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The IQF production consists in crusting and freezing in line small, fragile and individuals products.

IQF benefits

IQF meets new food consumption and B to B markets trends. It allows the products to be frozen or crusted in line: e.g. rice, grated cheese, shrimps, fruits, vegetables, meat… With the IQF process, you can:

freeze the products before sauce coating,
chill or freeze products before using them in further processes (e.g. pizza toping),
harden products before weighting or freezing to prevent them from sticking together,
increase the flow rate of your mechanical freezing line,
freeze liquid or semi-liquid products into individual particles.

IQF equipment

Air Liquide has developed a range of simple and reliable IQF equipment which are compact, easy to install, use, maintain and clean. They can be supplied with either liquid nitrogen or CO₂.