
Durrani Group has the largest hot water treatment plant of south Asia which process mangoes 10 tons per hour according to the standard of USDA.
Durrani’s hot water treatment has various advantages. It can postpone ripening and control rotting and fruit flies’ attacks. Hot water treatment can be connected as dry hot air damp hot air or as boiling water.
In Durrani’s hot water treatment facility, high temp water is usually utilized to sanitize mango from fruit flies. For this reason, the natural product is immersed in water at 48°C for 5-10 min, contingent upon type and weight of mango organic product (Brecht et al., 2004) to expand the pulp (the inside of the mango) temperature, and the time allotment in the water is dictated by the cultivar type and size of the mango.
After going through the hot water treatment, the mangoes are made to sit tight for 30 minutes preceding to any cold storage or hydrocooling, except if an additional 10 minutes is included to the high temp water treatment. After treatment, the mangoes are exchanged to a flies and bug-free zone in Durrani’s hot water treatment facility and mangoes remain there until the point that they are dispatched from the hot water treatment facility in the insect and bugs (flies) free vessels.