Pinguin Foods delivers fresh to frozen in 150 minutes using Bühler optical sorting technology
The increasing demand for fresh to frozen presents a major logistical challenge in getting legumes from the field to the freezer in such a tight time span. That’s why the UK-based frozen vegetable processor Pinguin Foods pledges to achieve this in under 150 minutes. Doing so requires the process to be managed with military precision and split second timing.
The Bühler Group, a Minneapolis-based global supplier of optical sorting solutions, is instrumental in helping Pinguin achieve its key performance indicator of delivering fresh-to-frozen peas in just 150 minutes from its 28-acre site in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Bühler also helps to streamline the production process by ensuring that all foreign materials and defective products are quickly and efficiently removed, while ensuring the peas are as fresh as possible at the point of freezing.