Apparatus and techniques for freezing and thawing of agricultural produce
AssigneeFresh Defrost Ltd.
InventorsGenady Goldman, Alexsander Tchichelnitsky
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Abstract
A method for preserving fresh cut or uncut agricultural produce including removing moisture from the fresh cut or uncut agricultural produce in an amount equal to between 5%-20% of the weight of the fresh cut or uncut agricultural produce and thereafter, freezing the fresh cut or uncut agricultural produce.
Claims26
A method for preserving uncut fresh agricultural produce comprising:
- manually handling said uncut fresh agricultural produce;
- thereafter, removing moisture from said uncut fresh agricultural produce in an amount equal to between 5%-20% of the weight of said uncut fresh agricultural produce at a rate which does not exceed approximately 30×10−6 kg moisture/sec per area unit of said produce in meter2;
- and
- thereafter, freezing said uncut fresh agricultural produce.
A method for preserving uncut fresh agricultural produce comprising:
- non-manually handling said uncut fresh agricultural produce;
- thereafter, removing moisture from said uncut fresh agricultural produce in an amount equal to between 5%-20% of the weight of said uncut fresh agricultural produce at a rate which does not exceed approximately 60×10−6 kg moisture/sec per area unit of said produce in meter2;
- and
- thereafter, freezing said uncut fresh agricultural produce.
A method for preserving fresh cut agricultural produce comprising:
- removing moisture from said fresh cut agricultural produce in an amount equal to between 5%-20% of the weight of said fresh cut agricultural produce at a rate which does not exceed approximately 300×10−6 kg moisture/sec per area unit of said produce in meter2;
- and
- thereafter, freezing said fresh cut agricultural produce.
A method of storing agricultural produce comprising:
- removing moisture from said agricultural produce in an amount equal to between 5%-20% of the weight of said agricultural produce at a rate which does not exceed approximately 300×10−6 kg moisture/sec per area unit of said produce in meter2;
- thereafter, freezing said agricultural produce;
- and
- thereafter, adding liquid to said agricultural produce and defrosting said agricultural produce in the presence of said liquid.
A method for storing agricultural produce comprising:
- removing moisture from said agricultural produce in an amount equal to between 5%-20% of the weight of said agricultural produce at a rate which does not exceed approximately 300×10−6 kg moisture/sec per area unit of said produce in meter2;
- thereafter, freezing said agricultural produce and storing it in a container for storing frozen agricultural produce and having a container opening;
- sealing the opening of said container;
- storing said container containing said agricultural produce under freezing conditions;
- unsealing the opening of said container;
- supplying a liquid to said agricultural produce in said container;
- defrosting said agricultural produce in said container in the presence of said liquid;
- removably attaching an apertured cap to said container and pouring out said liquid from said container through said apertured cap, thereby permitting said liquid, but not said produce, to pass out of said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.