IQF Frozen Lingonberry

The essential steps of the IQF Frozen Lingonberry manufacturing process are as follows: Raw material option:

Very carefully pick lingonberries with suitable maturation. Mature lingonberries are bright red, with smooth and shiny skin, plump and strong fruits, unified sweetness and acidity, and a diameter of regarding 6-10 mm. Hand-picking guarantees that the fruits are intact, and eliminates soft, rotten, diseased and pest-infested and premature fruits to make certain excellent quality of basic materials.

Deep cleansing: Carefully rinse the lingonberries with a huge amount of low-temperature running water, incorporated with bubble toppling cleaning innovation to successfully get rid of surface dirt, impurities, and residual pesticides, and afterwards rinse them by spraying to make sure that there is no residual cleansing fluid. The water circulation is strictly managed throughout the process to prevent the fruit from damaging.

Pre-cooling prep work: After cleaning, place the lingonberries in a 0-4 ℃ setting for pre-cooling for half an hour to 1 hour to lower the respiratory system metabolic price of the fruit, maintain freshness, get ready for the quick cold procedure, advertise the uniform formation of ice crystals, and decrease cell damage.

Quick freezing: With the help of innovative fluidized bed fast freezers, cranberries are uniformly laid on the conveyor belt, and the quick freezing temperature level is exactly regulated at -30 ℃ to -40 ℃.

The water is instantly iced up into small ice crystals in just 6-12 mins, swiftly securing the nutrients and one-of-a-kind flavor of cranberries such as anthocyanins and vitamin C. Product packaging and storage: After fast freezing, the fruits are rapidly packaged in high-barrier plastic movie bags, vacuum-sealed to isolate oxygen, and placed in a low-temperature freezer listed below -18 ℃. The freezer is furnished with a temperature and humidity tracking system to ensure stable high quality within the 18-24 month life span, permitting customers to taste top quality icy cranberries at any moment.