NextBeam published a June 2026 study in Future Foods offering two findings on consumer acceptance of E-Beam-treated prepared meals, including the importance of explaining food safety and shelf-life benefits and the effect of using irradiation versus processing.

NextBeam is a high-volume E-Beam contract irradiator/sterilizer with full R&D capabilities. Our mission is to deliver Precise, Reliable, and Sustainable Sterilization Services to our customers. We brought our first facility online in the Midwest in August 2022. We are fully ISO 13485 / 9001 certified, FDA-registered, and processing medical products! Designed for large volumes of unique medical device products, our state-of-the-art 10MeV facility supports a range of clients beyond the medical device world as well - we work with clients in the biotech, pharma, high-purity neutraceutical, laboratory test equipment, and clinical testing supply industries, among others. All of our processes meet the highest-grade industry benchmarks for quality and our extensive and fully-validated toolsets help us qualify new customer products in days - typically at least 10x faster than other sterilizers.