Beverages

A steady, secure supply of food-grade gases and supporting application technologies to keep the drinks industry sparkling

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Beverages

We have long-standing experience supporting the beverages industry worldwide – covering everything from carbonated drinks and beer to dairy, juice and coffee products. Our dedicated field and in-house specialists add value through in-depth insights into the application-specific properties and possibilities of food-grade gases as an additive – whether they be used as an aerating, pressurising, dispensing, preserving or fumigating agents.  

Putting the fizz into your business 

We work closely with customers at all stages of beverage production from bottling, canning and packing through storage to pre- and post-mix dispensing. So regardless of whether you operate a large bottling or canning plant or run a bar or restaurant, BOC is the partner of choice if you value expert advice, security of supply and premium quality. 

Gases

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 

The main use of carbon dioxide in the drinks industry is for the carbonation of fizzy drinks

It is also used as a dispense gas in pubs, bars, hotels and retail outlets


Nitrogen (N2) 

Liquid nitrogen is added to plastic drinks bottles during the filling process in order to increase the strength of the bottle and prevent them collapsing when stacked

Nitrogen can be used for food inerting applications and is also used in Modified Atmosphere Packing (MAP) to prevent oxidation and reduce odours 

Supply

Cylinders

BOC Food Fresh cylinders and Manifolded Cylinder Pallets (MCP) have been developed for food businesses using modified atmosphere packaging (MAP).

Food Fresh cylinders can be supplied as single gases or as mixtures. Your BOC sales and technical specialist will advise on the appropriate mixing equipment, or pre-mix cylinders. Where a pre-mix gas is chosen, BOC will advise on the exact gas mixture for packing your product.

Cryospeed

BOC’s Cryospeed service gives you access to larger volumes of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide in cryogenic liquid form. These are stored in fully maintained stainless steel vacuum-insulated vessels on your site and are filled by our Cryospeed operators. Our storage vessels are set up for the pressures, flow rates and sizes appropriate to each customer. All rented vessels are fully maintained under the supply agreement with BOC. 

Bulk

High gas volumes can be stored in BOC bulk cryogenic vessels. These are installed at the customer’s site, providing a continuous and secure supply of oxygen, nitrogen or carbon-dioxide. Our Customer Engineering Service (CES) designs, installs and maintains the vessel in line with customer requirements and in compliance with all the relevant regulations (such as the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000). Our On-Stream service can also cover customer-owned systems.  

On-site generation 

For those needing generated nitrogen, the BOC Ecovar-mini range provides an on-site generation solution at a range of pressures, flow rate and purity. On-site generation requirements are assessed on a site-specific basis to ensure the resulting set-up will cater for your needs now and in the future.