Stokely-van Camp, Inc.

Amos Rei-Young Wu

Ashok Dhruv

An improved method and apparatus for pasteurizing filled food containers having contents to be pasteurized includes spraying a heat transfer fluid onto the containers. As the contents increase in temperature, the flow rate of heat transfer fluid is decreased. The heat transfer fluid is at least about 20&#xb0; F. hotter than the initial average temperature of the contents. In one embodiment, the temperature of the spent heat transfer fluid typically does not vary more than about 6&#xb0; F. to 9&#xb0; F.

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Palatine, IL, United States of America

Amos Rei-Young Wu