{"id":670,"date":"2024-09-16T16:56:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-systems.com\/us\/?post_type=sectors&#038;p=670"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:41:26","slug":"meat-processing","status":"publish","type":"sectors","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-systems.com\/us\/sectors\/meat-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"Meat Processing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ice demand in meat processing environments varies significantly depending on ouput, product type, and process stage. However, there are broadly accepted capacity brackets that help define system requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mid-sized processing facilities generally operate within 2 to 10 tonnes per day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Large-scale scale ice machines produce between 600kg and 9000kg per 24 running hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Scale or flake ice is commonly used across all tiers due to its rapid cooling properties and ability to conform to product surfaces. As throughput increases, on-site production becomes essential to avoid supply bottlenecks and maintain hygiene standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why not check out our&nbsp;<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ice-systems.com\/us\/ice-machine-rental\/\">Rental Programme<\/a><\/strong><\/em>?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Our engineer says\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWhilst at an Abattoir in Shropshire, Isaac wanted to know why they were putting ice on the hides.&nbsp; He spoke with production and they explained the skin must be cooled immediately after slaughter to maintain quality and to prevent degrading. They have previously used salt dosing but ice has proven to be the preferred method due to its ease of use.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ice demand in meat processing environments varies significantly depending on ouput, product type, and process stage. However, there are broadly accepted capacity brackets that help define system requirements: Scale or flake ice is commonly used across all tiers due to its rapid cooling properties and ability to conform to product surfaces. As throughput increases, on-site&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":671,"template":"","class_list":["post-670","sectors","type-sectors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-systems.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sectors\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-systems.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sectors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-systems.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sectors"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-systems.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ice-systems.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}