Benefits of using a Multi-commodity Cold Storage

Author: Mechair Industry

India is one of the fastest-growing economies and the largest producer of Agro commodities. Proactive government policies and investment in world-class ports, logistics and supply chain infrastructure has put India at the advantage to advance cold chain solutions across industries.

The cold chain solutions act as a bridge between farmers and consumers, ensuring that agriculture is more profitable, sustainable and productive. That is why investment in multi-commodity cold storage cannot only solve a country's need for specialized cold storage but also generates opportunities for other value-added services such as sorting, grading and packing the products.

Multi-commodity cold storage is used for storing a wide variety of food products and food products such as fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meat, poultry etc that require different temperatures and cold storage solutions.

Benefits of Cold Storage

So let’s understand more about the benefits of using multi-commodity cold storage:

  • Helps to stabilise the market price and ensure distribution of products based on demand and time

  • Ensures farmers get remunerative prices for their cash crops

  • Controls the fluctuation of prices for customers

  • Helps store commercial products like potatoes, apples, oranges etc in large quantities

  • Helps in regulating marketing channels by enabling cold storage of raw items such as dry fruits, processed foods such as meat, dairy products etc

  • Extends the shelf life of produce

  • Reduces wastage of perishable products

  • Helps eliminate microorganisms by maintaining operating temperature and the right storage conditions

  • Helps in maintaining the quality of perishable foods by maintaining cold temperatures and preventing infection

  • Avoids glut

  • Helps save operational costs, energy and storage space

Critical Components of Cold Storage

Below are the critical components of cold storage:

  • Temperature Range

  • Co2 levels

  • Relative humidity

  • Loading rate

  • Pre-cooling time

  • Air circulation

  • Stacking

  • Ventilation

  • Lighting

  • Strip Curtains

  • Thermal insulation

Mechair’s multi-commodity cold storage is a great place to store fruits and vegetables, as well as other products, as they prolong life and help prevent spoilage of foods. This makes cold storage rooms a great choice for storing perishable items.

The Mechair walk-in rooms and cold storage are designed for precise monitoring of temperature conditions that are required to store vegetables, fruits, flowers, dairy products, pharmaceuticals etc. These rooms are prepared by erecting PUF panels and are manufactured as per GMP norms, provided with a refrigeration system, including an optional standby refrigeration system for uninterrupted functioning & control panel.

Advantages of using Mechair’s Multi-commodity Cold Storage

  • Maintains precise temperature for long-term storage

  • Complete solution for the simulation of desired uniform temperature throughout the chamber

  • Eco-friendly CFC Free Refrigeration System

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