Eggs cool 6x faster with reusable containers

Give your customers peace of mind by delivering fresher, safer, longer-lasting eggs—rapidly cooled in Tosca’s revolutionary reusable plastic containers (RPCs). Specially designed to allow optimal airflow, our RPCs reduce the risk of Salmonella contamination in ways that corrugated can’t, ensuring only the highest quality eggs for your customers.

Independently Proven to Cool Eggs Faster Than Corrugated

Results of an independent scientific study show that reusable plastic containers (RPCs) can cool freshly laid eggs to 45°F six times faster than corrugated cases. 

Why is this important?

Results of an independent scientific study show that reusable plastic containers (RPCs) can cool freshly laid eggs to 45°F six times faster than corrugated cases. 

• Eggs begin to deteriorate the moment they are laid in the chicken house. Rapid refrigeration helps prevent egg moisture loss and the release of carbon dioxide that changes the egg’s pH and diminishes its freshness and quality.
• Research has shown that the sooner freshly laid eggs are chilled to 45°F, the less likely they are to carry or promote the growth of illness-causing bacteria like Salmonella. Rapid cooling not only helps prevent Salmonella bacteria from reproducing inside an egg (keeping the bacteria below the illness-causing threshold), but it also makes it easier for consumers to kill any bacteria that remain just by cooking the egg—even at lower cooking temperatures.

Study Highlights Objective

The 2014 Sensitech study set out to measure and compare the cooling time of eggs packaged in Tosca RPCs and corrugated cardboard cases.

Overview

The study tested six pallets of freshly laid eggs—three in corrugated cardboard cases and three in Tosca RPCs. Researchers installed special temperature monitoring technology directly inside the egg shells and placed all six pallets inside a cooling chamber for seven consecutive days, where the temperatures ranged between 39°F and 45°F.

Results

Eggs packaged in Tosca’s RPCs cooled further, at an overwhelmingly faster rate, and more uniformly than eggs packaged in corrugated cases—regardless of whether the eggs were placed in molded pulp or foam cartons.  In fact, Tosca’s RPCs were able to cool eggs to 45°F six times faster than corrugated boxes. 

How long did it take the eggs to reach 45°F?

*Results from 2014 Sensitech study

Ensure egg safety from the henhouse on with Tosca’s rapid cooling RPCs.

• Protection against bacteria-borne illness and early onset egg deterioration
• Less lag between cooling and customer shipment
• Longer egg shelf-life for customers