25 Ocak 2024
CIAL Şili çalışanları GEA buz çözücü hattı önünde duruyor
In an online poll conducted by GEA during a recent webinar, 53 percent of participants confirmed that they were defrosting frozen meat using ambient temperature before processing. GEA believes there is a much better way that saves time, improves yield, enhances product quality, is more hygienic and, importantly, is more sustainable.
The process is cold steam defrosting. The concept has been around since the early 1990s, and it’s already accepted as a trusted technology of many food processing companies. One such company is CIAL, the leading manufacturer of fine cured meat products in Chile.
CIAL uses GEA’s patented defrosting technology ColdSteam T to contribute to its productivity and sustainability goals. Ultimately, this helps CIAL satisfy the commercial needs of its clients and the nutritional requirements and taste preferences of demanding consumers worldwide. For over 50 years, CIAL has supplied its high-quality products, including ham, poultry and sausage for export and to Chile’s 20 million people.
The principle behind ColdSteam T is simple: To defrost a product, energy must transfer to de-crystalize foods. An efficient way of defrosting is with steam, but steam at 100°C or more would scald the product, causing it to start cooking. However, in a sealed tumbler with a 95 percent vacuum, and steam is produced at just 33°C. The product defrosts quickly with no chance of scalding. The tumbling action from the rotating drum also retains meat juices that would otherwise become drip losses. Thus, yield is improved, and the quality of the product is better. Most importantly, the whole process can be completed hygienically in around 6 to 8 hours rather than 16 to 48 hours for ambient defrosting.
Şili'deki CIAL'da muhteşem et ürünleri, GEA'nın el gelişmiş buz çözücülerinden birinde döndürülerek hazırlanmaya başlıyor.
CIAL, teknolojiye kucak açmış bir firmadır. 2023 yılındaki bir tesis büyütme programı kapsamında GEA ColdSteam T tamburlarını 11'den 14'e çıkarttı. Bunun nedeni çok açıkça görülebiliyor:
The ColdSteam T helps to improve efficiency at CIAL. It also helps protect the environment by being a major contributor to the sustainability of the entire process. There’s less energy consumed, less water used and a much-reduced waste disposal requirement because there’s no need to wash down the area after defrosting. It’s a process that uses resources smartly and efficiently.
Ailelerin güvendiği kaliteyi sağlamak için dikkatlerinin büyük kısmı, mükemmel kürlenmiş et yapımına veriliyor.
CIAL uzmanları GEA'yı sadece taze etleri kaliteli kürlenmiş ürünlere dönüştürmek için değil, aynı zamanda fikir ve işbirliği için de seçti.