Keeping Food Fresh – Even Outside the Fridge

Active Oxygens Contribute to Food Safety

Beverage bottlers and dairies value peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) as valuable disinfectants. After all, these two active oxygens reliably sterilize various beverage containers without leaving chemical residues. By packaging juices, smoothies, energy drinks, and milk in germ-free cartons or PET bottles, spoilage is minimized. The protective action works even without refrigeration. Peracetic acid’s antimicrobial power is also utilized by food processors. With it, they can combat pathogen contamination of poultry, fruits, and vegetables. What is more: germs cannot develop a resistance to H₂O₂ or peracetic acid.

Active Oxygens Give Germs No Quarter

Foods stay fresh for longer — without refrigeration or preservatives.

Active Oxygens leave germs no room to develop.

PERACETIC ACID COMBATS PATHOGENS. IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY, THIS IS PARTICULARLY VALUABLE FOR...

Before food is filled, PET bottles, yogurt cups, and beverage cartons are sterilized using a bath, spray, or steam.

Aseptic Packaging

Before filling, bottles and drinks containers are sterilized using baths, sprays, or fogging.

Poultry Processing

Treatment with peracetic acid prevents bacterial contamination in poultry processing.

The harvest is disinfected through a wash bath and cold fogging.

Post-Harvest Processing

Fruits and vegetables are cleaned in a bath or through cold fogging. Washing waters are treated, too, so they can be recycled.

Peracetic acid is ideally suited for hygienic washing, cutting, and packaging.

Food Processing and Equipment

Equipment and working surfaces are kept free of unwanted microbes thanks to disinfection with peracetic acid.

HOLD ON. PERACETIC ACID AND FOOD – IS THAT SMART?

Absolutely. Peracetic acid can take on the bacteria and viruses that cause disease as well as the organisms that promote food spoilage. While peracetic acid is relentless against pathogens, it breaks down into its natural components — water, oxygen, and vinegar — after it has done its job. These biodegradable substances do not leave chemical residues behind. That is why various peracetic acid products are approved for food contact.

Peracetic acid combats bacteria with exceptional effectiveness and breaks down only into water, oxygen, and acetic acid.

In aseptic beverage packaging, peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide are used as powerful sterilants of beverage containers such as bottles, cartons, pouches, and the filling equipment itself. These pre-treated packages can then be filled with milk, juices, smoothies, and other perishable beverages. On their way to the end consumer, they do not need to be refrigerated further. At the same time, the beverages do not require any prior heat treatment or preservatives, which is something that more and more consumers appreciate. Therefore, beverages in aseptic packaging remain shelf-stable for longer periods.

Beverages filled into packaging pre‑treated with peracetic acid can be produced without preservatives.

Active Oxygens also treat poultry meat gently …

Poultry processors also require residue-free food safety solutions. Peracetic acid is highly effective at keeping meat safe from pathogenic bacteria. At the same time, this sustainable chemical combats the organisms that can accelerate spoilage.

… while preserving the freshness of fruits and vegetables.

It can take some time for fruits and vegetables to go from farm to table. To keep them as fresh as possible, produce companies can use peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide for post-harvest treatment. The same applies to freshly cut fruits and vegetables, which are becoming increasingly popular as convenience products. In these cases, the two active oxygens also combat pathogenic bacteria. Additionally, they prevent harmful microorganisms from initiating decay and spoilage processes. And without any chemical residues! Instead, we are left with clean produce and reduced food loss.

To prevent meat from spoiling quickly, it is pre‑treated with peracetic acid. It leaves no chemical residues.

POWERFUL AND NATURAL: PERACETIC ACID LEAVES BEHIND NO CONTAMINANTS, BREAKING DOWN INTO ONLY WATER, OXYGEN, AND ACETIC ACID.

Food and Peracetic Acid: It Works

… because foods treated with peracetic acid stay fresh for longer. After its antimicrobial action, peracetic acid dissipates just like the germs it eliminates.

Hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid help extend the shelf life of beverages by enabling cold sterilization

Aseptic Packaging

Cartons and PET bottles are sterilized to keep beverages and foods enjoyable for longer.

Poultry Processing

A chlorine‑free alternative reduces the risk of bacterial contamination, protecting against food-borne illness and spoilage.

Post-Harvest Processing

Keeping produce fresh from farm to table, thanks to treatment with active oxygens.