Food and Beverage

SIAD Macchine Impianti (SIAD MI) will present its latest innovations at the largest trade show for the food and beverage industry in the Middle East next week.

Slovenia-based OMEGA AIR, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of filters and compressed air equipment, recently completed the installation of a custom nitrogen (N2) generator for a client in the coffee packing business.

The chances are at some point today you have used products enhanced by modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). It could have been the coffee used to make your morning latte, the sandwich or salad bought from...

There are many reasons for facilities to install refrigerant detectors to monitor for leaks in their refrigeration systems. These can vary significantly depending on the application in question.

The normal gaseous composition of air is nitrogen (78.08% – volume per volume), oxygen (20.96%) and carbon dioxide (CO2) (0.03%), together with variable concentrations of water vapour and traces of inert or noble gases.

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.