Category Archive: Nitrogen Generators

Nitrogen Generators for the Food Industry

Pure nitrogen plays a critical role in ensuring optimal consumer safety for all types of perishable foods. Used for both the transportation and storage of food products, nitrogen allows for efficient, economical preservation, locking in freshness and flavor while safeguarding human health.

Nitrogen is the dominate gas in atmospheric air, but food freshness can be affected by even small amounts of oxygen, which allow harmful microbes, such as bacteria, to flourish. Therefore, nitrogen-rich environments with no more than 2% oxygen by volume are ideal for the processing, packaging, and storing of food products. In fact, nitrogen generation is employed in almost every step of food processing  operations.

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Avoid Costly Fees and Generate Your Own Nitrogen

When purchasing a nitrogen generator, you have to ask yourself a few questions. Who will I purchase from and why?  What do I need? How much is it? Why should I generate my own Nitrogen vs. purchasing “Bottled or Bulk” Nitrogen from another party? Here at Compressed Air Systems, we make the answers to all of these questions very simple.

Why Generate Nitrogen?

  • Cost Savings
  • Quick Return on Investment 
  • Safety
  • Ease of Supply

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