How To Make The Best Use Of Your Cold Storage Room To Store Foods

 At Africhill, we supply cold storage rooms that can be used by businesses from a variety of industries. They include food & drink manufacturer, food & drink retail as well as the restaurant and hotel sector.

Once you’ve a refrigeration room installed it’s essential that you make use of it correctly in order to get the best possible result from your unit. Our seasoned technicians have compiled a few tips that’ll help you to properly use cold storage for food at your premises.

Get to know the ideal temperature:

Whether you store one kind of food or many different kinds it’s worth considering the fact that vegetables, fruits and meat are sometimes needed to be kept at different temperatures.

Find out the correct temperature your products can be stored at & regulate your cold room’s setting as per that. Keeping your goods at the best possible temperature will make sure its quality is maintained for a long time.

Keep your cold storage system clean:

It’s critical that you maintain cleanliness of your cold storage unit. Dust and dirt aren’t just bad for the goods you’re keeping inside the unit. They could also prompt damage to your cold storage unit by decreasing its efficiency.

Ensure you maintain cleanliness of your cold room unit & that you report any damage to our maintenance crew as quickly as possible. Remember, broken panels or defective cold room parts can have a significant negative impact on the efficiency & overall performance of your refrigeration room.

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Freezer Rooms & Blast Freezers – What Are The Differences

 When deciding on a blast freezer and freezer room it is critical that you understand your available options and how they best meet your business requirements. This can significantly impact how you store your products and whether or not they fulfill the regulations that apply to them.

In fact, when you make a comparison between some freezers, they may not be as identical as they initially look. So how do you discern what freezer you require & why you require it? Depending on the type of business you run, you may need a blast freezer, a freezer room, or both.

Freezer room:

Freezer rooms are designed to store an array of materials and products at subzero degrees which will extend the lifetime of food. However, a freezer room can’t freeze products at a quick pace like a blast freezer. You’ll also want to remember that freezers are not suitable for products & materials that will spoil in below-freezing temperatures. Products that need to be used imminently, with no time for them to defrost are also not the ideal materials to be stored in freezers.

Blast freezer:

Blast freezers are also popularly known as shock freezers. The idea of this sort of freezer is to very quickly bring down the temperature of foodstuffs, freezing them very quickly.

Blast freezers hold temperatures between -28 degree down to a chilly minus 40 degree which is why the ice crystals that form in the process are tiny, causing less damage to the stored materials. This detains the freshness & nutritional value of the products.

A blast freezer is ideal for storing foods like:

• Poultry
• Meat
• Ready meals
• Frozen vegetables
• Fish
• Gelato

Different sizes of blast freezers are usually needed as they’re employed in various types of the food industry. Fortunately, blast freezer panels can be manufactured for any application, whether it is needed as an industrial walk-in blast freezer room, an ins-tore blast freezer, or blast freezer panels for a truck.

Here at Africhill, we specialized in supplying top-notch blast freezers and freezer rooms to Africa’s supermarkets, fast food, hospitality, and agriculture industries. We use modular insulated panels which are energy efficient & easy to maintain. They’re environmentally friendly & meet strict African standards. Whether you’re in search of a pre-assembled freezer room or want a DIY cold room kit, we have your needs covered. For any blast freezer or freezer room related queries, contact us on +27 (0) 11 979 1885.