Food processing industry

Nitrogen is beneficial for the food processing industry as it generates inert environment that prevents or substantially reduces the rate of food items oxidation and replication of microoranisms.

In the food processing industry nitrogen is applied for:

• transportation and distillation of food items, due to bactericidal effect
• storage of vegetables and fruits
• generation of modified modify gas environment for packing of a wide range of food items (meat delicatessen, dairy products, coffee, tea, nuts, dried fruit, crisps, instant soups, spices, infant milk formulas and other dry food items)
• chemicals free protection of products (soft drinks and beverages)
• in winery processes
• application of a system of mixed gases (brewing industry)
• prevention of oxidation process (fat-and-oil industry)