Abstract:
A vessel having an opening for receiving the product and walls surrounding the vessel at all sides except the opening. The interior of the vessel is filled with a fluid having a specific gravity lower than a specific gravity of a medium surrounding the walls outside the vessel. While the vessel is oriented with the opening facing downwards, the vessel and/or product is/are conveyed to ensure that the product enters the interior through the opening.
Abstract:
The current invention concerns a method for freezing food products and/or thawing frozen food products comprising placing the food products in a climate chamber with a controlled humid climate, air flow and temperature, characterized in that the frozen food products are subjected to an aerosol comprising atomized water droplets. In a second and third aspect, the invention concerns a food product thawed by the method according to the current invention, and a climate chamber for freezing and thawing of food products.
Abstract:
A process for treating fruits or vegetables to minimize browning upon subsequent processing, handling, and storage, the method comprising: (a) separating edible pulp tissue from inedible tissue of the fruit or vegetable; (b) blanching said edible pulp tissue in steam for a pre-determined blanching time period at a blanching pressure that is less than or equal to atmospheric pressure; (c) cooling the blanched pulp tissue and extracting residual heat from the blanched pulp tissue; (d) freezing the cooled pulp tissue to obtain at least partially frozen pulp tissue; wherein the frozen pulp tissue obtained from step (d) possesses substantially similar organoleptic properties as freshly separated pulp tissue in (a).
Abstract:
A refrigerator comprising: a storage room for storing fruits or vegetables; a cold air discharge port (213) for supplying a cold air into the storage room; a cold air suction port (214) for discharging the cold air from the storage room; and an ozone generator (220) provided in the storage room; wherein an ozone generated by the ozone generator (220) is discharged from the cold air suction port (214).
Abstract:
A method of making frozen, reheatable and mashable potato pieces includes fully cooking potato pieces such that the potato pieces maintain structural integrity, dewatering the potato pieces, and freezing the potato pieces and packaging the frozen potato pieces in a reheatable container to form frozen, reheatable, and mashable potato pieces.