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Most people who start a frozen food courier think they are in transport. They are not. They are in temperature integrity, risk transfer, and evidence management — with a truck as the delivery mechanism. This is the essay we wish someone had handed us on day one.
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R638 Annexure G and SANS 10156 prescribe two different temperature tests — one for product, one for vehicle. Most people only know one. Here is what each test requires, which probe to use, and what a valid record looks like.
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There are two diesel markets in South Africa. One is gazette-controlled. One isn’t. Right now they’re 39–44% apart — and your courier is operating in the one you don’t see at the pump.
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From Munchery to Famous Brands, the pattern is consistent. Food brands that absorb delivery into a blended P&L cannot see the cost killing them — until it already has. Here is what the global failures mean for South African frozen food brands.
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South Africa’s diesel price is heading for one of the largest monthly increases in history, effective April 1. TFC’s fuel surcharge policy has been formally activated at Tier 1 — R10 per stop in Gauteng, R5 in the Western Cape — effective 17 March 2026. Here is what you need to know.
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Every frozen product carries the memory of how it was frozen. Fast freezing creates millions of tiny ice crystals that preserve texture. Slow freezing creates cell-destroying giants that produce drip loss, mushy texture, and customer complaints. This treatise maps the complete battlefield — from ice crystal physics and thermal conductivity differences across food ingredients, to packaging geometry, blast freezer economics, transit recrystallisation, and the labelling deception that lets producers claim “flash frozen” without proving it. Part one of The Art of Freezing series. Physics over marketing.
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A premium freezing technology where individual food items (berries, vegetables, seafood, etc.) are frozen separately using blast freezing or cryogenic methods before bulk packaging. IQF products don’t clump together, allowing…
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The temperature of the surrounding environment in which refrigeration equipment operates, serving as the heat sink for condenser heat rejection and determining the thermal load that refrigeration systems must overcome.…
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A lasagne, chicken à la king, and bobotie are three different engineering challenges. Each contains ingredients with conflicting thermal properties. Most producers freeze them identically. Here is what the physics demands instead.
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Your chicken breast, your gravy, and your rice respond to freezing as differently as infantry, cavalry, and artillery respond to terrain. Understanding each element’s nature is the foundation of freezing mastery.