What’s Great About Retort?

Advantage For Consumers

1. Healthier Food: Retort food does not use any preservatives, making it a healthy and safe option for the whole family.

2. Real Flavor: Retort pouches are designed to be “inert,” meaning they do not react or seep into the food, which helps preserve the delicious taste of the meal inside.

3. Nutrient-Rich: As retort food is protected from natural spoilage (such as bacteria) and kept in an airtight container, it retains its nutritional value for a long period.

4. Quick Hot Meals: For a hot meal in just 3 minutes, simply immerse the retort pouch in hot water or use a microwave.

5. Ready to Eat: If you prefer not to heat the food, the retort pouch can be opened and served directly, ready for the whole family to enjoy.

6. Child & Elderly Friendly: Opening a retort pouch is easy for both children and the elderly, unlike canned or bottled foods that require special tools or effort to open.

7. Easy to Stock Up: Planning healthy meals for the family is now easier, and with retort food lasting up to 2 years, disaster preparedness becomes more manageable.

Ready-to-eat meals can be prepared even without water, a stove, gas, or electricity.

Advantage For Entrepreneurs in the Food Sector

1. Larger Market Reach: With retort technology, your food products are no longer limited to being sold at your restaurant or stall.

They can now be placed on store shelves, marketed to hypermarkets, or shipped internationally as they have a long shelf life at room temperature.

2. Better Brand Visibility: Retort pouches allow for larger artwork to be displayed on both the front and back, unlike cans.

This makes your brand stand out and more memorable to customers.

3. Easier to Store: With thin, lightweight, and flexible pouches, retort food can be stored in larger quantities compared to canned foods.

4. Cheaper Storage: Retort foods can be stored at room temperature, meaning you won’t need to invest heavily in special cold storage rooms.

They’re also cheaper to ship and store due to their lighter weight and flexibility.

5. Safer, Healthier Food: With retort, your food remains fresh and safe — with zero need for added preservatives, salt, or sugar while maintaining the taste of freshly cooked meals.

6. Increased Sales: Your products are no longer confined to restaurant sales. Customers can take your pastes and dishes home, buying in bulk to stock up.

7. Easier to Distribute: You can now sell your products through agents, on websites, or via social media.

The potential to become a global food giant like Heinz or Nestlé is now within your reach.

Advantage For Government Agencies

1. Better Disaster Preparedness: Government agencies, such as disaster relief organizations, can prepare food in advance.

Retort pouch food can be stored in standby mode for up to 2 years, making it ideal for emergencies or disasters.

2. Easy to Transport Food: Retort pouch food is lightweight, easy to handle, and doesn’t require special containers or vehicles for delivery.

3. Instant Food: With retort pouches, ready-to-eat meals that provide essential daily nutrients are immediately available.

This is crucial in areas where power, clean water, and gas are unavailable or in areas affected by water contamination (e.g., flood victims in evacuation centers or those trapped in homes or on rooftops).

4. Durable in Tough Conditions: Retort pouches are heat-resistant, water-resistant, hard to contaminate, and difficult to puncture, making them an ideal food container for any environment.

5. Less Waste: If the retort pouch has a ziplock feature, leftover food can be consumed later on the same day and stored easily.

6. Cheaper during Calamities: No refrigeration is required for storage, helping to lower the cost of preparing large-scale ready meals (e.g., for floods, pandemics, or Hajj).

7. Easy to Dispose: Unlike canned food or on-site cooked meals that generate substantial solid waste, retort pouches are thin and easy to manage.

Some are also eco-friendly and recyclable.