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Since 1996 Filta has been helping save money and reduce waste in commercial kitchens through its innovative and widely acclaimed FiltaFry oil and fryer management service.  In 2008 The Filta Group unveiled its newest line of energy efficient kitchen solutions.  The introduction of the FiltaCool line of products and services has opened up a whole new means for commercial kitchens to save money by decreasing waste and increasing energy efficiency.

“Filta is dedicated to saving our clients money, creating a safer work environment, and providing our partners with the tools to increase the quality of their product, all the while preserving the environment.” True to the Filta Mission Statement, FiltaCool provides all of the innovation and savings that have made FiltaFry an globally recognized name in fryer and oil management to the field of cold storage.

Moisture Management

One of the biggest problems in cold storage is the issue of humidity regulation.  Too little moisture leaves goods shriveled and dried.  Excessive humidity destroy compromises the cellular integrity of your foodstuffs, causing them to deteriorate more rapidly.  Furthermore, when moisture condenses and freezes on cooling coils it causes them to operate less efficiently.  This results in higher temperatures and extended defrosting cycles.

Moisture can also create hazardous and unhealthy conditions for staff and supply personnel.  Collected pools are also breeding grounds for dangerous and destructive bacteria.  FiltaCool filters regulate the humidity in your walk refrigeration units.  Your coolers will run more efficient and your perishable goods will last longer.

Optimizing Temperatures

Fluctuating temperatures can also present a problem in refrigeration.  Excessively low temperature can damage your products at the cellular level, leaving them mushy and unusable.  High temperatures in your cooler accelerate the growth of bacteria that destroys your produce and meat products.  The optimal temperature range for commercial cooling falls between 35-38 degrees Fahrenheit.  Achieving this can be difficult with inefficient coolers.  FiltaCool improves cooler performance so that your refrigeration unit can operate at ideal temperatures while using less energy.

Eliminating Odors

When food items are stored in close quarters with more pungent items, they can begin to absorb odors.  Certainly no one wants their produce to smell like fish, nor will your customers particularly care to eat it.  Unpleasant odors can accumulate over time and create an disagreeable environment for your staff, as well.  With FiltaCool, noxious odors can be eliminated, leaving your cool smelling fresh and preserving the quality of your foodstuffs.
Gases and Bacteria

Factors such as bacteria, oxidation, Ethylene gases and Pectin gases can accelerate food spoilage.  While these processes are occur naturally and cannot be prevented, they harmful effects of accumulation in confined coolers can be reduced.  FiltaCool filters control the level of gases in your cooler and help create a less active breeding ground for bacteria.

Energy and Maintenance

As with all Filta services, FiltaCool offers a cost-effective and eco-friendly solution to cooler maintenance and regulation.  Because your cooler will run more efficiently, they will suffer less wear and tear and will use less energy.  Users report as much as a 10 percent reduction in the energy required to operate their cools when using FiltaCool filters.   These same businesses also report a 33%-44% increase in the life of their equipment.

FiltaCool offers businesses a whole new way to “go green” and save money.  With FiltaCool filters your business will use less energy, reduce waste due to spoilage, and extend the life of your coolers.

In the face of global climate change and rapidly dwindling resources, it has become clearer than ever before that each and every one of us must make a personal effort towards more environmentally friendly living and reducing our negative impact on the planet.  We face a dark future unless each of us is willing to play a role in promoting positive change both in daily life and the way we do business.

The Filta Group understands the importance of reducing our negative impact on the planet through minimizing waste and using our resources more efficiently.  Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions provides the means for restaurant owners to not only take a stronger stance environmentally, but to do so in a way that proves financially beneficial.

Less Waste

Every day restaurants and other commercial kitchens produce thousands of gallons of used cooking oil.  Significant improvements have been made in the reuse and recycling of these waste oils, but there remains a continuing need to use less.  Since 1996, FiltaFry filtering services has been making this a very real possibility.

FiltaFry uses an advanced micro-filtration system to purify used cooking oils.  This process removes 99% of carbon and other particulate matter that can break down oils.  This means that your oil will not only taste better, but will last twice as long.  Depending on how heavily you use fryers in your establishment, having a Filta technician clean your oil and fryers once or twice a week could reduce your oil usage by 50%.  Imagine the long-term effects, not only environmentally, but financially.

The FiltaCool cold-storage filter system can help reduce waste in your coolers as well.  This unobtrusive filters are cheap and easy to install and drastically improve the longevity of your perishables.  They regulate humidity and remove many of the gasses that ultimately decompose you cold-stored goods.

Increasing Efficiency

Filta’s dedication to reducing waste doesn’t stop and reducing a restaurant’s production of waste.  Filta agents will also work with a dining establishment to find ways of eliminating waste in production and in finding ways to more efficiently use fryers and coolers.  Untold kilowatt hours of energy are wasted daily through improper use of fryers and ineffectively regulated coolers .

Incorrect heating and filling techniques, wastefully heating when not in use, improper loading and many other factors add to an rising wastage of energy by fryers.  FiltaFry can help to trace, spot and correct these wasteful practices, leading to increased savings and reduced energy use.

FiltaCool filters can keep coolers running longer and more efficiently.  Humidity in cooling units freezes on cooling coils, making them work harder to regulate temperature.  FiltaCool filters remove excess moisture from the air so that your systems can perform better while using less energy.

None of us are going to save the world on our own.  What we all now understand is that it takes everyone doing their parts, and doing everything we can, to make a difference.  Together with Filta, your business can start making a difference.  Even better, not only will you be helping to save the planet, you’ll be saving a lot of money in the process.

