Meat curing chambers
Curing:
aroma and flavour
Specialising in industrial refrigeration for the food industry, Madefrigor has a particular interest in cured meats. The company’s expertise can determine the aroma, flavour and characteristics of every product. In cured meat drying systems, the drying process starts with an initial heating and acidification phase until the first mould appears (duration: 4–6 days).
During this primary phase, the minimum temperature is +15 °C and the maximum is +26 °C, with a minimum humidity level of 45% and a maximum of 99%. For the industrial processing of cured meats, we create special curing systems in which the products are treated with low-intensity air at temperatures between + 8 °C and +16 °C, with minimum humidity levels of 65% to 99%.
Custom products
High-quality cured meats
Meat curing chambers
Madefrigor manufactures custom products according to the specific characteristics of each cured meat. For example, our curing chambers for prosciutto crudo are designed and built to ensure the correct storage and final ageing.
We offer a wide range of solutions: forced-air systems; ceiling-mounted unit heaters with heating and cooling coils; and static evaporators combined with wall-mounted fireplaces with heating elements. Drying semi-cooked products requires a different process: in the first phase, the product is heated to 50 °C at the core, followed by cooling to 20 °C, and ageing and cooling at 2 °C. For our specialised technicians, there are no catch-all solutions, just different answers to different problems.
Curing prosciutto crudo
Minimum temperature: +10 °C, maximum: +18 °C; minimum humidity: 60%, maximum: 99%; and weight loss according to the cycle and customer requests.
Drying speck
Minimum temperature: +1 °C, maximum: +3 °C; minimum humidity: 50%, maximum: 99%; and weight loss according to the cycle (5%–12%) and customer requests.
Drying half-cooked cured meats
Minimum temperature: 0 °C, maximum: +70 °C; minimum humidity: 10%, maximum: 99%; and weight loss according to the cycle and customer requests.
The perfect balance between temperature and humidity: Madefrigor's curing chambers.
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The Madefrigor/CTM headquarters are located in Rovello Porro (Como), there is also a Madefrigor/CTM operational headquarters in Brugine (PD).
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