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Anywhere your produce is held, an invisible gas starts to collect. Ethylene is a volatile organic compound – a colorless gas that mature plants produce. It accelerates ripening in fruits and vegetables, and it’s sometimes used deliberately in the produce industry to do just that. But, what happens when a fruit or vegetable reaches optimum ripeness? It continues to produce ethylene, spreading this ripening hormone to nearby produce and hastening spoilage. This can happen during packaging, transportation, and storage – so delivering a fresh, long-lasting product means stopping exposure to ethylene gas at every stage. Here’s how air purification from AiroCide makes it easy and safe, no matter where ethylene collects in your process.

In Packing and Processing

All along your production line, that perfectly ripe produce is outputting ethylene – and removing it requires proper air purification. But, for the protection of your employees and the sensitive produce they handle, your system can’t use potentially toxic chemicals or output any harmful emissions – like some air purifiers do. AiroCide safely disinfects the air of ethylene without using ozone, hydrogen peroxide, or any other harmful chemical, and outputs only pure air. The air purification process used by AiroCide, called photocatalytic oxidation (or PCO), takes place entirely inside a sealed reaction chamber. Your AiroCide unit draws in ethylene, viruses, and other unwanted organic particles like bacteria or fungus and destroys them completely. AiroCide protects your employees as well as your products, and leaves only clean air.

In Cold Storage and Warehousing

Cold storage and warehouses can be large spaces – but they’re just as susceptible to ethylene buildup as anywhere else, and spoilage still occurs. Luckily, a variety of AiroCide models exist, and we can configure our systems to spaces of every size. With the dimensions of your space, you can reach out to get an accurate proposal for a system that will fit your facility and reduce unnecessary spoilage in storage. It can also reduce the instance of fungus and bacteria – protecting your produce in more ways than one.

In Transportation

Transportation is key to delivering fresh produce – and whether your trucks are refrigerated or not, ethylene can still collect around your fruits and vegetables. Stopping ethylene gas during transportation is simple with the right AiroCide model. Your AiroCide unit cleans the air of 99.99% of VOCs like ethylene, as well as any mold or fungus that may land on produce at the last minute.

A Simple and Effective Solution

Stopping ethylene gas at every stage of your product’s journey means reducing spoilage and delivering a more fresh, longer-lasting piece of produce to your customer. Less loss up front and more satisfied buyers at the end is your reward for reducing this VOC! It’s a simple solution with a great result, reach out to our air purification experts to find out how, and start protecting your produce today.

Protect employees from illness, stop throwing out product, and defend the integrity of your product. In a controlled food production environment, contaminants are enemy #1 – and controlling them is more than a matter of surface sanitation.

Airborne bacteria, viruses, mold spores, and unwanted yeasts all threaten your product and your workers. Maybe your HVAC has a filter attached, but is that really defending against everything that comes into your facility? Discover an air purification solution that truly scrubs and purifies the air in your dairy, bakery, or meat processing facility – regardless of where it’s circulating from. Find out the difference that KesAir products like Airocide and AiroPro make.

Sanitizing the Air in Dairies, Meat Production, and Bakeries

In each of these industries, contamination is a threat of the highest order. Meat, dairy, and bread are all susceptible to mold and bacteria, causing product to be thrown out, product to spoil on store shelves, or much worse. Additionally, your employees need protection from airborne threats. Airborne viruses, bacteria, and allergens cause lost time, and in the worst cases have even invited legal action. The best air purifier does much more than protect your products – here’s the protection you can expect from our Airocide and AiroPro purifiers.

PPE for Employee Protection

First, KesAir products qualify as PPE under the American Rescue Plan Act and other Covid-19 funding! That means you can get funding to purchase KesAir purifiers to protect your employees. Airocide purifiers are suited for large industrial spaces like production lines and storage facilities, and AiroPro products are designed for common spaces, offices, and large gathering areas. Together, they provide air purification throughout your entire dairy, bakery, or meat processing facility – from the back offices to the production floor. Learn more about requesting Covid-19 relief funding for KesAir PPE on our blog.

Keep More Product – Stop Mold, Yeast, and Bacteria

Airborne mold, yeast, and bacteria infiltrate every space possible. Food processing has rigorous standards for sanitation, of course, but even after sterilization, products can be exposed to contaminants. It can cause all those simple, yet frustrating issues – like bread, meat, or cheese that is off-tasting, or that molds too fast. Proper air purification eliminates airborne mold and bacteria – killing the threat before it lands and grows on your product. Airocide is trusted in QA, lab settings, and clean rooms – the most sterile spaces in foodservice – and you can have that same protection for your product.

