All Food and Beverage articles – Page 4
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NewsOMEGA AIR installs N2 generator for coffee packing applications
Slovenia-based OMEGA AIR, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of filters and compressed air equipment, recently completed the installation of a custom nitrogen (N 2 ) generator for a client in the coffee packing business.
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What is headspace gas analysis?
The chances are at some point today you have used products enhanced by modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). It could have been the coffee used to make your morning latte, the sandwich or salad bought from the supermarket for lunch, or maybe the chicken breasts you cooked for dinner last night. ...
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Advances in refrigerant detection
There are many reasons for facilities to install refrigerant detectors to monitor for leaks in their refrigeration systems. These can vary significantly depending on the application in question, writes Bacharach’s Tom Burniston.
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In focus...MAP analyser technologies
The normal gaseous composition of air is nitrogen (78.08% - volume per volume), oxygen (20.96%) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) (0.03%), together with variable concentrations of water vapour and traces of inert or noble gases.
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Emerson releases new leak detection system
In response to industry demand for increased quality in food and beverages at every level, Emerson has introduced a new food and beverage leak detection system.
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Data: the big trend in MAP
Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) is defined as ‘the packaging of a perishable product in an atmosphere which has been modified so that its composition is other than that of air’ (Hintlian and Hotchkiss, 1986).
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Edinburgh Sensors gas monitors for CO2-sensing for livestock stunning and slaughter
Edinburgh Sensors, with its line of real-time gas monitors, has several options for devices well-suited for CO 2 -sensing for livestock stunning and slaughter including meat, pig and poultry processing.
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Carburos Metálicos proposes technologies to reduce food waste
Carburos Metálicos, a Spanish subsidiary of the multinational Air Products, has taken part in the first agri-food technology conference organised by the University of Valencia’s Higher Technical School of Agronomic Engineering and the Natural Environment.
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New nitrification inhibitor technology receives EPA approval
Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) introduces its new EPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) approved CENTURO nitrification inhibitor for anhydrous ammonia and UAN.
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Oxygen – Applications and distribution
So often described as the gas of life, oxygen is the most fundamental and recognisable of the air gases. As essential to industry as it is to life, oxygen is among the top five most widely used chemicals in the world. It is arguably the industrial gas which needs no ...
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Putting the ice in ice cream
Simon Augustus follows up the journey to perfect the delivery of iced desserts.
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Liquid CO2 – Low temperature applications
By far, the cryogenic freezing of food products is the hallmark of low temperature applications for the commodity that is carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), writes Sam A. Rushing.
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New FDA regulations and enforcement
Tom Badstubner, President and Medical, Food and Specialty Gas Consultant at Asterisk, LLC in Lewisville, provides a thorough overview of the latest proposed modernizations to medical gas regulations that will be more appropriate and should eradicate confusion.
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Trends in food processing: Part 2
Part 2. A Linde North American perspective, by Jemima Owen-Jones.
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Trends in food processing: Part 1
Part 1. A Chart Industries perspective, by Jemima Owen-Jones.
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Carbon dioxide in the food processing business
In the developed world markets, including North America, Europe, Japan, and many other regions, often the predominant range of applications for carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is dedicated to a variety of food processing demands, writes Sam A. Rushing.
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Under pressure – Liquid nitrogen dosing
Modern food and beverages trends drive demand for effective liquid nitrogen dosing technologies.
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MAP solutions
MOCON Europe (Dansensor) provides five considerations for selecting MAP instruments.
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From farm to freezer: revisited
Simon Augustus explores the role of industrial gas and equipment in the food processing business.
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Nestlé unveils new nitrogen infused coffee range
Swiss transnational food and drink company Nestlé has launched a new coffee drink infused with nitrogen (N 2 ) for caffeine fans in the UK and Ireland.
