JS Davidson’s revolutionary blast freezing unit

As the UN Global Food Waste Index highlights an alarming rise in food waste globally, JS Davidson is taking proactive steps to address this crisis with its cutting-edge blast freezing unit. Designed to extend the shelf life of perishable goods, the technology offers a sustainable solution for food producers and retailers.

According to the UN report, over 30% of global food production is wasted annually, contributing to severe environmental, economic, and humanitarian challenges. The rapid spoilage of perishable foods remains one of the leading contributors, particularly in regions where storage infrastructure struggles to keep pace with demand.

The hybrid blast freezing unit tackles this issue by employing advanced freezing technology that rapidly reduces the temperature of food products. This process locks in freshness, flavour, and nutritional value while significantly slowing the natural degradation of food. Compared to traditional freezing methods, blast freezing ensures products maintain their quality for longer, allowing producers and retailers to reduce waste and consumers to enjoy extended use.

Blast freezing is the process of pushing cold air at a high velocity across a food product to make the freezing process as quick as possible providing a greater capability of processing orders quicker and more efficiently. This in turn reduces waste and ensures products stored remain of premium quality.

A tried and tested process, the benefits of blast freezers are many as they not only speed up the freezing process minimising the formation of ice crystals within food, as well as slowing down enzyme production preserving flavour and crucially extending product life.

The high air velocity at a temperature of -35o kills harmful bacteria in foods like meat, poultry, fruit and fish.

Furthermore, the new hybrid blast unit has the capability of blast freezing, blast chilling and tempering all within the same mobile unit and will enable JS Davidson to drive greater efficiencies throughout its temperature-controlled operation.

With a capacity of up to 30 UK pallets, JS Davidson’s new hybrid blast unit is suitable for both freezing and defrosting under a controlled environment as well as bringing food products back up to temperature in rapid succession.

A leading force within the temperature-controlled storage and distribution marketplace, JS Davidson has continued to develop and expand its offering to meet market demand and now provides a complete end to end solution to its customers to include co-packing, distribution and storage facilities.

“At JS Davidson, we are committed to an ongoing programme of investment in the latest technology for the benefit of our customers,” said John Davidson, Managing Director, JS Davidson. “Our hybrid blast freezing unit enables food manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers to not only optimise their resources but also make a real difference in the fight against food waste. By enabling longer storage times without compromising on quality, we are helping businesses save money and reduce their environmental footprint.”

The technology is already making significant inroads in helping JS Davidson customers to meet sustainability goals and address the escalating food waste crisis.

Furthermore, by offering up to 53 percent reduction in GWP compared to other refrigerants, the hybrid blast freezing unit also provides a low emission, and low-operational cost option for both rapidly freezing and tempering products as well as ultimately reducing methane emissions generated by delaying organic food waste.The post JS Davidson’s revolutionary blast freezing unit first appeared on Warehouse & Logistics News.