The benefits of vacuum cooling in mushrooms

In the past few years more and more systems have been installed at mushroom farms using vacuum cooling as a rapid cooling method for mushrooms. Having the correct cooling processes in place is important in the handling of any fresh produce but for mushrooms it can be even more critical. While consumer demand for nutritious and delicious mushrooms continues to grow, the popular fungi present particular challenges for growers because of their shorter shelf life compared to other produce. Once harvested, mushrooms are highly susceptible to bacteria growth. They can dehydrate and deteriorate rapidly unless quickly cooled and maintained at the correct storage temperature. Vacuum cooling offers here the best solution to growers allowing them to more efficiently cool mushrooms. WeberCooling produces Vacuum Cooling Technology and knows the importance of proper temperature and  moisture control, which play a key role after harvesting the mushrooms, ensuring adequate quality and longer shelf life. The importance of pre-coolingPrecooling is a very important step in the post-harvest stage as mushrooms get intro stress after the cutting process. This results in transpiration and high respiration, resulting in loss of shelf-life, but at the same time in an increase in product temperature, especially when packed tightly. Mushrooms at 20˚C produce…
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