Defrosting pork, turkey and chicken without purge loss

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Defrosting Technology
Defrosting without Purge
Defrosting Solution & Food Safety

TIME: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2:30 - 3:30pm
ROOM: S102A

When it comes to improving defrosting efficiencies the typical focus is on major areas such as minimizing purge, defrosting time and how to reduce microbial growth. Changing from conventional air defrosting or water bath defrosting to tumbler technology gives processors several opportunities to be gained such as:

Zero purge. Gains 3 % to 7% yield
Zero bacteria growth. The counts that go in are the counts that come out
Consistent product quality
Faster reaction times. From 2-4 days down to 5-8 hours
Less handling. No separation of blocks with spacers for air defrosting
Direct out of freezer at 0° F to defroster. No tempering room
Significantly reduced sewage costs. No proteins down the drain

On top of that, by changing from all fresh to all frozen, it gives processors the opportunity to buy meat when the market is low and pull it out when the market is high. Typical gain is $ 0.10 to $ 0.25 per pound.

PRESENTER: Henrik Thrysoe, Product Specialist, Convenience Food Systems Inc

About the presenter...

Henrik Thrysoe began his career at Wolfking Scanio in Denmark as an Export Manager in early 1992 with a Mechanical Engineering Degree.

Wolfking became CFS North America in 2001 and in March 2011, CFS North America became GEA Convenience Food Technologies. It has been 19 years of progressive development with inspiration from all over the world.

Educated in meat science by The Danish Meat Research Institute (Roskilde, Denmark) and interned at Tulip International (Danish Crown) throughout 1992

Installed first generation defrosting tumbler technology in Sweden in 1998 for boneless pork loins

Installed first defrosting line, second generation technology, in North America in 2003

Upon invitation in 2003, began teaching marination technology for Iowa State University Short Courses (Ames, IA) approximately four times per year. This continues today.

Have designed, specified, installed, commissioned, and started marination equipment making consistent, quality meat products in about 38 countries including North America, Central America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, Asia, including Australia / New Zealand

Today, there are 28 defrosting tumblers installed in North America defrosting just short of 3,000,000 lbs per week. It is due to this growing popularity and successful installations that GEA Convenience-Food Technologies is proudly promoting the third generation of meat defrosting technology with focus on food safety, yield and product consistency.