Our deep-freezing process
Deep-freezing
-18°
Deep-freezing consists of: sorting, washing, cutting, blanching and deep-freezing itself.
Deep-freezing
Packaging
Storage
The advantages of deep-frozen products
Deep-frozen foods are often underestimated as being less nutritious than fresh vegetable products. Yet, scientific data show that these are only unfounded prejudices. In fact, deep-frozen products naturally preserve the freshness of freshly harvested produce and give countless advantages from a nutritional and economic point of view, as well as reducing food waste.
Guaranteed quality over time
Food preservation is a fundamental process that aims to preserve the nutritional value of food over time. This aim is typically pursued using preservatives in food products, which slow down the impact of biological factors. However, cold temperature is the only preservative used in deep-frozen products.
Guaranteed quality over time
Balanced diet all year round
We are increasingly focused on leading a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet and pay attention to the wholesomeness of food and ingredients. Thanks to deep-frozen vegetables, it is possible to follow a balanced diet all year round, with a wide range of vegetables that are harvested in their season and immediately deep-frozen.
Balanced diet all year round
Saving time in the kitchen
Fresh frozen products are versatile and easy to prepare, so they are your best allies if you have little time to try your hand in the kitchen but still want to bring healthy food to the table without sacrificing taste.
Saving time in the kitchen
Guaranteed naturalness
Studies conducted by the Italian research institute for food and nutrition (INRAN) have shown that the belief that deep-frozen products contain fewer nutrients than fresh foods is unfounded. In particular, it is shown that deep-frozen products are more complete from a nutritional viewpoint, and the reason is simple: vegetables are harvested, cleaned, washed, quickly blanched in boiling water or steam and deep-frozen within a few hours, so that all their nutritional properties and vitamins are preserved.
Guaranteed naturalness
The advantages of deep-frozen products
Deep-frozen foods are often underestimated as being less nutritious than fresh vegetable products. Yet, scientific data show that these are only unfounded prejudices. In fact, deep-frozen products naturally preserve the freshness of freshly harvested produce and give countless advantages from a nutritional and economic point of view, as well as reducing food waste.
Guaranteed quality over time
Food preservation is a fundamental process that aims to preserve the nutritional value of food over time. This aim is typically pursued using preservatives in food products, which slow down the impact of biological factors. However, cold temperature is the only preservative used in deep-frozen products.
Guaranteed quality over time
Balanced diet all year round
We are increasingly focused on leading a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet and pay attention to the wholesomeness of food and ingredients. Thanks to deep-frozen vegetables, it is possible to follow a balanced diet all year round, with a wide range of vegetables that are harvested in their season and immediately deep-frozen.
Balanced diet all year round
Saving time in the kitchen
Fresh frozen products are versatile and easy to prepare, so they are your best allies if you have little time to try your hand in the kitchen but still want to bring healthy food to the table without sacrificing taste.
Saving time in the kitchen
Guaranteed naturalness
Studies conducted by the Italian research institute for food and nutrition (INRAN) have shown that the belief that deep-frozen products contain fewer nutrients than fresh foods is unfounded. In particular, it is shown that deep-frozen products are more complete from a nutritional viewpoint, and the reason is simple: vegetables are harvested, cleaned, washed, quickly blanched in boiling water or steam and deep-frozen within a few hours, so that all their nutritional properties and vitamins are preserved.
Guaranteed naturalness
Deep-frozen Vs. Frozen?
The two terms are very often used as if they were synonyms. Yet, there is a major difference between deep-freezing and just freezing food. First, freezing is a home process, whereas deep-freezing can only be carried out industrially. The main difference between the two processes is the time it takes to cool the food down and the temperature that is reached in the process.
Deep-freezing
The food is brought to a temperature of -18°C in about 1 hour. During the cooling process, the water contained in the product solidifies into such small micro-crystals that the cell structure is not damaged. Therefore, the nutritional and organoleptic characteristics of the food are kept intact for a long time, even during thawing.
Deep-freezing
Freezing
The process is much slower and takes place in the home freezer. During the cooling process, the water contained in the product solidifies into such large crystals that cause the cell walls to break down. As a result, valuable nutritional and organoleptic values are lost during thawing.
Freezing
Deep-frozen Vs. Frozen?
The two terms are very often used as if they were synonyms. Yet, there is a major difference between deep-freezing and just freezing food. First, freezing is a home process, whereas deep-freezing can only be carried out industrially. The main difference between the two processes is the time it takes to cool the food down and the temperature that is reached in the process.
Deep-freezing
The food is brought to a temperature of -18°C in about 1 hour. During the cooling process, the water contained in the product solidifies into such small micro-crystals that the cell structure is not damaged. Therefore, the nutritional and organoleptic characteristics of the food are kept intact for a long time, even during thawing.
Deep-freezing
The food is brought to a temperature of -18°C in about 1 hour. During the cooling process, the water contained in the product solidifies into such small micro-crystals that the cell structure is not damaged. Therefore, the nutritional and organoleptic characteristics of the food are kept intact for a long time, even during thawing.
Freezing
The process is much slower and takes place in the home freezer. During the cooling process, the water contained in the product solidifies into such large crystals that cause the cell walls to break down. As a result, valuable nutritional and organoleptic values are lost during thawing.
Freezing
The process is much slower and takes place in the home freezer. During the cooling process, the water contained in the product solidifies into such large crystals that cause the cell walls to break down. As a result, valuable nutritional and organoleptic values are lost during thawing.
An Italian, naturally sustainable company
Our commitment is a promise kept every day: being naturally sustainable. Sustainable at farming, preparing, and deep-freezing our products, as our real way of being.
Orogel Società Cooperativa Agricola
Sede Legale Via Dismano, 2830 47522 Cesena (FC) - Italy
Service number 800 286660P.I. 00800010407
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