Products for Coldroom storage are selected from lists which are arranged in Food 'type' groups. Each group features a list of common products and for these all relevant thermal properties are stored in the program as default values. The default values include Specific heat above the product freezing temperature, Specific heat below product freezing temperature, the product freezing temperature and Latent Heat. Fruit and Vegetables, and the generic group described as 'General Purpose', include values for Heat of Respiration.
Access to the food product database is made through the 'Options' item found on the program's top menu bar.
Click on 'Options' on top menu bar, then on 'Customise' and then on 'Product Database'.
Although not essential it is recommended that new additions of product types are kept under their correct respective sub groups. Particularly where fruit and vegetable items are concerned because these should have values entered for 'Respiration'.
The database has been error trapped to both ignore incomplete entries and also to prohibit unrealistic values from being entered.
See also:-
food
product entry/exit temperatures
product temperature reduction cycle (time)
product turnover