Protect Against Contaminants and Recalls

The second worst thing is finding out a batch is contaminated and having to throw it out – the worst? Finding out that a bad batch left the factory. Certain viruses and bacteria that cause foodborne illnesses can be found in the air, and at any time they can land on your product and begin to multiply. Without proper air purification, that gives you coverage beyond the carbon filters in the HVAC system, your product is at risk. A proper air sanitation system, created with the help of KesAir, will cover the air in your entire facility – maintaining pure air around your products and helping reduce contamination.

Constant Pure Air for Your Dairy, Meat Production, or Bakery

Protect your products, protect your employees, and protect your customers – it’s all easy with KesAir air purification in your dairy, meat production, or bakery facility. Airocide and AiroPro provide dual protection out front and in the back – throughout your full facility. Find out how you can create a purification system that’s perfect for your facility. Reach out to us and we’ll work with you to determine the ideal layout for total purification.

Airocide commercial air purification can be the difference between spoiled produce and significantly extended shelf life. For food processing facilities, cold storage units, and food banks, airflow is pertinent to keeping food fresh, safe and optimal for purchase. So what can you do to ensure your airflow is working to your advantage? Join thousands of customers in installing our Airocide commercial air purifying system.

Go With The Airflow

Our air sanitation units can easily be placed in your facility where they will be most effective. Cold storage facilities with specific temperatures can benefit greatly from the patented photocatalytic oxidation technology. The Technology Developed for Nasa inside each unit kills more than 99.99% of airborne pathogens and VOCs (volatile organic compounds) that pass through its processor. Airocide completely mineralizes threats and converts them to trace amounts of carbon dioxide and water vapor.

Airocide is the natural, harmless, most cost-efficient way to protect your produce from naturally occurring VOCs such as ethylene gas, mold, mildew and bacteria. The airflow our commercial air purification units emit is free of pathogens and odors. What’s more, airflow in your facility from Airocide has NO EMISSIONS, harmful gasses or ozone.

From Stale to Stellar

Ethylene gas causes produce to rapidly ripen and spoil. This can result in stale, odorous air in your storage facility. Organic supermarkets and food processing facilities can rely on Airocide’s air purification to dramatically improve the air and airflow and keep produce fresh without compromising their organic composition.

A produce provider in Illinois stated, “Airocide air sanitation is in operation at W. Newell & Co. because of their commitment to air quality improvement and superior efforts for food safety, quality assurance and shelf-life extension.”

The Effects of Airflow

Providing your facility with powerful air purification affects airflow in a highly beneficial and safe way. Your products will stay fresh longer and be protected against bacteria and VOCs like ethylene gas and mold. With minimal maintenance and proven technology, the airflow from Airocide commercial units will provide clean air to improve food quality and extend shelf life. Benefits you can and will see.

With thousands of units in operation, Airocide provides clean, effective airflow through our commercial air sanitation system. Ask us how you can improve your airflow with Airocide’s commercial air purification today.

After decades, Airocide continues to provide thousands of global cold storage facilities and food processors with pure, clean air. Our commercial air purification technology protects the produce in your cold storage facilities and helps you provide fresh produce with extended shelf life. It works to remove ethylene gas, mold, and bacterial contamination for brighter, more vibrant produce.

Something In The Air

Ethylene gas occurs naturally, but controlling buildup is easy through powerful air purification. In a closed cold storage facility, bacteria and threats multiply and spread quickly. These threats can cause your fresh produce to spoil, rot and go to waste. Our efficient commercial Airocide processor eliminates ethylene gas, mold, bacteria and other airborne threats. 

One of our organic produce wholesalers performed a study on the effect of our commercial air purification technology in their cold storage facility. They installed three Airocide systems. Within 72 hours, the amount of airborne fungi inside their cooler decreased by an average of 96.8%.

This is just one case study done to prove how we protect your produce with commercial air purification. Overall, our ethylene gas scrubbers work 24/7 to extend your shelf life and support food safety. 

Profits in Produce Protection

Not only does commercial air sanitation protect produce, it opens the door for brand loyalty and increased profits. Offering high-quality produce with enhanced food safety and increased shelf life will put you at the top of your clients’ preferred providers. 

Spend less time in your cooler and more time running your business. Our Airocide units runs around the clock to consistently provide pure air to your cold storage facility. Spend less on chemical cleaners, save money on produce waste and spare yourself the stress of airborne threats.

The easiest and most affordable way to protect your fresh produce is with commercial air purification provided by Airocide. With no obligations or strings attached, you can get a free facility proposal and be on the way to offering your best produce yet.