Food

Agriculture

Air Liquide’s gases and technologies are helping agricultural enterprises improve quality and productivity in a wide range of applications from harvest protection to greenhouses and modified atmosphere packaging. Through the intelligent use of gases and related technologies, Air Liquide has developed solutions for:

• protecting harvested grains and cereals from bug infestations with carbon dioxide and fire suppression
• control of greenhouse atmospheres to optimise crop growth while keeping your workers safe 
• and preserving the freshness of your products with Modified Atmosphere Packaging.

Processing

Air Liquide provides a wide range of Freezing and Chilling services that meet the industry’s varied needs and help maintain quality and freshness. Whether it’s preserving food quality during the grinding and mixing process, producing dry ice in a safe and sanitary environment, or moving temperature-sensitive foods via refrigerated transport, Air Liquide will develop custom solutions to meet your requirements – all while helping to improve productivity. Process include:

• Individual Quick Freezing (IQF)
• Cryo-coating and mechanical freezing
• Top snowing
• Slicing
• Cheese processing
• Cryogenic Bottom Injection
• Inerting and blanketing.

Packaging

Controlling the atmosphere around a food product is key to extending product shelf life and maintaining an attractive customer presentation. Our experts understand the importance of gas flush packaging, a process that replaces package headspace with a beneficial gas or mixture of gases that will dramatically slow bacterial growth and oxidative reactions.

• With Modified Atmosphere Packaging, longer quality shelf life results in fewer product returns, less waste and higher customer satisfaction, and allows for optimisation of production and distribution.
• While Controlled Atmosphere Packaging (CAP) allows products to be stored for up to one year at optimum gas concentrations for quality retention. This allows extended marketing for seasonal crops, enabling the grower and processor to earn higher profits while the consumer enjoys greater availability of high quality fruits and vegetables.

A Strong Tradition of Innovation

When you choose Air Liquide, you can depend on a dynamic multifaceted corporation committed to solid growth through proven technical solutions. Our food industry experts continually work closely with our research and development group to develop innovative cryogenic technologies for the entire supply chain.

We continually strive to find ways to improve food safety and quality by working to enhance food preservation, storage, processing and transport. Our R&D Centers are equipped with industry-leading facilities including a microbial laboratory, research laboratory and a pilot plant to measure, test and develop cryogenic and gas applications for the food and beverage industry.