables sector are the advantages our Partners offer so that reliable and successful solutions are available to compete globally. We can offer the widest range of systems and lines for each fresh fruit and vegetables processing phase. All the technologies are always aimed to improve the results in terms of costs and wastes reduction and increase efficiency at every stage of processing.
 
            
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Our Partners also have the experience and skills to elaborate, design and develop solutions that provide increased benefits in terms of productivity, flexibility and quality. From the tailor made prototype to the large scale systems they cooperate with leading companies worldwide to bring out versatile solutions.

Processing solutions

Fresh Products

Canned foods
The complete production process covers all the processing areas, from the receipt of the unprocessed product to the canning phase (in cooperation with major companies we can supply turnkey systems).

Frozen product
Compared to any other preservation process freezing has the advantage that it does not alter in a significant way the structure and nutritional patrimony of food.
In fact since the industrial freezing procedure has been perfected cold technology has improved to the point that it has revolutionised the eating habits in the most developed Countries. In order to obtain an extremely high quality finished product, this sector uses some of the processing principles adopted in the "fresh cut produce range" (a sector which notoriously requires high quality standards).
As a result customers in the sector in other countries have been able to introduce extremely innovative products on the market and achieve a series of commercial successes.

Fresh-cut
The history of fresh cut has been the story of our Partners. Main producers worldwide (references available on request) use our Partners’ technology and plants thanks to cooperation that very often goes beyond the standard customer-supplier relationship for then becoming a joint research team.
In this way different machines were developed - the cascade washing system that allows highly accurate separation of foreign bodies, the high-capacity spin dryer among others.

Convenience foods
It is common knowledge that convenience foods include fruit and vegetables which undergo a preliminary process (washing, cutting, peeling, etc.) and then they are cooked, sterilized and vacuum packed (in the case of medium-long term preservation) or steamed, boiled or grilled and packaged in protective atmosphere (in the case of perishable products).
A characteristic of these products (like those belonging to the fresh cut produce range) is that they are processed without the addition of preservatives or condiments.
We are able to offer the most appropriate solution to satisfy requests for equipment suitable for this type of process.

Production lines: Raw materials

Vegetables