Rapid chilling hogs - ashrae

[Tayters]

Hi Sandro.
Isn't the whole point about rapid chilling that if the chilling process is too slow, ice crystals form and puncture the cell walls of the product causing the cell insides to leak out.
If the chilling is quick however, the ice crystals don't have a chance to form thus the cell walls stay intact.

I've not read the Ashrae literature but are they differentiating between chilling and rapid freezing?

Cheers,
Andy.

[Sandro Baptista]

Hi Sandro.
Isn't the whole point about rapid chilling that if the chilling process is too slow, ice crystals form and puncture the cell walls of the product causing the cell insides to leak out.
If the chilling is quick however, the ice crystals don't have a chance to form thus the cell walls stay intact.

I've not read the Ashrae literature but are they differentiating between chilling and rapid freezing?

Cheers,
Andy.

Tayters I was talking about chilling. I mean get the temperature down from +40ºC to about +5ºC in less than 24 hours.