Guest guest Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 According to the WFN website: How are Tetra Paks Processed? The fresh coconuts are opened, the flesh soaked and the milk pressed out of the flesh. This coconut milk is chilled. Next the batch is flash heated to 70 degrees C and held there for 2 seconds. Quickly the batch is cooled to 4 degrees C (Refrigerator temperature) Later the batch is flash heated again, but this time to 140 degrees C and held there for 4 seconds. And then it is quickly cooled to 30 degrees C (room temperature) Now it is ready to go into the tetra paks. Everything is at room temperature when they are packaged and sealed. This process is much different than the process for coconut milk or coconut water placed into cans. When coconut milk is canned it is heated to boiling put in the cans where are sealed and then undergo canning pressures and temperature. This is usually 212 degrees F at 20 pounds of pressure for 20 minutes. When things are quickly heated and then quickly cooled there is much less damage done to nutrients. And when things are packaged at room temperature rather than hot there is less problem with packaging material. The coconut water, coconut milk and coconut cream we sell is the best we have found. The milk and cream are smooth and creamy and tastes so remarkable like home made or fresh coconut creams that they are a big hit with everyone. The coconut water tastes remarkably like fresh coconut water from fresh coconuts. And these paks are sooooo convenient. The tetra pak material is actually a laminant. There are four layers. The layer closest to the coconut milk, cream or water is a food grade polyethelene plastic. The plastic never sees any heat during packaging except at the top when it is sealed. **************** -- If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 yeah, i've read this...but that doesn't quite tell me what i'm looking for. do we know what number polyethelene plastic is? ie - is the packaging hurting the coconut-product? fanks! katja At 03:04 PM 9/14/2004, you wrote: >According to the WFN website: > >How are Tetra Paks Processed? > > The fresh coconuts are opened, the flesh soaked and the milk pressed >out of the flesh. This coconut milk is chilled. >Next the batch is flash heated to 70 degrees C and held there for 2 seconds. >Quickly the batch is cooled to 4 degrees C (Refrigerator temperature) >Later the batch is flash heated again, but this time to 140 degrees C >and held there for 4 seconds. >And then it is quickly cooled to 30 degrees C (room temperature) >Now it is ready to go into the tetra paks. Everything is at room >temperature when they are packaged and sealed. >This process is much different than the process for coconut milk or >coconut water placed into cans. When coconut milk is canned it is >heated to boiling put in the cans where are sealed and then undergo >canning pressures and temperature. This is usually 212 degrees F at >20 pounds of pressure for 20 minutes. > >When things are quickly heated and then quickly cooled there is much >less damage done to nutrients. And when things are packaged at room >temperature rather than hot there is less problem with packaging >material. > >The coconut water, coconut milk and coconut cream we sell is the best >we have found. The milk and cream are smooth and creamy and tastes so >remarkable like home made or fresh coconut creams that they are a big >hit with everyone. The coconut water tastes remarkably like fresh >coconut water from fresh coconuts. And these paks are sooooo >convenient. > >The tetra pak material is actually a laminant. There are four layers. > The layer closest to the coconut milk, cream or water is a food grade >polyethelene plastic. The plastic never sees any heat during >packaging except at the top when it is sealed. > >**************** > > >-- >If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 In general, plastics are not NT IMO....however, I do buy coconut oil in plastic bottles and I don't always switch my raw milk from plastic to glass. It has more to do with laziness than anything else. Sometimes I feel like there are too many things to worry about. Plastic is just not very high on my list. My guess is that the plastic inside the tetra is a " soft " plastic rather than the hard, clear kind. I also think that fats (cream, eg) would be a more dangerous thing to keep in plastic than coconut water, which is fat free. This is a totally unscientific opinion, however. -- If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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