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IMMERSION FREEZING [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Industries
DEF

The freezing of a food product by its immersion in a low-temperature liquid.

OBS

Food is immersed in a low-temperature brine to achieve fast temperature reduction through direct heat exchange.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Congélation par immersion d'un produit dans un liquide froid.

OBS

La congélation par immersion, notamment en saumure, s'applique surtout aux produits de taille moyenne et de forme irrégulière.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
CONT

Freezing methods varies from still-air freezing(as in a household freezer), forced air freezing, immersion freezing to contact freezing in a plate freezer. Storage temperature(and fluctuation in temperature) can influence the quality of the product as can the method of thawing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
CONT

Dans cet entrepôt, les températures peuvent varier entre -28 et 4 degrés Celsius, et il est équipé d'un système de congélation par air pulsé.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
CONT

The three different chilling methods accepted in the EU are : air chilling in which the carcases are chilled in cold air; air-spray chilling in which the carcase is chilled in cold air interspersed with a water haze or fine water spray; immersion chilling, in which poultry carcases are chilled in tanks of cold water or ice and water. This method, used prior to freezing the poultry, is sometimes called spin chilling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
  • Food Industries
DEF

Freezing of food units of small size (e.g. peas, shrimps...) individually separated.

Key term(s)
  • immersion quick freezing
  • independent quick freezing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Opération consistant à amener un produit à -40° C.

CONT

Les produits alimentaires surgelés en I.Q.F. (individual quick freezing) par immersion dans le surgelant fréon 12 apportent de nouvelles possibilités pour les industriels de produits alimentaires. En effet, la perte de jus de produits congelés est réduite au minimum et également une grande économie sur les frais de congélation est réalisée par rapport à d'autres méthodes cryogéniques. (Base de données Pascal).

Spanish

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