Freezing Point and Properties of Foods

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The following is the Unfrozen Composition Data, Initial Freezing Point, and Specific Heats of Foods

Food Item	Initial Freezing Point, °F	Specific Heat Above Freezing, Btu/lb-°F	Specific Heat Below Freezing, Btu/lb-°F	Latent Heat of Fusion, Btu/lb
Vegtables	-	-	-	-
Beans, snap	30.7	0.95	0.44	130
Carrots	29.5	0.94	0.48	126
Corn	30.9	0.86	0.47	109
Peas, green	30.9	0.9	0.47	113
Brussels sprouts	30.6	0.93	0.46	123
Fruits:
Apples, fresh	30.0	0.91	0.47	120
Apricots	30.0	0.92	0.47	124
Bananas	30.6	0.85	0.48	107
Blackberries	30.6	0.93	0.46	123
Blueberries	29.1	0.91	0.49	122
Cherries, sour	28.9	0.92	0.49	124
sweet	28.8	0.89	0.51	116
Cranberries	30.4	0.93	0.46	124
Oranges	30.6	0.91	0.47	118
Peaches, fresh	30.4	0.93	0.45	126
Pears	29.1	0.91	0.49	120
Raspberries	30.9	0.95	0.46	124
Strawberries	30.6	0.96	0.44	132
Whole Fish:
Cod	28.0	0.9	0.51	117
Haddock	28.0	0.9	0.51	115
Halibut	28.0	0.89	0.52	112
Herring, kippered	28.0	0.78	0.54	86
Mackerel, Atlantic	28.0	0.8	0.53	91
Perch	28.0	0.89	0.51	113
Pollock, Atlantic	28.0	0.88	0.51	112
Salmon, pink	28.0	0.88	0.52	110
Beef:
Carcass, choice	28.0	0.77	0.55	82
Round, full cut, lean	—	0.84	0.51	102
Sirloin, lean	28.9	0.84	0.5	103
T-bone steak, lean	—	0.83	0.51	100
Tenderloin, lean	—	0.82	0.51	98

Food Item	Initial Freezing Point,°F	Specific Heat Above Freezing, Btu/lb-°F	Specific Heat Below Freezing, Btu/lb-°F	Latent Heat of Fusion, Btu/lb
Pork:
Bacon	—	0.64	0.64	45
Carcass	—	0.74	0.74	71
Ham, cured, whole, lean	—	0.83	0.53	98
Smoked sausage links	—	0.67	0.59	56
Shoulder, whole, lean	28.0	0.86	0.53	104
Poultry Products:
Chicken	27.0	0.79	0.42	95
Turkey	—	0.84	0.54	101
Ice Cream:
Chocolate	21.9	0.74	0.66	80
Strawberry	21.9	0.76	0.65	86
Vanilla	21.9	0.77	0.65	88
Juice and Beverages:
Apple juice, unsweetened	—	0.92	0.43	126
Grapefruit juice, sweetened	—	0.92	0.43	126
Grape juice, unsweetened	—	0.9	0.43	121
Lime juice, unsweetened	—	0.95	0.41	133
Orange juice	31.3	0.93	0.42	128
Pineapple juice, unsweetened	—	0.91	0.43	123

References

ASHRAE Handbook - Refrigeration, ASHRAE: 2014.