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Welcome
to White Oak Frozen Foods LLC
Reduced Moisture Vegetables
Less Water is More Value
For Our Customers
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Food Product Development specialists
enjoy significant advantages and new ways to use Reduced Moisture™
products
Why are Reduced Moisture™ Vegetables
the best choice versus Fresh or IQF Vegetables?
One pound of RM replaces approximately
two pounds of IQF or Fresh.
- Twice as many Vegetable Pieces per pound. Double
the solids and concentrated flavor.
- Cuts the Transportation and Storage costs in
Half.
Improved Food Safety with HTST (High Temperature/
Short Time) micro kill step.
- Lower micro’s compared to IQF or fresh
- Provides Safe “Ready to Eat Vegetables”
Better performance in product applications
where excess moisture is a problem
- Controls weeping (Synersis)
- Consistent year round quality
What's New at White Oak:

Benefits to the Food Industry
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Reduced Moisture Processing
White Oak is focused on producing REDUCED
MOISTURE™ vegetables to satisfy the rapidly growing demand
for these new improved Vegetables - especially Tomatoes,
Chili Peppers, Onions, Broccoli and Zucchini.
Less Water is more Value RM
Vegetables are produced using the combined
technology of dehydration and freezing to eliminate 30%
to 50 % of the initial moisture of the fresh vegetable.
The resulting control of moisture of the vegetable piece
reduces clumping, eliminates syneresis, and intensifies
color and flavor.
Food Safety
Installation of specialized equipment that
is all natural “HTST” is utilized to produce extra low micro,
pathogen free, ready to eat RM vegetables.
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Improved Menu Development
The critical functional advantage of the
RM process in controlling syneresis as the frozen vegetable
is thawed or heated at the point of consumption opens up
many new uses of RM IQF Vegetables that were not available
to product and menu development specialists in the past.
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Eliminate Soggy Vegetables and Wet Spots
With the use of RM IQF Vegetables, soggy vegetables
and wet spots in a finished food product are eliminated. Synersis
or weeping during thawing or heating is virtually eliminated.
The product remains stable longer due to its reduced moisture
content.
Reduced Shipping and Handling Costs
Because the products contain less free water your
shipping and handling costs are reduced by 25 - 50%. Plus improved
freeze/thaw stability, very free flowing, and excellent micro
control thru an all natural SHS system improves operational use.
Reduced Moisture Innovation
White Oak has put together a unique team of experienced
individuals in vegetable crop management, processing, research
and development and ingredient marketing.
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