Chiquita Processed Foods, New Richmond, Wis., offers its customers aseptically packaged, low-acid products—pumpkin and sweet potatoes. While aseptic pumpkin has been available for a few years, aseptic sweet potatoes are a new offering.
Chiquita packages the products in 34-lb. bags that are put into corrugated boxes. Smaller packaging sizes are available up to 55-gal. drum size. Some customers are requesting a 2000-lb. tote, the exact quantity of raw material needed to produce one batch of pumpkin mix, according to Jeffrey Acker, vice president of technology for Chiquita Processed Foods.