Case Study

Elegant Dallas Restaurant's Fish from Hawaii Stays Fresher with Humitech Humidity Control Panels

Chef and owner Joseph Maher of Mirabelle restaurant has his fish flown in fresh from Hawaii twice a week. His main concern was keeping a lower temperature in the restaurant's cooler. After the installation of the Humitech Humidity Control Panels, he noticed a significant drop in temperature after a few days.

"Since I order a lot of expensive seafood from Hawaii, we have to be careful of any spoilage that costs us money," stated Maher. "Where the temperature used to be around thirty-five degrees, now it is around thirty-one. I also have a fresher ambiance in my walk-in as the air is clean and fresh with no odor cross-contamination between the seafood and the Canadian buffalo meat we special order. I can now pack the two closer together giving me more space in the cooler." Mirabelle is well known for the chef's use of fish, and the panels help keep the fish as fresh as possible.

With the panels, Chef Maher has more leeway on when he can bring in his product from Hawaii. He can now order his seafood on Thursday instead of Friday and have it stay fresh through the weekend. "That extra twenty-four hours to rely upon is nice in case there is any transportation problems. I have been very impressed with the use of these panels," stated Maher. Economically, Maher has less waste, and during the slower summer months, keeping the food fresh longer is very important. "I would recommend this to other restaurants whether they have small or large walk-in coolers," he concluded.

Humitech's objective is to provide an exclusive product to help clients increase the quality, and extend the shelf life of all perishables. Their panels' unique natural mineral Sorbite absorbs and desorbs up to 48% its weight in moisture. This extends the shelf life of produce, meat, fish, poultry and flowers.

Humitech International Group Inc. (www.humitechgroup.com), founded in 2001, is a Dallas, Texas company that offers commercial and residential humidity control products that "naturally" increase the shelf life of perishables, reduce odors and cross contamination by absorbing/desorbing humidity and provide a colder, crisper walk-in/reach-in cooler. Each Humitech franchise is individually owned and operated.

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