Importance of Refrigeration in Cold Chain and Food Supply Industry

Refrigeration is part of the cold chain and pivotal to the food industry. It is part of the “Farm to Table” phenomenon and is necessary in preservation, transportation and distribution of frozen, chilled or food grade materials with ambient temperature to avoid decay and contamination of food. 

The use of refrigeration in food supply chains  

Refrigeration is widely applicable and used in food supply chains for packaging, processing, storage, transportation, waste management and distribution of perishable products that require further refrigeration to prevent deterioration of product quality and product losses. 

Maintaining the right temperature during refrigeration 

The Refrigeration technology needs to cater to longer shelf life of the farm fresh products and fresh agricultural products which require constant specified temperature conditions to be maintained, from time of storage of goods until the products are transported and delivered to their final destinations. 

The impact of lack of Refrigeration 

In cases where proper refrigeration is not in place, abundance of production obtained during the time of harvest, would render the produce unfit for distribution and human consumption. This can usually be found in developing and under-developed countries where there is a lack of proper infrastructure. Refrigeration and controlled temperature environments are a must for food processing companies such as canning industries involved in processing of vegetables, juices, pulp, meat & fishing industry. 

Mech-Air, a food refrigeration equipment manufacturer in Vadodara  provides the following refrigeration facilities:

• Precooling Room - We are one of the profound manufacturers and suppliers of forced air pre-cooling chambers that are designed to extract field heat from fresh fruits and vegetables. High humidity levels are also maintained inside our chambers to retain the freshness of fruits and vegetables and to avoid weight loss.

• Cold Storage for Fruits and Vegetables - Our walk in cold room and cold storage are designed for precise monitoring of temperature conditions required for cold storage of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Dairy products, Pharmaceuticals, RTE foods etc.

• Fruit Ripening Room - Our fruit ripening solutions follow the best practices in the world and drastically save time for you.

• Packhouse - Our pack house is built as per the requirement for material handling, holding, pre-inspection, sorting, grading, washing, standard treatment, packaging, stacking, pre-cooling, cold storage, quarantine check etc.

• Blast Chiller - A blast chiller is a device that quickly lowers the temperature of the introduced foodstuff, either fresh or pre-cooked, maintaining its peculiarities during storage. The speed at which the chilling or freezing takes place is fundamental, as it determines the quality of your dishes at the time of serving.

• Blast Freezer - Blast freezers also referred to as ‘shock freezers’ can quickly reduce the temperature of the food products to reduce the metabolic processes. They are often used in the food industry for products such as ready meals, fish and vegetable products.   

• Spiral IQF (Instant Quick Freezer) - It is used for quick freezing of many kinds of products such as fried foods, seafood, meat, vegetables etc. It can freeze large quantities of products in small spaces, especially the ones that have long holding time. 

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