This time last year, US businesses were being impacted by carbon dioxide (CO2) shortages. Plant closures, paired with contaminated supply and increased demand, each played a part in the struggles that are still remembered by industry players today.
One of the first companies to publicly raise its concerns surrounding CO2 was Everett, Massachusetts-based Night Shift Brewing, which said its supply had been cut for the foreseeable future. This story, or similar, was shortly after told by many other end-users of CO2 across the market.
Read more: US CO2 shortage: Strains set to continue throughout the coming months
CO2 is widely used in the food and beverage industry as a refrigerant and is also used in Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) to improve shelf life and in carbonating drinks. Dry ice (solid CO2) has increasingly been used to keep food frozen during home delivery, a trend that boomed during the coronavirus pandemic.
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