Beverages
When it comes to consumer expectations for beverages, food safety and quality are most important. It takes extensive experience and know-how to meet rigorous standards for consistency in taste, fizz, quality and strength of packaging. Air Liquide has developed solutions to help you achieve optimal beverage production. From managing oxygen exposure and optimizing packaging to dispensing beverages at point of sale, we provide a range of solutions to help you safely meet quality, efficiency and productivity goals.
Safety
You can count on the safety and quality of our certified beverage grade gases, including carbon dioxide and nitrogen.
Air Liquide's carbon dioxide liquefaction and nitrogen production facilities serving the food and beverage industry have achieved the Food Safety System Certification 22000 (FSSC 22000), an internationally-recognized standard for food safety. Our team of beverage industry experts will work with you to develop processes that result in quality beverage manufacturing and enhanced productivity.
Our gas and equipment solutions for the beverage industry include the following services:
- Assistance with selection and specification of optimal gas blend
- Assistance with troubleshooting of systems
- Consulting
- Gas analysis and metering
- Product testing
- Start up support, annual audit and technical support
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ALIGAL™ for food and beverages
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Breweries
After years of serving breweries, just two of Air Liquide’s benefits include optimizing carbon dioxide and the supply of carbon dioxide in many grades and purities to suit the industry’s diverse needs. Matching the gases to the beer type allows customers to draw faster without the excess foam. Our ALIGALTM draft gas helps eliminate flat beer, airborne bacteria and odors associated with air compressors.
Our ALIGALTM regulator offers reliable, accurate control of your draft gas.
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Beverage Processing Product Sheet
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Beverages Value Chain Steps
CARBONATED
Carbonation
Proper carbonation creates effervescence in waters, wines, soft drinks, and the perfect ‘head’ on your beer. The introduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) must be calibrated precisely for consistency. Our experts apply decades of experience to the proper insertion of carbon dioxide as a critical food ingredient. You can count on the quality of our beverage-grade carbon dioxide.
Gases
Inerting, blanketing and sparging
Inerting, blanketing, and sparging, are three common ways to combat oxidation, which occurs when moisture and oxygen contaminate the empty headspace around a product. Replacing the atmospheric oxygen with high-purity nitrogen fills the empty headspace with a dry, inert gas.
Gases
Equipment
Our wide range of equipment is designed to safely deliver industrial gases to your instrument. Air Liquide’s VESTAL™ system is a customized nitrogen inerting and blanketing solution that supports product quality and safety by keeping out oxygen and moisture.
Brands
ALIGAL™ is Air Liquide's premier brand for food and beverage gases and equipment. ALIGALTM solutions can be customized to meet your quality, hygiene and operational requirements.
Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)
Controlling the atmosphere around a food product is key to extending shelf life while maintaining freshness and attractiveness. Our experts understand the importance of gas flush packaging, a process that replaces package headspace with a beneficial gas, or mixture of gases, to inhibit bacterial growth and oxidative reactions. Extending shelf life with MAP means fewer product returns, less waste, higher customer satisfaction and manufacturing and distribution optimization. Air Liquide was one of the first to gain patents in modified atmosphere solutions. Our experts understand that packaging material and equipment is as vital as the right mixture of gas. Air Liquide’s technical support teams provide on-the-spot expertise for gas packaging.
Products
Equipment
We include on-site gas mixers in our range of equipment for industrial gases.
Services
Our on-site services include process analysis and optimization, installation and start-up support, inspection and maintenance. We offer gas management services alongside our bulk-gas supply solutions.
- On-Site Production
Brands
ALIGALTM is Air Liquide's premier brand for food and beverage gases and equipment. ALIGALTM solutions can be customized to meet all your quality, hygienic and operational requirements.
Wastewater treatment
Air Liquide has developed innovative and efficient solutions for safely managing wastewater effluent. Our treatments use water sources responsibly and put the environment first. For more information about our wastewater treatments, visit our Environment page.
