A fundamentally new way to freeze foods could cut carbon emissions equal to 1 million cars
A fundamentally new way to freeze foods could cut carbon emissions equal to 1 million cars
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A fundamentally new way to freeze foods could cut carbon emissions equal to 1 million cars
Based on a strategy for transporting organs for transplant patients, the method doesn’t ruin food by turning it into solid ice
Called isochoric freezing, the technique relies on storing foods in a sealed, rigid container made of hard plastic or metal that is filled with a liquid such as water, and placing it in a freezer. Conventional freezing involves exposing food to the air and freezing it solid at sub-zero temperatures, the new method does not turn food into solid ice.