BACK Don’t Lose Nutrients or Value! Choose AFE to Freeze Your Broccoli! AFE Team • May 12, 2017 Home Blog Don’t Lose Nutrients or Value! Choose AFE to Freeze Your Broccoli! Vegetables are big members of the frozen food industry, but not every freezer will freeze produce while keeping freshness. Processing and preserving vegetables properly is essential to creating delicious, fresh, and safe products for your customers. Broccoli: The Queen of the Frozen Vegetables Broccoli is the queen of the frozen vegetable industry. Found in restaurants and on dinner tables around the world, you want your broccoli to keep its freshness from the time it’s picked to when it arrives on the table. The moment broccoli is harvested, the respiration process begins. This means that the broccoli will start to lose water and release heat. Additionally, it starts to lose vital nutrients. The moments from transportation, to quality control, to handling, to the supermarket, to your home, your broccoli will likely lose more than half of its minerals and vitamins. Individual Quick Freezing Don’t go for the one-size-fits all approach. Individual Quick Freezing is the ideal choice for high-value produce. In order to ensure the moisture, shape and freshness of small food items, AFE utilizes mechanical IQF Tunnels utilizing Ammonia or Freon. Your normally fragile broccoli will maintain its natural appearance, texture and color when frozen in an IQF Tunnel. An IQF Tunnel will not only lock in nutrients, but also ensure the highest quality broccoli that can be sold for a premium price. AFE IQF Tunnels can be fabricated using fully welded stainless steel panels or stainless steel clad panels that provide exceptional sanitation and durability. Each piece far exceeds the industry standards for health, cleanliness, and energy savings to give you the best results for your business. For any vegetable processing, look to AFE for a wide variety of freezer and cooler products. We service the industrial sector by providing cooling and freezing equipment for food processing facilities. Our goal is to provide the most hygienic, energy efficient and reliable equipment available in the world. Enjoyed? Share It! Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Copy URL Recent blog posts More AFE Team • January 22, 2021 Why You Need Clean In Place (CIP) Systems For Spiral Freezers and IQF Tunnels Food processing facilities and food processors must be vigilant about hygiene. Their business depends on it. For decades, Advanced Food Equipment (AFE) has helped food processing operations maintain sanitation with […] More AFE Team • February 21, 2018 Blueberries: A True Superfood Blueberries are a fast-growing product in high demand. From bakeries to your local supermarket, frozen blueberries have endless potential. They are often eaten fresh, frozen or juiced and also used […] More AFE Team • May 9, 2022 What is the Purpose of a Food Safety Management System? A Food Safety Management System is a structured process for overseeing food production and usage, ensuring that food is produced and maintained to a quality standard that keeps it safe to eat. It should take into account and fully define each step of the production process, identifying any possible risks and emplacing specific controls to ensure safety. Related blog posts More AFE Team • April 1, 2021 Spiral Freezers: A Location Option for IQF Freezers Limited Space for IQF Freezers? An AFE Spiral Freezer is a Great Solution You have a need to expand and need a bigger industrial freezer, or need an additional processing […] More AFE Team • January 8, 2024 Playing it Cool: Freezer Maintenance Strategies and Why They Matter Anyone who works in a field that utilizes an industrial freezing system understands the critical importance of maintaining optimal performance and ensuring food safety while keeping production running smoothly for […] More AFE Team • February 21, 2017 AFE: The Hottest Thing in Keeping Cool! AFE: The Hottest Thing in Keeping Cool! It seems that so many manufacturers seem to treat industrial freezers like a one size fits all product. When it comes to commercial food […] Subscribe to our newsletter Subscribe to learn about new product features, the latest in technology, solutions, and updates. Enter your email(Required)