Across industrialized nations thousands of gallons of waste oil are generated from food service establishments every day.  Towards the end of its life, oil begins to lose its purity of taste and can negatively affect the quality of foods fried in it.  Foods begin to taste more like what they are fried in instead of what they truly are.  As a result, oil has to be frequently discarded to maintain quality standards.

FiltaFry has a better way.  Using a comprehensive oil filtration and fryer management service like FiltaFry is your first line of defense against waste, inefficiency and bad taste.  However, there are things you can do on your own to help save money and maximize the life of your cooking oil.  Here are a few simple guidelines you can implement in the use of your fryers that will reduce waste preserve the integrity of your oil.

Food Handling

The foods you fry have a direct effect on the chemical constitution of your oil, as do extraneous elements added into the oil.  Moisture left on foods rapidly deteriorates oil and reduces its usability.  It is critical that foods be thoroughly thawed and dried before frying.

When preparing foods, cut portions into uniform sizes to reduce burning.  Never season foods over the fryer.  Salts and seasoning powders will burn in the oil and create more carbon contamination.  If your establishment uses multiple sized fryers, use the smallest necessary for the food being prepared.  You can further minimize oil loss by fully straining foods after frying.

Fryer Optimization

Learning to properly use your fryers will also reduce waste.  It is vital to make sure that fryers are never overfilled.  Be careful not to overheat your oil.  Check your temperatures often and only heat oil to the appropriate for the food item being prepared.  While the fryer is in use, frequently strain out small pieces that break free.  When fragments are left to burn it creates carbon, one of the major factors in accelerated oil decomposition.

When fryers are not in use, keep the heat turned low.  When operational, frequently check the temperature of the oil and prevent dangerous and wasteful overheating.  Ask your FiltaFry technician to help you identify the settings and operational parameters that are best suited to your kitchen.

Equipment Care

The maintenance of your equipment will also affect its overall efficiency.  While no one can get you fryer working better than FiltaFry, there are things you can do between visits to keep you fryers running smoothly.  Always pack shortening tightly into the lower section of the fryer, being mindful to not leave pockets of air around the heating coils.  Finish packing before applying heat, and use only low heat to melt the shortening.

Strive to keep your fryers clean.  Skim the oil at least once every shift and clean the fryers at least once a day.  Your FiltaFry technician will gladly offer suggestions to your staff on how to keep your equipment running at peak performance and will inspect your equipment each week.

Of course the most important thing you can do to maximize your oil taste, quality and longevity is to have FiltaFry micro-filter your oil at least once each week.  FiltaFry’s advanced filtration system can help eliminate one half of your business’s oil costs and save you money while simultaneously improving the overall quality of your food.  FiltaFry offers your business savings you can taste.

Every year thousands of restaurant employees are treated at Urgent Care and hospital emergency rooms for burns and other injuries sustained while working in commercial kitchens.  Sadly, because of the age group most likely to hold these sort of jobs, a majority of these injured and sometimes permanently scarred employees are only teenagers.  Nobody wants for a young person under their supervision to be hurt, but during the course of daily duties in the kitchen, it seems almost unavoidable that some accidents will occur.  Fortunately FiltaFry offers a solution.  Using Filta’s oil micro-filtration and fryer management service can drastically reduce the chances of employee injury due to oil burns or slip and fall type accidents in a commercial kitchen.

Why Go Pro?

Changing out oil and basic fryer cleaning and maintenance duties are amongst the least desirable tasks in restaurants and other commercial kitchens.  As such, these jobs are most often handed off to the younger, newer employees.  Most of these young people lack the knowledge and experience to do the job safely and effectively.  Furthermore, many of these young people fail to see the importance of the task at hand and lack the motivation to do the job right.  This sloppy approach greatly increases the chance of injury.
When a business uses a FiltaFry professional to manage and maintain its fryers it takes the risk and burden off of the shoulders of its staff.  Not only are employees be relieved of the dangerous and unpleasant task of keeping  fryers running smoothly, but owners and managers can rest easy knowing that the work is being done by someone who is highly skilled and motivated to do the best job possible every time.  FiltaFry technicians’ attention to detail insures that fryers are not only working optimally, but that hazardous conditions around the fryer are cleaned and removed.  Thus, FiltaFry lowers a business’s chances of seeing nasty slip and fall incidents occurring in the kitchen.
Greater Safety Means Greater Savings

When a business improves safety in the workplace there are definite and significant monetary advantages.  The average restaurant pays out over $5,000 in damages for slip and fall injuries each year.  These accidents are also responsible for a great deal of lost time for employees.  By using FiltaFry’s fryer management service an establishment can dramatically reduce the chances of this costly type of incident occurring on their premises.

When a business decreases its number of accident incidents it stands to save money on insurance as well.  Insurance agencies offer incentives for safety, often offering up to a 25% rate deduction for businesses that report average or below average numbers of workplace injury claims.  This can lead to savings of up to $1,400 on insurance costs each year.
Every business owner and manager wants to create a safer and more pleasant atmosphere for the business’s staff.  FiltaFry is an excellent way to help accomplish that dream.  FiltaFry can help eliminate nasty, often physically scarring accidents in a commercial kitchen.  When FiltaFry assumes the risky duties of fryer care and maintenance, as well as the dangerous task of oil handling, a business knows that they are doing the best thing for their staff.  Even better, using FiltaFry can save a business money.