New from Adande is the VariCool Blast Chiller facility.
Blast chillers have the ability to reduce the temperature of food from 70°C to 3°C in under 90 minutes. The new Food Safety directive planned by the European Commission will include legislation on chilling food and will require that all catering facilities use blast chilling equipment to cool food. To ensure that caterers meet these obligations, Adande has added blast chiller capabilities to its established VariCool system.
This option, from £500, will allow one or two of the drawers to be used as a blast chiller as and when required, although the drawers can still operate as conventional storage, too.
Caravell has launched a new value-end range called Scanfrost.
It includes a Silverline collection of storage cabinets, counters and saladettes featuring high-grade stainless-steel construction inside and out and digital temperature controls. Cabinets are sized from 600 litres to 1,400 litres, with counters available up to 400 litre capacity.
Caravell also has a new Upright Service Chiller and Freezer range, which it describes as "aggressively priced", available in 148 litre, halfheight units and 315 litre or 508 litre fullheight units. There's a choice of white or stainless-steel exteriors and each comes with an integral lock.
For pub chefs who don't need to store products in Gastronorm containers, Electrolux now has a new 400 litre non-Gastronorm range of refrigerators and freezers in white pre-painted steel with commercial grade ABS polystyrene interiors.
The range comprises three refrigerator and two freezer models, designed to operate at ambient temperatures up to 32°C. Refrigerators have a manual defrost and fan assisted cooling for even temperature distribution. Prices start at £1,085.
Apuro is now the principal UK distributor for the LEC Commercial Refrigeration range, which includes both under-counter and upright fridges and freezers. All units are built in Britain.
The CL350 upright fridges and matching CU350 freezers have a 327 litre capacity while the CL150 undercounter fridges and CU150 freezers have 143 litre capacity. Prices start from £339.
New from Foster Refrigerator is its Gastro Pro range of cabinets and counters, which the supplier says is doubly eco-friendly. Units are 95% recyclable and are available with an energy saving Hydrocarbon refrigeration option. All units have self-closing doors with durable stainless-steel hinges and can work in up to 43°C. Gastro Pro is available in three storage temperatures: Refrigerator (+1/+4°C); Meat/Chill (-2/+2°C): Freezer (-18/-21°C).
Hoshizaki has launched a new range upright and under-counter fridges and freezers. Models are constructed entirely from solid stainless steel with 304 grade stainless-steel interiors and offer adjustable temperatures (between +12°C and -6°C on the fridges and -7°C and -25°C on freezers).
Each also comes with a front-loaded, cleanable air filter. Other features include self-closing, lockable doors, integrated electronic controls and automatic defrost. The fridges and freezers come with a full two-year parts and labour warranty.
Williams Refrigeration has launched a new Floating Wall movable partition wall for a dual compartment coldroom, offering a 50:50 or 60:40 split for refrigerator/frozen food storage. The wall can be moved to increase the refrigerator or freezer storage in line with menu or ingredient changes to incorporate either more fresh or frozen supplies by season. Made from 90mm ODP Zero foam insulation it is camlocked into position and can be moved in a couple of hours.
Aberna has made some additions to its Polar Refrigeration range, including new design Gastronorm interior fridges and freezers. Single and two door models are available, with all units including casters as standard.
The G592 Fridge and G593 Freezer are both single door units with a GN 2/1 interior. The design includes static fan, self-closing door and electronic temperature display. List price is £799.99 for Model G592 and £983.99 for Model G593. Units can be leased from £7.29 per week.
Two-door GN versions cost £1,099.99 (Model G594 Fridge) and £1,299.99 (Model G595 Freezer), or leased from £10.02 a week.
Valera has added two fully-featured automatic chillers to its product range, one single door, and one double door. Features include cassette refrigeration system, self-closing door, castors and digital electronic temperature controller/display.