Impact on fast food

Fast-food restaurants spend billions of US dollars on electricity worldwide each year. Most of this electricity is used to maintain chilled and frozen food, as well as on cooking. Imagine how much money a franchise could save by eliminating the need of cold storage? This is where advanced sous-vide aseptic packaging (ASAP) may help. ASAP enables the long-term storage of meat, eggs, fish and seafood at room temperature for up to two years — without the use of chemicals or preservatives. Not only would this eliminate the need of refrigerators and freezers, thereby reducing costs and saving space, it would also take less time for fast-food restaurants to cook their food starting from room temperature than from subzero temperatures. Now that’s real fast food!

快餐店每年在世界各地的電費支出高達數以百億美元，大部份都用在冷藏或雪藏食物和烹調食物。試想想一間連鎖如果不用冷藏或雪藏食物，每年的營運成本能節省多少？「先進真空低溫無菌包裝」（ASAP）技術有可能幫到他們！ASAP技術能令肉類、雞蛋、魚或海鮮在室溫下得以長期保存，保存期限高達兩年，而不需添加化學物質或防腐劑。這項技術不但廢除了雪櫃和凍櫃，從而節省開支和空間，食材亦因為是室溫，所以大大縮短了烹調時間，這樣快餐店便能夠更快地提供食物。