Products
Equipment
The specific oxygen consumption requirements that our equipment meets, include VentoxAL, TurboxAL, PoroxAL hose, spargers, and other devices. TURBOXAL VENTOXAL
Services
Our experts will assist with processes such as maintaining a carbon dioxide cap on top of a fluid, integrating nitrogen or carbon dioxide injection systems into existing packaging lines, or monitoring integrated oxygen management systems.
Dosing and purging
Liquid nitrogen dosing (LIN dosing) is a unique process that helps maintain beverage quality and optimum shelf life. Drops of liquid nitrogen introduced in the bottling and canning process help drive out atmospheric air, and reduce oxygen in the liquid.
Gases
Air Liquide supplies liquid nitrogen in bulk for dosing and purging applications, as well as related equipment and services.
Services
Our on-site services include process analysis and optimization, installation and start-up support, inspection and maintenance.
NON-CARBONATED
Air Liquide’s solutions achieve optimal production of waters, juices, teas and coffee. Our certified beverage grade gases include carbon dioxide and nitrogen, as well as gas handling equipment and services. From managing oxygen exposure and optimizing packaging to dispensing beverage in a point of sale, our range of solutions will meet your goals.
Inerting, blanketing and sparging
Inerting, blanketing, and sparging are three common ways to combat oxidation, which occurs when moisture and oxygen contaminate the empty headspace around a product. Replacing the atmospheric oxygen with high-purity nitrogen fills the empty headspace with a dry, inert gas.
Gases
Equipment
Our wide range of equipment safely delivers industrial gases to your instrument. Air Liquide’s VESTAL™ system is a customized nitrogen inerting and blanketing solution that supports product quality and safety by keeping out oxygen and moisture.
Services
Our food industry experts will assist with processes such as maintaining a carbon dioxide cap on top of a fluid, integrating nitrogen or carbon dioxide injection systems into existing packaging lines and monitoring integrated oxygen management systems.
Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)
Controlling the atmosphere around a food product is key to extending shelf life while maintaining freshness and attractiveness. Our experts understand the importance of gas flush packaging, a process that replaces package headspace with a beneficial gas, or mixture of gases, to inhibit bacterial growth and oxidative reactions. Extending shelf life with MAP means fewer product returns, less waste, higher customer satisfaction, and manufacturing and distribution optimization. Air Liquide was one of the first to gain patents in modified atmosphere solutions. Our experts understand that packaging material and equipment is as vital as the right mixture of gas. Air Liquide’s technical support teams provide on-the-spot expertise for gas packaging.
Products
Equipment
Our range of equipment for industrial gases includes on-site gas mixers.
Services
Our on-site services include process analysis and optimization, installation and start-up support, inspection and maintenance. We offer gas management services alongside our bulk-gas supply solutions.
Brands
Air Liquide's premier brand for F&B gases and equipment, ALIGALTMsolutions can be customized to meet your quality, hygiene and operational requirements.
Pressurizing
Pressurizing lightweight beverage containers, especially for bottled waters, is environmentally responsible and cost-effective. Increasing internal pressure makes a bottle more rigid when filled and capped. This is done by dropping a tiny drop of liquid nitrogen into each bottle then filling the water (or other beverage) on top of the liquid nitrogen. As the nitrogen vaporizes it expands approximately 700 times to create a positive pressure inside the bottle.
Related products
Services
Our experts can assist with processes such as maintaining a carbon dioxide cap on top of a fluid, integrating nitrogen or carbon dioxide injection systems into existing packaging lines, or monitoring integrated oxygen management systems.
Wastewater treatment
Air Liquide has developed innovative and efficient solutions for safely managing wastewater effluent. Our treatments use water sources responsibly and put the environment first. For more information, visit our Environment page.
Products
Equipment
Our equipment meets specific oxygen consumption requirements, including VENTOXALTM and TURBOXALTM hose, as well as spargers and other devices.
