Food & Beverage Applications
Solutions dedicated to beverage manufacturers.
Solutions dedicated to beverage manufacturers: carbonation, protection against oxidation, optimisation of packaging, racking... with its solutions dedicated to beverage manufacturers, Air Liquide meets your requirements for food safety, preservation of taste and nutritional qualities and innovation.
Our beverage solution can help you:
- Preserve the colour, flavour and nutritional attributes of your beverage product with an all natural solution while optimizing your formulation costs
- Prevent the creation of an atmosphere resulting in oxidation and microbial development in your products through the production process
- Extend product shelf life and improve quality after packing by minimizing the dissolved Oxygen levels which can otherwise contribute to oxidation damage
- Prevent package collapse in PET bottles and metal containers
Designed for Your Factory
Compliance with Standards
Our food-grade bulk gases comply with traceability requirements and HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) standards for the production and logistics of fluids intended for the food industry.
Certified Quality
ALIGAL™ products are fully certified for the food and beverage industry in accordance with local regulations, such as ISBT and FSSC 22000.
Gas Expertise
Our application experts will design the best solutions for you, bringing efficiencies and improvements to your processes. We're here to support you with consultation, commissioning, and startup, ensuring a smooth and successful implementation.
Innovation Campuses
At our 4 innovations campuses around the world, our dedicated Food, Beverage and Life Science researchers pioneers the latest gas technologies and equipment, ensuring you receive the most advanced solutions that enhance your operations and meet your unique needs
Carbonation
The right amount of carbonation in your drink is crucial to creating the perfect bubbles in everything from water, sparking wine and soft drinks, to getting the right level of froth on a pint of beer. We carefully monitor our production of Carbon Dioxide and constantly work to optimise our processes. Everything to meet the requirements that apply to Carbon Dioxide classified for food and to meet our customers' expectations. Carbonation takes place in beverage processing and bottling plants or directly at the point of consumption, such as in bars and fast food outlets.
- Meets the most stringent ISBT* CO₂ specifications
- Ensures bulk CO₂ product compliance to the highest food safety standards FSSC 22000
- Includes the implementation of a Food Safety Management System within Air Liquide’s CO₂ bulk supply chain
- Provides proof of compliance documentation for inspections and internal audits
Inerting, Blanketing and Sparging
Air Liquide helps you choose a suitable method to avoid oxidation in your drink. Oxidation occurs when the empty space around a product contains moisture and oxygen, which has a negative effect on the product itself. Inerting, blanketing and sparging are the three most common ways to avoid oxidation by eliminating the Oxygen in the air around the product. When replacing Oxygen with Nitrogen or Argon, the void is filled with a dry and inert gas that protects the drink.
Dosing and Purging for Packaging
Liquid Nitrogen dosing is a unique process that helps preserve the quality of the beverage and also extends shelf life. Drops of liquid Nitrogen are injected when filling bottles and cans to expel air and reduce the Oxygen content of the liquid.
Pressurisation
Air Liquide offers environmentally friendly and cost-effective systems for pressurising beverage packaging, especially water bottles. If you increase the pressure in the bottle, it becomes much more stable when it is filled and closed. One pours a drop of liquid Nitrogen into each bottle before filling water or another beverage on top of the liquid gas. The Nitrogen vaporises and expands approximately 700 times, creating an overpressure inside the bottle.
Let us assess the best product for your beverage production
Our experts will help you choose the right gas for your analysis and give you advice on the use of related equipment. In this way, it is possible to obtain reliable and high-quality measurement results in complete safety.
Related Gases
Related Equipment
VESTAL™ Gas Pressure Control and Monitoring
Air Liquide’s VESTAL™ is a customized Nitrogen inerting and blanketing solution to help ensure product quality and safety by keeping out air, helping to protect liquid products from impurities and reduce the potential for corrosion in tanks and vessels.
Why Choose Us
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Industry Leader
We are a global leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health. -
Reliability
Our solutions are reliable, reproducible and in compliance with stringent and ever-evolving regulations. -
Expertise
Leverage our global network of industry experts tailored to your unique challenges. -
One-Stop Solution Provider
Access a comprehensive suite of products, supply modes, and services designed for your specific requirements. -
Extensive Infrastructure Network
Benefit from our robust production and filling infrastructure, including extensive pipeline networks. -
Focus on Quality
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Sustainability
Embrace our solutions that support your highest performance while minimising environmental impact.