Custom Produce Cold Storage Solutions

Is your refrigeration system negatively impacting your bottom line? Produce requires precise environmental control to remain in peak condition. Safeguard your inventory and maximize profits with custom cold storage for potatoes and vegetables in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho from CW Refrigeration.

Key factors in designing cold storage for potatoes and vegetables:

• Every vegetable species and variety requires specific temperature, humidity, airflow, and atmospheric conditions.
• CW Refrigeration’s custom cold storage solutions for produce growers, distributors, and retailers maximize product quality and shelf life.

Cold Storage for Potatoes and Vegetables in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

Produce storage needs vary greatly, from leafy greens to cruciferous and root vegetables, making cold storage facility design crucial to preventing weight loss, dehydration, over-ripening, deterioration, and rot. CW Refrigeration’s commercial and industrial refrigeration system design and construction experts have you covered, providing custom-tailored solutions for all types of produce and steps in the supply chain.

Cold Storage Systems for Bulk Potatoes

Our cold storage engineers understand it takes more than simple refrigeration to successfully store piles of potatoes. Gradually cooling potatoes prevents condensation, bacterial growth, and decomposition. Providing a dedicated 50-55°refrigerated space for the first 2-3 weeks facilitates post-harvest bruise healing and skin toughening. Environmental conditions must be carefully balanced. Maintaining high 90-95% humidity prevents dehydration and weight loss, while proper airflow and ventilation reduce carbon dioxide buildup and prevent hot spots, moisture pockets, black heart, and sprouting-related losses. Long-term storage temperatures must be tailored to end use, from 38° for fresh spuds to 45° for fries and chips to inhibit sweetening or darkening.

Vegetable Cold Storage Systems

Commercial and industrial cold storage systems for vegetables must be engineered to specific product parameters: Leafy greens, onions, carrots, broccoli, and other produce have very distinct storage requirements. Our cold storage facility contractors provide crop-specific designs that deliver the ideal storage temperature, relative humidity, ventilation, and atmospheric conditions necessary to ensure optimal vegetable flavor, texture, and appearance, prevent injury from dehydration or chilling, and extend shelf life.

CW Refrigeration Provides Expertly Designed, Custom Cold Storage Solutions for Produce

Our cold storage engineers have decades of experience serving some of the nation’s top food producers and distributors. We know designing high-performing produce refrigeration systems involves more than a square footage calculation – design matters! We work closely with our clients to map out custom-tailored cold storage solutions that maximize space, streamline workflow, improve product quality and lifespan, and reduce operating costs.

Manage Your Inventory with Confidence

Protect your inventory and boost your bottom line with cold storage for potatoes and vegetables in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho from CW Refrigeration. Contact us at 509-248-4600 to schedule a produce cold storage facility design, upgrade, or installation consultation today.