PURAC is known for its range of products that contribute to safe stable meat products. Its lactate salts are branded as PURASAL® and have proven to be effective on safe shelf life extention. Shelf life can be prolonged with 30% to 100%. PURASAL also has been tested on a range of pathogens including Listeria monocytogenes, Clostridium botulinum and E. coli 0157:H7 and thus increasing the safety of meat and poultry products.
The effects are supported by a range of literature. As a service PURAC provides a set of literature studies and predictive models, which can help to forecast shelf life of meat products.
The lactate salts are used in a wide spectrum of different applications.Cooked emulsified, cooked single muscle products, fresh marinated, minced meat products and dry cured products.
Together with its partners PURAC is constantly developing new products and applications for the meat and poultry industry all over the world.
Recently a premium flavoured higher concentrated potassium lactate has been launched to meet the industrial requirements on reduced sodium products: PURASAL P PLUS.
Furthermore, a range of convenience powders has been developed for applications in dry cured and tumbled products.
With six production units in the USA, Brazil, Spain and The Netherlands, and a worldwide network of sales offices, PURAC acts as global company meeting local demands. PURAC is part of CSM, a Dutch ingredient multinational ()