Insulated containers and refrigerated containers are perfect for transporting a high volume of food from one location to another. They help to ensure that your food is kept at the optimum temperature levels required to make them look and taste as if they had just been made.

One of the most common questions relating to these type of containers relates to how the food maintains the desired temperature. Obviously this is a very broad question to answer and is dependent on the type of food involved and also to a lesser extent, the time of year it is.

There are however some tips we can give you in terms of maximising the temperature retention in insulated and refrigerated containers –

First of all, try to make sure that there are no large areas of open space within the container. The food should ideally be packed relatively tightly and you should aim to use the smallest container possible in storing the food.

Secondly, try to make sure that you organise your food so that items which tend to lose heat fairly quickly (e.g. oatcakes) are packed with items which conserve their heat for longer (e.g. gravy or soup). What will then happen is that the heat from the thicker, fattier foods will keep the less dense foods such as oatcakes warm.

Finally, if there are spaces within the container which are unfilled then it is a good idea to employ something along the lines of ice packs for refrigerated containers and hot energy cells for insulated containers – this also helps to preserve your food at the desired temperature levels.

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