Services
Our food industry experts will assist with processes such as maintaining a carbon dioxide cap on top of a fluid, integrating nitrogen or carbon dioxide injection systems into existing packaging lines and monitoring integrated oxygen management systems.
pH control
Using carbon dioxide to control the pH of a site's wastewater offers measurable safety and cost advantages over treatment systems that employ toxic and corrosive mineral acids such as sulfuric acid. Carbon dioxide is a safer alternative that minimizes environmental exposure and the risk of catastrophic accidental injuries. This low-cost treatment option substantially reduces the ongoing process, infrastructure, maintenance and compliance costs. In addition, our carbon dioxide pH control solution reduces the high cost required to deliver, store and use hazardous mineral acids – including the ongoing degradation costs of equipment exposed to the corrosive effects of acid.
Gases
Services
Air Liquide’s water treatment specialists will evaluate your site and design a specific solution for your needs.
Using oxygen to increase the dissolved oxygen content of wastewater results in better system health and operability. If the current system is unable to handle increased loading or more stringent discharge requirements, then oxygen can save you a major capital investment. Our wastewater treatment solutions can impact dissolved oxygen. The removal of excess gases from air injection can easily decrease VOC emissions. Our oxygen injection systems can also reduce the amount of BOD and COD in water treatment plants and meet the strictest water permit limits.
Equipment
We offer equipment to meet specific carbon dioxide requirements, including a variety of injection methods and control techniques.
Our equipment meets specific oxygen consumption requirements, including VENTOXALTM and TURBOXALTM.
Dosing and purging
Liquid nitrogen dosing (LIN dosing) helps maintain beverage quality and optimum shelf life. Drops of liquid nitrogen introduced in the bottling and canning process help drive out atmospheric air and reduce oxygen in the liquid.
Gases
Services
Our experts will assist with processes such as maintaining a carbon dioxide cap on top of a fluid, integrating nitrogen or carbon dioxide injection systems into existing packaging lines, and monitoring integrated oxygen management systems.
Deoxygenation
Some beverages contain components that are susceptible to oxidation, evidenced as color and flavor changes that occur during distribution. Just 10 ppm of oxygen, given enough elapsed time during distribution, can cause these oxidation changes. Sparging an inert gas through the beverage prior to storage and bottling, will reduce any residual oxygen to as little as 1 to 3 ppm, greatly extending shelf life.
Gases
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND SPIRITS
Air Liquide provides beverage-grade gases and services to breweries, wineries, and spirits producers. Whether you seek the optimal gas mixture for the perfect head formation in your craft beer or a consistent purity of nitrogen for your wines, we customize our value-based solutions to your specific operation. You can count on us to provide the expertise, technical support and full range of industrial gas products and services to keep you operating at the highest level.
Carbonation
Proper carbonation creates effervescence in waters, wines, soft drinks, and the perfect ‘head’ on your beer. The introduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) must be calibrated precisely for consistency. Our experts apply decades of experience to the proper insertion of carbon dioxide as a critical food ingredient. You can count on the quality of our beverage-grade carbon dioxide.
Gases
Inerting, blanketing and sparging
Inerting, blanketing, and sparging, are three common ways to combat oxidation, which occurs when moisture and oxygen contaminate the empty headspace around a product. Replacing the atmospheric oxygen with high-purity nitrogen fills the empty headspace with a dry, inert gas.
Gases
Equipment
Our wide range of equipment is designed to safely deliver industrial gases to your instrument. Air Liquide’s VESTAL™ system is a customized nitrogen inerting and blanketing solution that supports product quality and safety by keeping out oxygen and moisture.
Brands
ALIGAL™ is Air Liquide's premier brand for food and beverage gases and equipment. ALIGALTM solutions can be customized to meet your quality, hygiene and operational requirements.
Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)
Controlling the atmosphere around a food product is key to extending shelf life while maintaining freshness and attractiveness. Our experts understand the importance of gas flush packaging, a process that replaces package headspace with a beneficial gas, or mixture of gases, to inhibit bacterial growth and oxidative reactions. Extending shelf life with MAP means fewer product returns, less waste, higher customer satisfaction, and manufacturing and distribution optimization. Air Liquide was one of the first to gain patents in modified atmosphere solutions. Our experts understand that packaging material and equipment is as vital as the right mixture of gas. Air Liquide’s technical support teams provide on-the-spot expertise for gas packaging.
