Safe Spectrum Lighting Applications
Safe Spectrum® reduces the levels of harmful wavelengths in the
invisible and visible spectra to minimize damage to foods displayed for
sale to the public. This results in improved food safety, reduced rates
of spoilage, and a visually attractive presentation.
Retail Meat Displays
Years of research by Meat Science
departments of universities worldwide conclusively demonstrates
the connection
between lighting and the discoloration
of meat.
Safe Spectrum lighting is engineered to reduce the rates
of growth of microbial pathogens compared to regular lighting.
View
meat research. |
Lighting contributes to increased growth
of pathogens such as Listeria and Salmonella through raised surface
temperatures. |
Retail Deli Displays
| Lighting can increase surface temperatures
up to 8° F causing exponential increases in pathogenic microorganisms. |
The world-renowned Fraunhofer
IVV Institute in Germany has shown that light causes the photo-oxidation
of spices
and chemicals contained
in deli and prepared foods.
Safe Spectrum is designed to avoid raising surface temperatures
beyond safe storage levels and reduce the effects of photo-oxidation.
Safe Spectrum is ideal for ready to eat food displays.
View deli research. |
Retail Seafood Displays
Many seafood displays are inappropriately illuminated to the extent
that they contribute to surface heating of products.
Safe Spectrum is ideal for seafood displays because they contribute
minimum surface heating and maximum merchandising impact.
View seafood research. |
Researchers at Virginia Tech have
found as much as a 25° F difference
between the bottom and the top of a stack of flounder fillets placed
on ice. |
Retail Produce Displays
| Potatoes produce toxic levels of the glycoalkaloid
solanine. The lethal dose is
3-6 mg per
kg of body mass. |
Fruit and vegetables react in different ways
to light from artificial sources. Root vegetables and legumes are
affected the most. Radishes,
carrots, beets, turnips, and others turn green from in-store lighting.
Improper display and lighting of potatoes contributes to accelerated
greening and represents a substantial food safety and economic
risk to retailers and consumers.
View produce research. |
Retail Bakery Displays
Refrigerated bakery items such as cakes with fancy icings, pastries,
and creams contain dairy ingredients.
Safe Spectrum lamps reduce the rate of spoilage and discoloration
caused by lighting while highlighting the mouthwatering freshness
of your bakery display.
View bakery research. |
These products experience premature discoloration and accelerated
growth of food borne pathogens in the presence of regular light sources. |
Retail Dairy Displays
| Fluorescent lighting oxidizes
milk, resulting in off-flavors and the loss of nutrients
including riboflavin and vitamins A and D. |
Drawing on years of research, Safe Spectrum lighting is designed
to reduce the rate of damage to milk and dairy products when compared
to regular fluorescents.
View dairy research. |
Retail Floral Displays
With high levels of merchandising impact and low levels of damaging
visible and invisible light, Safe Spectrum is optimized for floral
displays.
Because it is designed to reduce these effects, Safe
Spectrum is the ideal choice for retail floral programs.
View floral research. |
Cut flowers are sensitive to the
effects of UVA and ethylene created through protochemical processes. |
Retail Beer and Wine Displays
Beer in regular amber bottles will be noticeably light struck within
2 minutes, while beer in a clear glass begins deteriorating in about
30 seconds.
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The light-struck effect occurs in beer and light colored wines.
Mercaptans (chemicals skunks use for defense) are created when beer
and white wines are exposed to light for short periods of time.
View beer/wine research. |
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