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Old Aug 21, 2009 | 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by Gaucho100K
touche.... this I was not aware of. But, does long term holding of blast frozen stuff at only -10 have any consequences..???

Well, my forte was building, installing and servicing them rather than questioning the experts on food quality retention at -10 vs -50. I'm guessing it is negligible, as it's been the norm for at least 25 years. I do know that it takes 6 to 10 times the energy consumption to keep a given cold storage room at -50/60 than at -10, and that the most important quality issue by far is how quickly the food can be frozen. It is the same with the tropical fruits I work with now. For example, every hour sooner we can cool a fresh picked pineapple from field temperature of 95F, to 45F (without freezing it) gives 1 to 2 days longer shelf life later in the market.

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