ELEA Technology GmbH Information

Elea Technology is the leading supplier of Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) Systems to the food, beverage and scientific sectors. We design, build and install PEF equipment suitable for a wide range of applications and outputs. Elea’s highly qualified team of scientific and engineering experts deal directly with our customers to create new PEF process applications tailored to suit their specific needs. We can take your concept from an initial idea, through research to final production. With cutting edge food physics, chemistry and microbiology laboratories alongside unrivalled pilot hall facilities, Elea offers new opportunities to create new processes, products and to measure value. Our ability to evaluate process, ingredient performance, and end product stability enables the successful implementation of new technology. This is demonstrated by the commercial adoption of PEF with more than 125 Elea systems installed worldwide since 2012. Elea Pulsed Electric Field systems bring positive and dramatic changes to manufacturing. Improving output, reducing energy and labour costs, streamlining supply chain logistics, shortening process times and curtailing retail waste. The result of a Pulsed Electric Field treatment is electroporation, the pore formation in cell membranes of fruit-, vegetable-, tuber- and bacteria cells. PEF is able to restructure raw materials such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots and cassava which provides new shapes and product opportunities and enhances process optimisation in the snack production. PEF improves the extraction rates of juices, sugars, colours and other active substances, it increases yield and dramatically lowers water usage. PEF inactivates microorganisms in liquid products such as juices, smoothies and purees which significantly extends shelf life, enabling better production planning. Low-temperature processing preserves nutrients, colour and flavour. All of this results in cost savings and higher product quality.