Advanced Food-Tech Solutions helps food and beverage manufacturers design, validate and optimize safe, scalable processes, from pasteurization and hot-fill to continuous aseptic systems, combining food safety science, thermal processing engineering and regulatory knowledge. Process Authority provides independent support to define defensible thermal process parameters and documentation for compliance and audits, covering scheduled process establishment, compliance with 21 CFR Part 113 and 114 and PMO, and audit-ready documentation. Validation Studies confirm that a process delivers the required lethality, product safety and consistent performance, backed by clear protocols and records. Coverage includes retort processing for all types and containers with temperature distribution, heat penetration and scheduled process validation; aseptic tank validation with full protocols for sterilisation cycles, hold times and documentation; aseptic packaging sterilisation validation for all container types; aseptic filler validation including media fills, sterility assurance and operational qualification; continuous flow validation for HTST and UHT covering residence time, F-value verification and deviation response; and hot-fill-hold validation for acid and acidified processes covering time, temperature and container inversion verification. Audits, HACCP and ISO work covers gap assessments and corrective action plans, FDA, USDA and EU regulatory compliance, and digital audit forms for aseptic, retort and PMO systems. R&D Support covers product and process development, equipment design and improvement, and scale-up and troubleshooting, reducing trial time while protecting quality, safety and shelf-life. Process and Equipment Design covers end-to-end process, equipment and facility design. This includes hold-tube sizing, heat exchangers in plate, tubular and scraped-surface configurations, retorts, fillers, mixing and holding vessels, piping, valves and controls, together with hygienic layout, utility sizing and throughput. Deliverables include P&ID development, equipment specification and vendor selection, factory and site acceptance testing support and commissioning. Computational fluid dynamics is used for flow and thermal field analysis in hold tubes, heat exchangers, mixing tanks and vessels, to locate cold spots, assess residence time distribution, evaluate scale-up and verify equipment behaviour before purchase or installation. Advanced technologies include microwave and ohmic heating. Custom Software Development delivers the calculation engines, validation and reporting tools, SCADA data integration and applied AI behind the process. It is written by a food process engineer who signs process authority documents, which is why the numbers hold up when an auditor asks where they came from. Work is delivered for equipment manufacturers, system integrators and processors, under their brand or ours, covering OEM and white-label calculation modules, SCADA and PLC integration, IQ, OQ and PQ documentation, reporting automation, applied AI for classification, monitoring and documents, and browser tools and calculators. Software engagements follow a fixed ladder. A scoping study at 1,500 to 2,500 euro runs two weeks and delivers a requirements specification, proposed architecture, validation approach and a fixed quote for the build, credited against the build fee. A single module build at 5,000 to 9,000 euro covers one calculation engine, report generator or browser tool over four to six weeks. An integration package at 12,000 to 25,000 euro covers SCADA or PLC data ingestion, audit trail, IQ, OQ and PQ documentation and deployment into your environment. OEM and white-label licensing starts at 25,000 euro plus an annual per-deployed-client fee. Scope, fee and window are fixed, with anything outside the signed specification handled as a change order at a stated day rate. Two concurrent engagements are taken, booked by quarter. Nothing starts without a scoping study. A 90-day warranty applies, with ongoing support as a separate annual contract at approximately 18 percent of the build fee. Payment is 40, 40 and 20 percent against agreed milestones, with IP terms stated up front as either ownership transfer or licence. ERP implementation, general web development, mobile apps and PLC ladder logic are not undertaken. Teaching and Training is delivered as on-site workshops and tailored sessions covering thermal processing, validation and process calculations for engineering, QA and plant teams. Sessions include aseptic and continuous flow operations covering SIP, media fills and packaging sterilisation, thermal process design and validation covering F₀, PU, residence time and Reynolds number, and hold-tube design, flow profiling and troubleshooting; in-container processing covering heat penetration and temperature distribution studies for all retort types, Ball's method and general methods, and deviation handling and validation protocols; and audit readiness covering documentation and record-keeping, CAPA writing and corrective action systems, and regulatory readiness for FDA, USDA and EU. Self-paced e-courses with certificates are available alongside on-site delivery. Indicative fees are published so that work can be budgeted before contact. A technical call of 90 minutes without a written report is 300 euro, credited if a paid engagement follows. Technical and R&D consulting covering troubleshooting, product and process development and equipment review is 150 to 200 euro per hour with a four-hour minimum, the rate set by project requirements. A prepaid block of ten hours drawn down over twelve months is 1,400 euro. Process authority work, applying whenever the deliverable carries a signature, seal or process authority attestation, is 250 euro per hour with a two-hour minimum on signed documents. An on-site study of one day, including mobilisation, on-site work and the written report, covering heat penetration, temperature distribution, SIP validation or troubleshooting, starts at 3,200 euro, with each additional on-site day at 1,800 euro. CFD analysis for a single geometry, including model set-up, solve and written report with residence time and cold-spot findings, starts at 2,400 euro. A process authority retainer, on call for deviations and queries with four hours included each month, is 900 euro per month. Custom software starts at 1,500 euro for the scoping study. All fees are quoted excluding VAT. Greek VAT is 24 percent, with reverse charge for EU business clients holding a valid VAT number. Travel and accommodation are charged at cost and travel time at 50 percent of the applicable day rate. Hourly work is billed in 30-minute increments after the stated minimum. Rates are indicative, with large, multi-site and expert-witness engagements quoted individually, as are facility design, multi-geometry CFD studies and full line specifications. Laboratory analysis, biological indicators, data loggers and third-party testing are passed through at cost. Proposals are valid for 30 days on 30-day net terms. Technical coverage spans in-container processing with general and Ball's methods, deviation handling and validation, retort heat penetration and temperature distribution studies for all container types; and aseptic and continuous flow with HTST and UHT process design, hold-tube design, flow profiling and troubleshooting, aseptic tank and filler validation, aseptic packaging sterilisation, SIP and media fills. Engineering work is carried out on real lines with real product under real constraints: trial runs on lab and pilot UHT and HTST systems where a scheduled process is developed before it reaches production; commissioning and troubleshooting on installed plant with flow, hold tube, utilities and hygienic layout assessed in place; valve and fitting selection reviewed against cleanability and sterility requirements before installation; coded samples for shelf-life, incubation and quality evaluation; and conference and in-plant teaching on aseptic processing, in-container processing and thermal process design. Alongside consulting, Advanced Food-Tech Solutions supplies digital food safety products including audit forms, the F-Value Library, tools and templates; the AdvThermaLogic software modules in Pro, Basic, Academic and In-Container editions; and web applications for fluid flow including Reynolds number and fluid classification. Advanced Food-Tech Solutions is the EU Technical Service Partner for MicroThermics, bringing lab-scale UHT, HTST, aseptic and pasteurisation systems to Europe with installation, training, technical support and spare parts. These systems accurately simulate commercial processing at lab scale for faster research and development, precise process development and reliable scale-up. Work is aligned to 21 CFR Part 113, PMO, EU food hygiene regulations and retailer standards. The company is based in Athens, Greece, travels EU-wide, and works globally on a remote basis. Proposals are returned within one business day. Official website: https://www.advfood.tech — Contact: info@advfood.tech