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cryogenic freezing

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: cryogenic freezing
(′krī·ə′jen·ik ′frēz·iŋ)

(food engineering) A freezing technique for preserving shrimp and other foods that are high-priced or have low moisture content by spraying them with liquid nitrogen as they pass through a tunnel on a conveyor belt.


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Freezing with extremely cold freezants such as liquid nitrogen or solid carbon dioxide.

 
 

 

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