Ensures microbiological safety
The product is held at the set temperature for a sufficient time to reduce target microorganisms to safe levels, improving shelf life and consumer safety.
Product group · Hygienic Process Equipment
Pasteurizers
Pasteurizers are units that ensure microbiological safety by heating liquid foods to a set temperature for a set time and then rapidly cooling them. The heat-recovery section of the plate exchanger transfers the heat from the outgoing hot product to the incoming cold product, significantly cutting energy consumption. At Denfor Endüstriyel, we supply plate-type pasteurizers as a complete unit, engineered to capacity, with a balance tank, product pump, holding section, automatic control panel and CIP connections.
Capacity500 – 20,000 L/hour
Heat recovery85 – 95%
Holding time15 – 30 sec (typical)
EquipmentBalance tank + automatic control
Why it matters
What does a pasteurizer do?
Ensures microbiological safety by subjecting liquid foods to heat treatment at a set temperature-time combination.
Provides high heat recovery
The heat-recovery section of the plate exchanger transfers the heat from the outgoing hot product to the incoming cold product, significantly cutting energy consumption.
Automatic temperature and holding-time control
The automatic control panel diverts the product back automatically in the event of a temperature deviation, preventing insufficiently heat-treated product from moving on down the line.
Delivered as a complete unit
Supplied as a complete unit engineered to capacity, including the balance tank, product pump, holding section and CIP connections.
Types
Sub-types of pasteurizers
All three work on the same plate heat-transfer principle; what sets them apart is capacity and the scope of equipment.
Compact pasteurizer
A compact solution for small-scale businesses and pilot production lines, offered with basic balance tank and control equipment.
- Small-scale businesses
- Low investment cost
- Pilot production lines
High-capacity industrial pasteurizer
With a high heat-recovery rate and full automation equipment, integrated into the continuous production line of dairy and beverage plants.
- High capacity
- High heat recovery
- Continuous production line
Flexible (multi-product) pasteurizer
Allows several products with different viscosity and temperature profiles to be processed on the same line through recipe-based automation.
- Recipe-based automation
- Different product types
- Flexible production
Selection criteria
What data determines the right pasteurizer?
Selection cannot be made without the first two items. The rest determine the scope of equipment and level of automation.
ParameterWhy it mattersWhat we need from you
Capacity
Determined by the amount of product to be processed per hour.
L/hour
Product type and viscosity
Affects plate type and pump selection.
Milk / juice / other
Target temperature and holding time
Determined by the product's microbiological safety requirement.
°C + seconds
Heat recovery rate
Directly affects energy cost.
% rate
Automation level
Whether manual monitoring or a fully automatic control panel is wanted.
Manual / fully automatic
CIP integration
Whether it will connect to an existing CIP system.
Yes / no
For a quote, having the following is enough
It's fine if you don't have all of it. We'll fill in the gaps together with you.
Create a quote request- Hourly capacity requirement (L/hour)
- Product type and viscosity
- Target temperature and holding time
- Desired heat recovery rate
- Automation level preference
- Need for integration with an existing CIP system
FAQ
Questions from the field
The questions we hear most often when quoting pasteurizers.
Why is heat recovery important?
The heat from the outgoing hot product is used to pre-heat the incoming cold product; this significantly reduces the energy spent on heating and cooling, lowering operating cost.
What happens to the product if there is a deviation?
When the automatic control system detects that the temperature has stayed below the target value, it returns the insufficiently heat-treated product via an automatic diversion valve to be processed again.
Which products can be pasteurized?
Low-to-medium viscosity liquid foods such as milk, buttermilk (ayran), juice and liquid egg can be processed in plate pasteurizers; higher-viscosity products may require different exchanger types.
Does CIP washing come with the unit?
The unit is delivered with CIP connections; if you already have a CIP station it is integrated with that, and if not, a separate CIP unit can be quoted alongside it.
Do you only serve Istanbul?
No. While our office is on Istanbul's Anatolian side (Ataşehir), we supply and ship across Istanbul's European side, the surrounding provinces and the Marmara region, and Turkey as a whole — covering your equipment end to end, from a single source.
Next step
Let's clarify your requirements together
Share your hourly capacity requirement and product type, and we'll work out the right pasteurizer for your line together.
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