Products
Equipment
Our range of equipment for industrial gases includes on-site gas mixers.
Services
Our on-site services include process analysis and optimization, installation and start-up support, inspection and maintenance. We offer gas management services alongside our bulk-gas supply solutions.
Brands
Air Liquide's premier brand for F&B gases and equipment, ALIGALTMsolutions can be customized to meet your quality, hygiene and operational requirements.
Wastewater treatment
Air Liquide has developed innovative and efficient solutions for safely managing wastewater effluent. Our treatments use water sources responsibly and put the environment first. For more information, visit our Environment page.
Products
Equipment
Our equipment meets specific oxygen consumption requirements, including VENTOXALTM and TURBOXALTM hose, as well as spargers and other devices.
Services
Our food industry experts will assist with processes such as maintaining a carbon dioxide cap on top of a fluid, integrating nitrogen or carbon dioxide injection systems into existing packaging lines and monitoring integrated oxygen management systems.
Dosing and purging
Liquid nitrogen dosing (LIN dosing) helps maintain beverage quality and optimum shelf life. Drops of liquid nitrogen introduced in the bottling and canning process help drive out atmospheric air and reduce oxygen in the liquid.
Gases
Services
Our experts will assist with processes such as maintaining a carbon dioxide cap on top of a fluid, integrating nitrogen or carbon dioxide injection systems into existing packaging lines, and monitoring integrated oxygen management systems.
DAIRY-BASED
Air Liquide’s Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP), cryoshaping, Individual Quick Freezing (IQF) and milk standardization help achieve optimal dairy production capacity and deliver the freshness consumers demand. Maintaining freshness and flavorful dairy products through proper chilling, freezing, milk standardization and packaging, requires precision and know-how.
Air Liquide provides the food grade industrial gases, cryogenic technologies and services so essential to the safe and efficient preservation of freshness and quality from the moment raw milk arrives at the dairy plant to its conversion into a wide variety of products and finally its packaging and delivery.
Inerting, blanketing and sparging
Inerting, blanketing, and sparging are three common ways to combat oxidation, which occurs when moisture and oxygen contaminate the empty headspace around a product. Replacing the atmospheric oxygen with high-purity nitrogen fills the empty headspace with a dry, inert gas.
Gases
Equipment
Our wide range of equipment safely delivers industrial gases to your instrument. Air Liquide’s VESTAL™ system is a customized nitrogen inerting and blanketing solution that supports product quality and safety by keeping out oxygen and moisture.
Services
Our food industry experts will assist with processes such as maintaining a carbon dioxide cap on top of a fluid, integrating nitrogen or carbon dioxide injection systems into existing packaging lines and monitoring integrated oxygen management systems.
Wastewater treatment
Air Liquide has developed innovative and efficient solutions for safely managing wastewater effluent. Our treatments use water sources responsibly and put the environment first. For more information, visit our Environment page.
Products
Equipment
Our equipment meets specific oxygen consumption requirements, including VENTOXALTM and TURBOXALTM hose, as well as spargers and other devices.
Services
Our food industry experts will assist with processes such as maintaining a carbon dioxide cap on top of a fluid, integrating nitrogen or carbon dioxide injection systems into existing packaging lines and monitoring integrated oxygen management systems.
Why Choose Us?
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Certified gases
Air Liquide meets the highest benchmarks for food safety and quality in South Africa. -
Industry expertise
Air Liquide improves and invents new applications and equipment for the beverage industry to tackle emerging challenges in food safety and quality. -
Worldwide knowledge in the Beverage industry
By tackling today’s challenges, Air Liquide’s dedicated team helps clients improve productivity, profitability and quality. -
Research Center
Air Liquide’s research and development center continually finds new solutions for the beverage industry. Dedicated to developing ever more efficient, safe and effective technologies, our researchers know how to produce results.