FAQ
Since the grinding process of durum wheat allows preserving the richness of fibers and minerals that characterize the bark of the grain by transmitting a high nutritional quality to the semolina.
Durum wheat semolina flour can be used to mainly prepare bread, sandwiches, taralli focaccia, biscuits and many more. Some scientific studies clearly show how lutein and beta-carotene, two carotenoids present in durum wheat and partially in its derivatives, play a preventive role in the cellular aging process. It is therefore evident that the bread obtained from durum wheat semolina has therefore large antioxidant capacities. with reference to the baking process, the greater ability to absorb water in the doughs and a slower release of the latter from the finished product allow a beneficial prolongation of the shelf life of the final products and for this reason they are good even after several days.
Since the latter allows the nutritional characteristics of the product to be preserved over a longer or shorter period of time, in fact the frozen products combine in an optimal way the respect of the original contents of the ingredients and the high hygienic safety of the process, purifying it from any bacteria and elements harmful to the body. Novoforno guarantees freezing able to give the consumer safety with respect to some specific rules. Legislation regulates the frozen food sector (Legislative Decree dated January 27th 1992, n. 110 – Implementation of directive 89/108 / EEC on frozen foods for human consumption) while frozen foods only observe the general laws on food products.
They differ in different times in treating products with cold.
In the industrial freezing process, the cold quickly reaches the heart of the product by quickly freezing the liquids contained in the cells without generating alterations in the original characteristics of the products (temperature of -18 ° C). Otherwise, the freezing of a food occurs more slowly (the foods are brought to temperatures between -7 ° C and -12 ° C, which for fish and meat reach -18 ° C and temperatures are kept between -10 ° C and -30 ° C) and generates larger ice crystals which by piercing the walls of the cellular membranes of the food cause the loss of part of the nutrients of the product during thawing.
It is not possible to refreeze an already defrosted product, it must necessarily be cooked or eliminated.
Since the Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the only oil produced with the simple pressure that allows the crushing of the fruit all strictly cold, without using chemical agents. The presence of polyphenols and vitamin E, which are the basis of the anticancer properties of this food as they strengthen the immune system and give the Extra Virgin Olive Oil an important role in the antioxidant activity, limiting the progression of free radicals . The timing of the olive harvest changes depending on the variety of the olive and the harvest season which usually runs from late October to mid-December.
Since the precooked frozen product allows you to complete the cooking in the ovens of the end customer so as to arrive at the table always warm, with the same fragrance as when it is freshly baked! It is an ultra fast and efficient freezing. The products reach a temperature of -18 ° C in a very short time, and the rapidity of cooling determines the formation of micro-crystals of water that do not damage the biological structure of food.
The storage times vary according to the type of food and its storage temperature. Our frozen products at -18 ° C have a 12-month storage time, making it possible not to significantly change the organoleptic characteristics of most foods and keeping their nutritional qualities almost unchanged (vitamins are much more sensitive to heat that in the cold).
FROZEN FOOD LEGISLATION
LEGISLATIVE DECREE 27 JANUARY 1992, N 110
Implementation of directive 89/108 / EEC on frozen foodstuffs intended
to human nutrition.