The Tinley Beverage Company (TNY) has announced that its in-line tunnel pasteurizer has passed commercial validation.
The validation process was completed at Tinley’s Long Beach facility by an expert who certifies methods for safe food and beverage manufacturing.
It confirmed that the tunnel pasteurizer meets the micro-organism control specifications for temperature and hold time across a representative range of beverage products and container types.
Now, Tinley’s is working on scheduling production for the tunnel pasteurizer with current and prospective clients of the company’s partner Lakewood Libations. The pasteurizer is designed to eliminate the process of adding chemical preservatives to the client’s products.
“The entire Tinley’s-Lakewood team is energized by this milestone, and we thank our Long Beach Operations group who have worked so hard to bring this new capability to our clients,” said Rick Gillis, President and COO of Tinley USA.
“It offers clients who value more natural product formulations a new choice from Lakewood’s expanding menu of process and container solutions,” he explained. “Unlike flash or vat pasteurization, […] the tunnel pasteurizer offers the additional advantage of a single-step process for preservative free micro-organism control of both beverage contents and container.”
Lakewood can now direct bottles and cans from their respective production lines, in a range of sizes and materials, through the in-line tunnel pasteurizer.
To ensure standards are met, Lakewood’s Quality Assurance steps now include control of each batch of bottles and cans through the tunnel pasteurizer by data loggers tracking and recording temperatures throughout the heating and cooling process.
The Tinley Beverage Company manufactures a line of liquor-inspired, non-alcoholic, cannabis-infused beverages for use in California.
Shares in The Tinley Beverage Company Inc. (TNY) are up 12.5 per cent, trading at $0.18 per share as of 2:52 pm EST.