Chilled Food

Frozen foods and chilled foods ( refrigerated food ) is the name for industrial or commercially prepared foods and food from the refrigerated section. They are vacuum packed or wrapped in protective gas. Frozen foods belongs to the category convenience foods and to England and France in the German trade and more popular. Unlike uncooled fresh produce frozen foods has the advantage of usually longer shelf life, the labor savings and reduced microbial risk. The advantage over frozen food is the freshness of the products that stand out above all the taste, as well as the lower cost storage.

The range of frozen foods is very extensive. Frozen foods can be divided into about 20 groups of goods. The products range from ready-prepared ( fruit ) salads, geputztem vegetables, marinated meats, hot dogs, pizza or fresh pasta with sauces finished up to the yogurt dessert.

Unlike frozen food or refrigerated food canning has only a relatively short shelf life of several days to a few weeks, because the natural decay is not stopped by the storage at positive temperatures (about 6 ° C). The vitamin and nutrient content is at preservation process, especially in the deep freezing, get better.

• Food industry
• Food preservation