EnWave to install REV machinery at Canada’s Ultima Foods processing plant

Canada-based company EnWave has extended its technology evaluation and licence option agreement with fresh dairy product manufacturer Ultima Foods.

As part of the extended agreement, the next phase of development would feature installation of radiant energy vacuum (REV) machinery in an Ultima processing facility in Quebec.

To be installed in its plant for a period of six months, the machinery will help Ultima to refine their product applications and target potential commercialisation next year.

EnWave will also be working closely with Ultima Foods for further development of new, innovative, shelf-stable yogurt snacks using EnWave's patented REV dehydration technology.

Ultima Foods is a joint venture company of Canada's largest dairy cooperatives, Agropur and Agrifoods, and a major Canadian yogurt producer that markets its products under the Olympic and iögo dairy brands.

Ultima Foods has been successful in developing several shelf-stable yogurt snack products using the REV technology.

Ultima currently holds an exclusive option to licence the technology for the commercial manufacture of yogurt products in Canada.

Ultima Foods has been producing and marketing yogurt and fresh dairy products in Canada for more than four decades.

It is headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, and has a workforce of more than 700 employees across the country.

Ultima produces approximately 100 million kilos of fresh dairy products every year at its Granby plant, which are distributed across Canada.