Easy2Cook Launches a Breakthrough UV Conveyor System for Safe Ready MealsA patented UV-C tunnel extends shelf life up to five days without preservatives or probiotics.

Moscow, Russia — 2025 — The food-tech company Easy2Cook has developed a next-generation industrial ultraviolet (UV-C) disinfection system for ready-to-eat foods — a conveyor tunnel, in which PP and PET trays with salads and prepared dishes are exposed to controlled, high-intensity UV radiation.

The project was designed by Easy2Cook’s Chief Technologist Fedor Sokiryansky, M.Eng.Tech. (Master of Engineering and Technology), in collaboration with the Atesy Industrial Engineering Holding, which executed the production drawings, CAD documentation, and prototype manufacturing.

🗣️ “Our goal was to achieve a stable, repeatable method of microbial reduction without heat or additives.The UV tunnel ensures uniform exposure of every tray surface — including packaging — while keeping the product’s sensory qualities intact.This is a new standard for safe, preservative-free ready meals,”said Fedor Sokiryansky, Chief Technologist at Easy2Cook.

The installation was commissioned at one of Moscow’s central kitchens, where comprehensive pilot trials in 2024–2025 confirmed its effectiveness.As a result, Easy2Cook obtained a Russian patent for the UV conveyor technology, which enables shelf-life extension of ready meals up to five days under standard refrigeration.An accredited microbiological laboratory, Biotest, certified the extended shelf life for 14 product types, verifying microbial stability and food safety.

“This solution bridges the gap between food technology and industrial engineering — a compact, scalable system ready for integration into modern ready-meal factories,” added Sokiryansky.

Today, Easy2Cook offers this UV disinfection system to manufacturers seeking sustainable, chemical-free methods of ensuring food safety, optimizing logistics, and reducing waste.

Scientific Note

Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation—particularly within the UV-C range (200–280 nm)—is one of the most effective non-thermal microbial control methods. It causes DNA/RNA damage in microorganisms, preventing replication.According to recent studies, UV-C exposure can reduce bacteria, yeasts, and molds in food matrices without chemical preservatives (PMC, 2024).Conveyor-type UV systems have been validated as efficient “dry disinfection” technologies that extend shelf life and reduce post-packaging contamination (UVT Global, 2023).

The Easy2Cook tunnel’s design optimizes wavelength, dose, and exposure geometry for PP/PET trays, ensuring even radiation coverage and preventing microbial regrowth. This innovation represents a new benchmark in safe ready-meal preservation and advances the integration of food-tech and industrial automation.