Method and apparatus for cooling fruit to a select temperature.

摘要

A process and apparatus for extracting musts from fruit by rapid cooling said fruit to a temperature below 0 DEG C followed by homogenizing the temperature of batches of said fruit prior to processing. The apparatus includes a cryogenic tunnel freezer (10) in combination with a homogenizing/discharge hopper (40) with refrigeration provided by a liquid cryogen such as nitrogen.