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freezer burn

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noun

  1. light-colored spots that appear on frozen food, caused by loss of surface moisture due to faulty packaging or improper freezing methods.


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Kelp is also a source of algae that cuts methane emissions from cows, Aguirre said, and has many other food applications, including reducing freezer burn in ice cream.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2024

It's actually quite simple: As Shelly Schmidt, professor of food chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, explained, freezer burn is simply a byproduct of moisture loss, or dehydration.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2022

That being said, freezer burn can render the items in your freezer wholly unappetizing, covering them in swaths of ice crystals and leaving them with a bland, off taste.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2022

In fact, they can sometimes be the foe — namely, when so-called "freezer burn" infiltrates our supply of frozen foods.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2022

The container should be air tight, or the food will get freezer burn and lose nutritional value, and palatability.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Perdue, Mitzi

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