Food and Beverages
Gases are used for preservation, ripening,
spoilage prevention, freezing, chilling, carbonation, and many more
applications. Liquefied gases serve as excellent coolants. Chilling a food
product reduces the risk of bacterial growth. Rapidly chilling (also known as
flash freezing or cryogenic freezing) a product lowers this risk even further.
Nitrogen and carbon dioxide are used to
chill, freeze, grind and package a variety of products including bakery and
dairy, beverages, fish and seafood, fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry,
prepared meats and more. In addition to food quality and cost saving benefits, the use of industrial
gases in food processing applications can also provide health and safety
benefits