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 • July 31, 2023 The Business of Frozen Foods: A Hot Future Keeping Cool In 2023, the food production and refrigerated storage industries offer promising financial and business benefits due to the ever-growing demand for perishable goods. That translates into an estimated international market value of over $19 billion, creating a surge in demand for skilled producers and manufacturers. More AFE Team • September 18, 2017 The Advantages of Frozen Food Now more than ever, consumers are willing to pay a premium price for organic, healthy food products. Not wanting pesticides or synthetic fertilizers in their food, organic food lovers are […] 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 […] Related blog posts More AFE Team • October 18, 2018 Prevent Product Contamination With AFE’s Unsurpassed Hygienic Designs Whomever coined the phrase “There is no such thing as bad publicity” clearly never worked in the food industry. When it comes to food prep, all publicity matters because having […] More AFE Team • September 18, 2017 The Advantages of Frozen Food Now more than ever, consumers are willing to pay a premium price for organic, healthy food products. Not wanting pesticides or synthetic fertilizers in their food, organic food lovers are […] More AFE Team • January 26, 2022 HTST Pasteurization: The Process, Benefits, Equipment HTST pasteurization, short for “high-temperature, short-term” pasteurization, is the most common method used to extend the shelf life of many food products and beverages. It’s also called flash pasteurization. Heating […] Subscribe to our newsletter Subscribe to learn about new product features, the latest in technology, solutions, and updates. Enter your email(Required)