GEA offers a wide range of sterilization retort models that share the same technological platform and are suitable for future upgrading. “Prima” retorts are designed to match the highest food industry standard performances in terms of:

• package integrity,
• homogeneous temperature distribution and reduced cycle time,
• controlled and gentle transition from sterilization to cooling to avoid pressure drops and thermal shocks,
• homogeneous treatment throughout the whole internal treatment environment,
• respect of the organoleptic characters of your products.

GEA retorts are available in different versions depending on the direct sterilizing medium:

• Steam (S)
• Steam/ Air (fan systems) with THS - Total Homogeneous System (SA)
• Rain water (WR)
• Water immersion (WI)
• GEA retorts are built for heavy duty production cycles (24 hours production).

With more than 1,000 retorts installed all over the world and with service departments at all continents, we can guarantee maximum reliability to our customers.