HRS heat exchangers helps Nutripeople combat hunger and food waste crisis

While a third of the world’s food is wasted, one in nine people do not have enough to eat. Thanks to support and equipment from HRS Heat Exchangers, a socially conscious Spanish food producer is aiming to redress the balance by turning Europe’s surplus fruit and vegetables into a nutritionally enriched, easy-to-digest and 100% natural foodstuff for people in need.

 

Nutripeople commissioned HRS to install a simple, cost-effective production line at its factory in Murcia. The first stage in the production process is the mixing line, where the fruit and vegetables are pre-heated and blended with proteins and vitamins to enrich their nutritional value. HRS supplied two tanks complete with mixers, a heating jacket and a high shear stirrer, as well as a series of pumps.

The product then passes through a homogeniser, also supplied by HRS, which exerts pressure of up to 200 bar, before being pasteurised at temperatures of up to 95°C via HRS’ R Series scraped surface heat exchangers. Finally, the finished products, which have a shelf life of two years without refrigeration, are filled into low-cost, environmentally friendly pouches, ready for distribution.

Thanks to equipment and support from HRS Heat Exchangers, Nutripeople can now produce 42 million pouches of its products each year, helping those in developing countries to avoid hunger and malnutrition.

 

“We have been delighted with HRS’ turnkey approach and their practical suggestions for keeping our production line as simple and efficient as possible. From the first enquiry to final commissioning took just seven months, and the line has been fully functional since October 2018, without any problems.”

Enrique Gómez Gómez, Founder of Nutripeople

“We are now providing Nutripeople with the equipment and technical expertise to develop even more products in their range. The project is truly inspirational and we are privileged to be a part of it.”

Francisco Hernández Ortiz, Food Business Development Director at HRS

NEWS CATEGORIES

LATEST NEWS

Government publishes decade long Infrastructure Strategy to transform how infrastructure projects are planned and delivered

The Government has published a 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy which it says will deliver on its growth mission, as part of the Plan for...

2nd reading of the Chalk Streams Bill is due in Parliament today

A 2nd reading of the Chalk Streams Bill is due in Parliament today (20 June, 2025). The Private Members’ Bill was introduced by Liberal Democrat...

Thames Water’s Oxfordshire reservoir secures nationally significant infrastructure status

Thames Water has secured Government backing to progress a planning application for its 150 billion litre (150 Mm3) reservoir, situated near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. Environment Secretary,...

SuDS need mandatory framework, not just guidelines, warns industry expert

In a move hailed as a long-overdue step towards futureproofing new developments, yesterday (19 June, 2025) the Government released updated non-statutory standards for Sustainable...