Within the food industry, the freshness and quality of products always have the highest priority. Proper food storage is essential to ensure high production standards and maximum safety for consumers. The use of refrigerators and cold rooms is indispensable in various food sectors, and their usefulness goes far beyond simply refrigerating food. Cold rooms, specially designed to ensure a constant and adequate temperature, play a fundamental role in safeguarding the quality, freshness and safety of products.
From production to distribution, processing and storage, controlled refrigeration ensures that food retains its organoleptic, nutritional and microbiological properties. In addition, the correct management of cold rooms, through careful regulation of temperature and humidity, can significantly reduce food waste, allowing companies in the sector to operate more sustainably and efficiently.
Let’s see together some tips to store food in a cold room safely and useful equipment to ensure a perfect storage and storage of products.
A cold room is a thermally insulated space, equipped with a refrigeration system, designed to store and store food and beverages at controlled temperatures below room temperature. In the food industry the use of cold storage is of crucial importance. These structures ensure that foods retain their freshness, taste, quality and safety, slowing down the microbiological and chemical processes that cause deterioration.
Cold rooms are used in various segments of the industry, from storage of raw materials in the production phase to storage of finished products awaiting distribution. They are essential for storing highly perishable foods such as meat, fish, fruits, vegetables and dairy products. In the food industry, proper temperature and humidity management within the cell is essential to ensure product quality and prevent economic losses due to deterioration or damage.
In addition to storage, cold stores play a key role in the controlled maturation of certain foods, such as cheeses and cured meats, where specific temperatures and humidity are necessary to achieve the desired organoleptic characteristics.
As we have seen, in the food industry, food freezing is an effective solution for maintaining both the quality and the safety of products. However, to ensure optimal results, it is essential to follow some essential guidelines, in particular by ensuring:
In the food industry, plastic equipment is essential for the proper storage of food in refrigerators and cold stores. Thanks to their resistance, lightness and ease of cleaning, they offer efficient and hygienic solutions. Here are some of the most used plastic equipment:
All these equipment, in addition to being functional, are designed to withstand the low temperatures of cold rooms and to ensure maximum hygiene, thanks to the ease with which they can be cleaned and sanitized. The equipment proposed by IFT is made of certified materials suitable for contact with food, free of potentially harmful substances and able to maintain their characteristics even at very low temperatures.
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