Food and Beverage

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.

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).

Edinburgh Sensors, with its line of real-time gas monitors, has several options for devices well-suited for CO2-sensing for livestock stunning and slaughter including meat, pig and poultry processing.

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.

Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) introduces its new EPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) approved CENTURO nitrification inhibitor for anhydrous ammonia and UAN.

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...

In 2015 we covered the fascinating story of how IceGuerilla, a unique ice cream company in Beeskow, Germany, had teamed up with Linde to design delivery method as unique as their ice cream. The history...

By far, the cryogenic freezing of food products is the hallmark of low temperature applications for the commodity that is carbon dioxide (CO2).

Since 1938, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established regulations for drug manufacturers. Medical gases are considered prescription drugs and are covered by these regulations. The regulations (21 CFR Part 211) have been revised...

Originally, gases were utilised by the food industry in their various forms – whether it be a gas, liquid or solid – to freeze, chill and create atmospheres for products, to preserve and increase shelf...