Food safety, preservation, quality: healthy products and taste throughout the product life cycle

The preservation and safety of food over time of product quality (taste, smell, color, nutrients ...) is one of the foundations of the activities of the CTCPA. Our expertise, our European influence and our specific research programs make our technical center a major actor in this field.

Innovative conservation treatments

Come to our technology halls to perform full-scale tests for your future products or improve your existing products.

Studies and technology hurdles

Combine innovative decontamination technologies for unparalleled food preservation and quality preservation results.

Control your decontamination processes

Is your decontamination process optimal? We help you to control, validate and optimize your processes.

Microbiology

Experts in the control of food microbiological risk at each stage of production, we have a microbiology laboratory and a molecular biology laboratory where we carry out product/process challenge tests, stability tests, validation of shelf life and shelf life expiration dates, etc. in order to guarantee food safety.

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Heat treatments

We are THE reference center for thermal and non-thermal treatments, thanks to our 70 years of expertise. Our tailor-made accompaniments and our trainings allow you to guarantee the sanitary control and the optimization of the sterilization or pasteurization steps of liquid, wet and dry products. The CTCPA is recognized by the DGAl (DGAL/SDSSA/N2011-8153) as the reference center for the validation of scales.

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Industrial process optimization and problem solving

Industrial processes are the nerve of quality and productivity. We intervene to help you optimize your processes or to help you solve your problems thanks to specific measures and the experience of our employees.

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Innovative food preservation technologies & athermal decontamination

Constantly on the lookout internationally for innovative decontamination and preservation technologies, we test and make our discoveries and innovations available to you.

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