The fruit and vegetable market is large and diverse, ranging from freshly picked produce through ready-to-serve salads to dried fruit.
All of these foodstuffs have one thing in common – they are sensitive and require hygienic, gentle handling during harvesting, storage, preparation, packaging and distribution. Temperature control is a key success factor.
Across this entire value chain, we have the expertise and technologies to help you control temperature, improve processing conditions, scale production capacity, increase product yield and ultimately increase food shelf life naturally.
Discover How Our Experts Can Help with Your Specific Application Needs:
Cryogenic chilling/freezing with gas and dry ice
Greenhouse horticulture and fumigation
In-transit chilling to maintain product quality along the entire distribution chain
Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) to extend shelf-life
Water treatment and pH control.
Defrosting and maturation of fruits with ethylene FRUTARGAS®: (96% N2 4% C2H4) is an authorized product in Portugal for use in the dedusting of citrus fruits and banana maturation.
Under the terms of Article 41 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 1999, the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Veterinary Services (DGAV) granted to Linde Portugal, the placing on the market of the plant protection product - FRUTARGAS® (96% N2 4% C2H4), with authorization No. 1198 to sell this product for professional use, dated on 25 June 2018
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