Cultivation

Suitability for freezing — Scarlet runner bean

Phaseolus coccineus L.

Scarlet runner bean is suitable for industrial and domestic freezing when using young green pods that do not have a developed parchment layer.

In the reference 24 varieties crop Runner bean, where this is mentioned in the description.

For freezing scarlet runner beans, fresh, healthy, and succulent pods of vegetable varieties are selected. A critically important factor is harvesting at the stage of technical maturity, before the formation of a coarse parchment layer, which negatively affects the texture of the finished product after defrosting.

The raw material processing technology requires mandatory preliminary blanching, which helps to preserve the natural color and taste characteristics of the pods. The freezing process must be rapid to prevent the formation of large ice crystals, with subsequent storage of the product at a temperature not exceeding -18 °C.

General information about the subject — on the page Suitability for freezing.

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Varieties of Runner bean mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.