Benefits of Frozen Meat You Should Know About
As a Food and Beverage (F&B) business owner, convenience and efficiency are paramount, especially when it comes to meal preparation. At the same time, you want to be serving your customers the best and freshest meats from a reliable food supplier of your choice.
We present to you an unexpected solution…frozen meat.
It’s widely believed that fresh meat tastes better than their frozen counterparts, but this is usually the case because most people have been defrosting their meat wrong. Frozen meat also offers a plethora of benefits that can make your F&B business stand out from among the masses.
Here are 5 valuable advantages frozen meat has over their freshly butchered friends:
Higher Food Safety
Fresh meat tends to rot quicker than frozen meat due to bacterial action that speeds up the decaying process at room temperatures and higher. Freezing meat and fish below sub-zero temperatures is the most efficient way to destroy the enzyme action of bacteria and slow down the growth of micro-organisms, minimising spoilage.
The result? Less food waste and the reassurance that you won’t be serving rotten ingredients to your customers!.
Chemical-Free Preservation
Ironically, meat that isn’t frozen before delivery is more likely to contain harmful preservatives typically used in processed foods in order to increase their shelf-life. Cold temperature treatment and air-tight packaging, on the other hand, preserves raw food naturally and allows for little to no chemical preservatives required to maintain its good quality.
Higher Nutritional Value
Freezing is a natural method of preservation that, contrary to popular belief, excels at retaining the nutritional value of meat and inhibiting the oxidation process that affects the taste and quality of meat. This means that the flavour profile and overall quality of your meat can remain intact over time.
The key to retaining the freshness of meat is to thaw it in a refrigerator at low temperatures in order to effectively prevent the growth of bacteria during the defrosting process.
When handled correctly, frozen meat actually contains a higher quantity of protein, calcium, vitamin B12, iron, zinc, etc. than transported fresh meat. This means you can serve nutrient-rich meats to your customers even after an extended storage time!
Reduces Carbon Footprint
Buying frozen meat from wholesale food suppliers might not sound like a sustainable choice for the food industry in the long run, considering all the electricity and fuel required to keep the meat frozen along the way.
However, purchasing frozen meat from food suppliers like Prime Deli actually allows you to cut down on frequent trips to a butchery for fresh meat. Keep in mind that fresh meat also requires refrigerated transportation, which means higher carbon dioxide emissions from more delivery runs.
Quality At Your Convenience
Last but not least, frozen meat is a reliable ally, especially for F&B businesses in Singapore where farms are few and fresh meat is difficult to obtain. Since frozen meat is much easier to transport and maintain, you can take your pick from the wide variety of reputable farms all around the world and serve high quality meat that is in line with your F&B theme and values.
At Prime Deli, we work with well-known, reliable farms throughout the world to bring you just about every type of frozen meat you could be looking for. Order your preferred choice of frozen meat from us today!
