Hope Foods, the Louisville, Colo.-based producer of Hope Hummus, established a new business unit—Hope Fresh—to bring the shelf-life extension and food safety technology to the broader food processing community.
In March, Hope Fresh became the exclusive Avure Technologies-certified tolling partner in Colorado, installing the QFP-100L 600 model and signing an order for a second, larger press—the high-capacity Avure 350L system. Among all the options, Hope Foods chose the high-pressure processing (HPP) route because it seemed to be the only solution that met shelf-life goals while maintaining the integrity of product taste, texture and nutrition.