Iranian Company Uses Cold Plasma Technology to Omit Chemical Preservatives from Food
Erfan Sha’bani, who completed his bachelor's and master's studies in the field of chemical engineering with a focus on food industry at Islamic Azad University and is now a PhD student in food industry engineering at this university’s Varamin branch, is the founder of the knowledge-based ‘Cheshmeh and Khurshid Pharmed’ company.
“Our company is now active in the field of new cold plasma technology, which has led to manufacturing several products, including a device for producing water purified by cold plasma and replacing cold plasma with other technologies like chemical disinfection, chlorination, etc.,” he told ANA.
“We have also made several products of cold plasma for the purpose of non-thermal sterilization and pasteurization to increase the shelf life of sensitive agricultural products, which led to an increase in the storage period,” Sha’bani said.
“The technology developed by our experts can largely eliminate chemical preservatives and significantly reduce the production costs of products like drinking water and food packaging,” he underlined.
Cold or non-thermal plasma is a low temperature plasma with fantastic surface treatment, cleaning and antimicrobial efficacy. Cold plasma is a plasma that exists in a state of non-equilibrium.
The technology is applicable in industries like metallurgy, agriculture, medicine, polymer, fertilizer production and food industry, and it can help preserve the value of food resources during processing and maintenance.
This technology is also used to disinfect the seeds and water needed by plants, increase germination, improve the quality of soil, repel plant pests and fungi, and increase the ability to preserve food and living tissues through microbial and enzyme inactivation.
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