n 2026, canned food and beverage manufacturers are racing to adopt equipment that balances speed, safety, and cost-effectiveness—and the high-efficiency autoclave retort sterilizer is leading the charge. This advanced Retort Machine merges the precision of a retort autoclave with the versatility of a food retort, redefining retort sterilisation for modern production lines.

The 114th National Food & Beverage Trade Fair (Chengdu Spring Sugar & Wine Fair) successfully concluded on March 28 at the Western China International Expo City. As one of the most influential annual events in the food and beverage industry, this edition brought together top industry leaders, premium manufacturers, and professional buyers nationwide to explore market trends, connect business opportunities, and inject new momentum into the sector’s growth.

The 2026 Snacks and Seasonal Food (Gifts) Exhibition is set to kick off in Hefei from April 17 to 19, gathering leading food manufacturers, suppliers, and technology providers from across the industry. Among the key participants is ZLPH , a trusted manufacturer of high-performance food processing equipment, ready to showcase its flagship autoclave retort sterilizer and advanced food safety solutions at Booth 5-B17.

​In the ready-to-eat meat industry, duck neck is a popular snack with unique flavor and chewy texture. To ensure food safety and long shelf life, reliable sterilization equipment is essential. The immersion retort, autoclave retort, sterilizer machine, and retort machine are core equipment for packaged duck neck production. Among them, the immersion retort stands out for its outstanding performance in duck neck sterilization.

Our steam air retort is the definitive sterilizer machine for premium Canned Tuna, solving critical production pain points with hybrid steam-air technology. This advanced retort machine ensures uniform heating, eliminating cold spots to preserve tuna’s delicate texture and natural flavor—key to market-leading quality. As a precision autoclave retort, it maintains stable pressure to prevent can deformation and leakage, reducing packaging waste to near zero.

As core sterilization equipment for zongzi food package, the water immersion retort features ultra-uniform heating, tailor-made for zongzi’s structure, preserving its chewy glutinous rice texture, rich filling flavors and nutrients, while its anti-deformation function ensures intact zongzi food package and reduces damage. The high-end autoclave retort meets top international food safety certifications, completely eliminating harmful microbes in zongzi food package; paired with sealed packaging, it builds a dual protection system, extending the room-temperature shelf life of zongzi food package to 12-18 months without cold chain, solving the industry’s short shelf-life pain point for cross-border sales. Besides, water immersion retort and sterilizer machine adopt energy-saving circulating water systems, cutting energy consumption by 35% and production costs while aligning with green production trends. In terms of innovation, the retort machine series breaks the limits of traditional manual processing: the water immersion retort has an intelligent control system for customized sterilization curves of different zongzi food package; the autoclave retort supports continuous batch processing and seamless connection with automatic lines, boosting production efficiency by 60% for mass production; the sterilizer machine also offers mild custom sterilization for innovative zongzi food package to protect their unique taste, enabling diversified product development. Processed by this sterilization equipment, zongzi food package achieves a perfect balance of authentic taste, absolute safety and long shelf life. Professional retort machine solutions can be customized for food enterprises and brands, helping them export zongzi food package to the global market, seize snack market opportunities and create extraordinary commercial value.