Messer is helping customers to keep their food products cool, as it delivers gases for a variety of food applications and has recently developed innovative new technologies for such services.
Grapecool is the name of a new, transportable system that Messer has developed in cooperation with DF AGRI, based in Siena, Italy, to help keep grapes chilled and eventually contribute to a light, fruity and aromatic variety of wine.
The system involves a bed of CO2 snow that keeps the grapes cool in a dump truck immediately after harvesting, thereby preventing overheating. This ensures there is no premature fermentation on the way to processing and furthermore, damaged grapes are protected against oxidation and contamination.
An aromatic and less acidic wine can be produced as a result and Messer notes that well-known producers of Chianti in Tuscany could soon be benefiting from the advantages of the Grapecool system too.
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