Patent ID: 7955631

Claim:
A process for washing and sterilising food products, wherein it comprises the following steps: (a) treatment of said food products in a first body of water by ultrasounds, ultraviolet rays and micro filtering said first body of water; (b) treatment of said food products in a second body of water under ozone atmosphere, ultraviolet rays and micro filtering said second body of water; (c) treatment of said food products by ultraviolet rays; (d) dewatering and drying said food products under controlled atmosphere wherein micro filtering treatment of step (b) can hold particles with a diameter lower than 30 microns; the ozone saturated water in steps (b) and (c) reacts under irradiation of said ultraviolet rays, thus forming strong oxidising radicals, according to the following chemical reaction chain: O 3 +H 2 O→O 2 +H 2 O 2 H 2 O 2 +H 2 O→HO 2 +H 3 O + ; and further wherein said process comprises a further step, carried out between said step (c) and said step (d), said further step providing treatment of food products by a calcium ascorbate natural solution.