What is an IQF Freezer?
What is an IQF Freezer?
Individual Quick Freezing or commonly known as the IQF freezing method is a freezing method that is now common freezing technology in the food processing industry. It is a technology that is more feasible with smaller pieces of food products. It is more probably and precisely used to freeze berries, fruits, vegetables, kinds of seafood such as shrimps, fish and meat, poultry, pasta, cheese, and some grains. This is truly a blessing in food freezing technology for the food processing industry. Food products that are frozen through this process are commonly denoted as Individually Quick Frozen or IQF’d.
IQF freezing is a method that requires only a few minutes to get your food products frozen and this time varies and even gets shorter if a reliable brand is being used. This short freezing method prevents the formation of large ice crystals in food products which destroys the membrane structure in …