25 ~ Wednesday, May 21, 1986 - North Shore News

3 THE GREAT CANADIAN =
PARTICIPACTION CHALLENGE

WEDNESDAY MAY 281986 |.
NORTH VANCOUVER CHALLENGE ic a

i

ALL IT, TAKES is 15 minutes of

any kind of activity and a quick. phone call
to 986-1515, or A VISIT TO OUR HEAD-
QUARTERS at Capilano Mall, saying you did
it to help North Vancouver beat Richmond
in the Fitness’ Challenge. Take note of the aa
' activities, schedules for the Recreation ©... .| a / a
Centres and Capilano Mall.

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4 ASEPTIC. It’s a word that takes
_ 1; some of us back to the high school
lab and reminds others of a doc-
tor’s office.. The word ‘“‘aseptic’’
means free from. dangerous
microbes. In other. words, steril- —
- ized.
Despite its clinical connotations,
however, the. word aseptic, in as
.much as packaging is concerned,
os has also come to mean powerful
benefits to the. liquid food, con-
sumer — you and me. . : .
Aseptic cartons are being used i in
rapidly increasing quantities by
food manufacturers for fruit j juices .
and fruit drinks. ut
In Canada, other products such ;
as milk and wine are also available
. in these containers. » :
“Why. have these . packages
become so popular? First, because
they’re so convenient to use. :

PORTABLE

They .are light weight, . easily

"portable, and save valuable space

in: the refrigerator” or “cupboard, [%
_",, because: of their ‘stackable brick: :

A “shape. :

5 Second, they’re extremely safe, -

a because. they: ‘can’t! break, shatter --

% or cut the skin. ; ;

_. »Even more important, “they keep -

: contents; . even highly: perishable . |
> " milk, fresh: for; months, without re-__
2 ; frigeration. Or" préservatives — an

co. - important. nutritional : - benefit

ti . : nowadays.

se °...0 Speaking fitritionally, the

. packages are opaque, meaning that

Stes. light,: especially :: ‘the fluorescent.-

. -kind: found “in most . grocery -.

outlets, can’t get in to destroy:

nutrients. Further; no air inside the

. S packages means little or no oxyda-
=) om tion of | nutrients or flavor com-

Vo g : 4 NATURAL TASTE
-. All this is to'say that aseptically
packaged products, on the whole,
have a high guality and fresh, nat-
“Maral taste." .- ,
High product * ‘quality - the .
result of the exclusive processing. :
method used’, to’streat. aseptically 4
packaged - ‘food: That: method is
called .UHT. — short for “Ultra
. High Temperature.” .
_. ° UHT...is* much. the..same as
pasteurization. Both are necessary
ok to kill ‘germs before packaging.
a” i UHT differs only in the degree of
’ . _ +. .,. heat-used (higher) and its duration
(much shorter)... Because of its
, ‘short duration (3-4 seconds), UHT
° treatment causes virtually no:
uv  &X " ‘product abuse’? — a term that. |. %
re -- ' @escribes quality loss in nutrition }° .
a ; « > [or during processing. -.. ,
cn , “+; In-aseptic packaging, both pro- .
Ne duct and package are sterlized sep- ~
Ne, ‘+. arately then gently combined inside -
the: sterile ‘chamber of a filling -
machine, all at room temperature. .“
In the canning process, by con-_
trast, food is first cooked, then®:,
sealed in a can. Next, the entire
:-ean is cooked ‘again for up to 20
. minutes at high levels to achieve
“commercial sterility...

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