I am need to deliver some grapes to a winery that is 2 hours away. I was wondering if anyone has experience using dry ice to put in the containers to keep the grapes cool as we are picking and as we are transporting to our customer?
Thanks.
Michael Amigoni Amigoni Family Vineyards Centerview, MO
No experience like this. But I've used dry ice for other non-food related purposes and I know that it is sometimes contaminated by oil or bits of paper. You might want to buy a couple of pieces and let them evaporate in a paper bag or something and make sure you are gettin clean dry ice.
Why not rent a small reefer? Too expensive?
--arne
How cool is cool? Dry ice is -109 degrees. Without proper barriers, you'll end up with some frozen grapes. You'd be far better off with wet ice or frozen gel packs. Packers ship fresh fish around the world that way so 2 hours for grapes should be easy. Not to mention much safer. Ed snipped-for-privacy@snet.net
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