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Freezing & Frozen Products
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Belt Freezing
Belt freezing is a continuous IQF method in which product travels on a mesh conveyor belt through an insulated tunnel where circulating…
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Blanching
Blanching process is a brief heat treatment in hot water or steam applied to vegetables and some fruits before freezing to inactivate…
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Block-Frozen Product
Block-frozen product is food frozen as a solid, undivided slab rather than as individual pieces, making it suitable for industrial reprocessing but…
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Clumping
Clumping defect is a frozen-product fault in which individual pieces adhere into lumps, caused by slow freezing, partial thawing or temperature fluctuations,…
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Crust Freezing
Crust freezing is a freezing phenomenon in which the outer surface of a food product solidifies rapidly while the core remains unfrozen,…
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Cryogenic Freezing
Cryogenic freezing is a rapid freezing method that uses liquefied gases such as liquid nitrogen or carbon dioxide at extremely low temperatures…
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Deep Freezing
Deep freezing is the process and storage state in which a food product’s core temperature is brought to and maintained at or…
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Flash Freezing
Flash freezing is the rapid freezing of food at very low temperatures so that ice crystals remain small, cell walls are preserved…
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Fluidized Bed Freezing
Fluidized bed freezing is an IQF method in which a strong upward airstream suspends small product pieces individually in cold air so…
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Freezer Burn
Freezer burn meaning refers to surface dehydration on frozen product caused by ice sublimation when packaging is damaged or permeable, or when…