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With increased demand for longer shelf life, better taste and safer food products, Airgas delivers the food freezing and food chilling gases, equipment and process expertise you need.

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Increase food safety and improve food quality with premium food-grade gases, available in any supply mode, from cylinders and MicroBulk to bulk and on-site gas generation.

Control traceability with premium food‑grade gases

Ensure safety, compliance and quality with a consistent supply of food-grade gases including food-grade carbon dioxide and food-grade nitrogen from Airgas, an Air Liquide company.


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Hygienic, turnkey cryogenic equipment plus expertise for freezing and chilling food

With more than 40 years in the food industry, Airgas offers a complete package of gas solutions, equipment and process expertise for any freezing and chilling requirements to help you keep your food fresh. The cryogenic properties of our gases are ideally suited for chilling, freezing, crust-freezing, individual quick freezing (IQF) and temperature control applications.


CRYO TUNNEL - AFZ

Reduce Food Sanitation Risks with Revolutionary
Cryogenic Tunnel Design

See how the industry’s most hygienic inline cryogenic food freezing tunnel expands your production capacity by up to 35%, increases process flexibility and maximizes floor space with minimal operating costs, set-up and clean-up time.

CRYO INJECTOR - CB3

Get More Consistent Temperature Control
Through the Batch

Take a look at how the industry's most advanced cryogenic temperature control technology improves your chilling productivity while its hygienic design makes cleaning operations easy.
Bryan Foray, an Airgas expert

Hear from one of our food industry experts

Cryogenic freezing and chilling is so often overlooked. Many in the industry rely on mechanical chilling …

Bryan Foray, Manager, Business Development

“Cryogenic freezing and chilling is so often overlooked. Many in the industry rely on mechanical chilling and may not fully understand the benefits a cryogenic solution, or a mixed cryo and mechanical solution, can bring to the table. When customers sit down with our team of industry experts and Airgas’ portfolio of innovations, they often find ways to reduce bottlenecks all while improving their bottom line.”

Protect the cold chain and preserve food quality

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Premium food-grade liquid nitrogen, carbon dioxide in bulk and dry ice for freezing and chilling food, and the leading supplier of ammonia and R744 (CO2) for mechanical refrigeration systems. Learn more about the benefits of cryogenic food freezing

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Process expertise tailored to address your unique production needs

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State-of-the-art, turnkey cryogenic food freezing and food chilling equipment solutions for freezing and chilling food and food temperature control applications plus ongoing service, maintenance and spare parts packages for equipment.
Contact us at 833-PRTS-AES I AESspareparts@airgas.com

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Full line of safety products and PPE use in protecting your workers in food processing facilities

Resources to keep you ahead

Freezing and Chilling Brochure Two scoops of raspberry sherbert sprinkled with a handful of blueberries against a white background.

Freezing and Chilling Food

Learn more about how cryogenic food freezing and food chilling gases, equipment solutions and process expertise from Airgas help you maintain food quality and optimize production.

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Refrigerated & Frozen Foods Interview with Bill Adams, PhD, Director, Food and Pharmaceutical Solutions.

Challenges of Cost-effective Food Freezing

Selecting a quality system that preserves food in the most economical amount of time is one of the biggest challenges facing frozen food manufacturers.

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Bottom Injection: An Emerging Food Hygiene Consideration

While bottom injection chilling is a popular cooling method, read this Airgas Thinks article to discover why cleaning only the outside surface of nozzles puts your operation at risk.

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Airgas Dry Ice Packaged meat side-by-side in two rows.

Airgas Dry Ice: Food Production and Processing

Find out more about the steps Airgas Dry Ice takes to make sure your dry ice is safe to use in all food production, processing and transportation applications.

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