Olam Spices & Vegetable Ingredients (Olam SVI) has expanded its spices processing facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The 85,300ft2 plant enhances cleaning and storage processes for black pepper as well as adds capabilities to process cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg products.
The expansion work includes addition of advanced technologies such as cryogenic milling using liquid nitrogen, a pepper cleaning line, a plant HTST steam sterilization and pasteurization system, and new pepper milling lines.
In addition, the company has added climate control for balancing water activity in the processed products and expanded physical storage capabilities.
Olam SVI president Greg Estep said, "Our regional presence in origins such as Vietnam for the past eight years allows us to take control of the commodity at the farm gate level and closely manage the product from post-harvest processing to storage and final delivery.
"Our customers can be confident the ingredients that make their products great are of the highest quality and sourced through our unparalleled processing and logistics capabilities."
Olam SVI is a supplier of garlic, onions, capsicums, tomatoes, spices and specialty vegetables with operations in the US, China, Egypt, India, Peru and Vietnam.
Image: The expansion adds capabilities to process cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg products at the Vietnam plant. Photo courtesy of hinnamsaisuy / FreeDigitalPhotos.net.
