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A degassing vent that works for you, your process and the planet.

Up to 96% plastic savings when using a PrimeVent® over a traditional plastic button valve. Your customers don’t have to remove when recycling!

We can customise the vent to the CO2 release taking into account roast profile, bag volume and headspace.

PrimeVent® vs Plastic button valve

No moving parts No oil

Weight: 0.026grams

No filter

Weight: 1.06grams

Lock in more than 800 unique aromatics.

Name another food product where the packaging has been designed to allow flavour molecules to escape.

PrimeVent® locks out oxygen and locks in the volatile compounds that create your unique flavour profile.

Traditional mechanical valves pulse, making them more susceptible to oxygen ingression, while letting all your flavour out.

MECHANICAL VALVE

PRESSURE

PRESSURE

PRIMEVENT®

TIME

PrimeVent

®

Mechanical valve

TIME

Cracking pressure (PSI)

Flow type

<0.1

Steady

>0.1

Pulsed

UP TO

96

This vent is doing to th e coffee industr y w hat the screw cap did to the win e industr y.

THE A.R.T. OF FLAVOUR

PROFILING

Our patented Aroma Retention Technology will take your flavour aromatics to a new level by locking in the Aroma molecules

Customise your CO2 venting to your roast profile and bag weight allowing you to keep positive bag pressure and keeping out that nasty O2 from ingressing

LESS PLASTIC

RELIABILITY

Up to 96% less plastic than a traditional button valve. That’s 1 tonne for every 1 million bags, and you don’t have to remove to recycle

With no moving parts, no oil and no filter, reliability has just improved to a new level

PRE-VENTING

PRODUCT SAFETY

The first degassing vent that can be pre applied to rolls. Ideal for VFFS, eliminating the need for in-line valving

Placed on the outside of the bag, the vent will not jam up a grinder or potentially cause a food safety risk

How reliable is your valve?

Studies have shown more than 4% of mechanical valves can fail

Put us to the test!

What have you got to lose, except flavour?

1. P lace the same batch and roast profile into the bags provided. We have included 2 PrimeVent® bags and 2 traditional bags to act as a benchmark.

2. O pen the bags up after the recommended times and compare the aroma of each bag.

Recommended opening/Testing times: Wholesale 3 Weeks 6 Weeks Retail 4 Weeks 8 Weeks 3. C up the coffee and taste the difference!

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