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snap freezing

Spanish translation: Ultracongelación

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English term or phrase:	snap freezing
Spanish translation:	Ultracongelación

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14:22 May 23, 2011

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Food & Dairy

English term or phrase: snap freezing

Snap freezing (or cook-chill or blast freezing) is the process of cooking meals until they are almost done and then rapidly chilling them.

The process involves the preparation and cooking of meals at a central factory, rapidly chilling them for storage until they are needed. Cook chill foods need to be packed in shallow trays to make the process more efficient. The food is cooled to a temperature under 3 degrees Celsius within 90 minutes of cooking and stored at a maintained temperature of 0 to 3 degrees Celsius. The meals can then be transported in refrigerated transport to where the food is to be reheated and consumed when needed.

The length of storage depends on the method used but is usually five days. For longer storage the food may be subjected to pasteurization after cooking.

Here we have the concept but I would like to know the term in Spanish.M

María Teresa Cortés

Ultracongelación

Explanation:
I assume you took the definition of "snap freezing" from wikipedia, I know for a fact that "ultracongelación" is the appropriate term for "flash freezing", which according to wikipedia is synonymous to "blast freezing" which according to your source is the same as "snap freezing".

Only problem is that your definition of snap freezing doesn't seem to actualy freeze but instead only chills.