Cheese Packaging Gas Control & Testing
- High-accuracy testing systems that maintain cheese freshness, structure, and shelf appeal
- Sensitive leak testing instruments that help reduce waste and increase production output
- Cutting-edge gas flow optimisers built to optimise gas efficiency and costs
- Advanced gas mixers that enhance MAP precision.
Gas Control Equipment For Cheese Manufacturers
Providing reliable active packaging tools and precision gas control equipment tailored to cheese packaging. Our advanced gas analysers, gas mixers, leak testers, burst systems, and flow optimisers help cheese producers maintain consistent, accurate modified atmosphere conditions across a range of packaging formats and cheese products.
We also offer a comprehensive selection of oxygen absorbers, moisture absorbers, CO2 absorbers, and CO2 generators to support optimal in-pack conditions during storage and distribution.
Packaging Quality Assurance For Cheese Manufacturers
Packaged cheese products, such as fresh, soft, semi-hard, and sliced cheeses, are produced, packed, and distributed worldwide, typically covering significant distances from the production point to the consumer.
Fresh and soft cheeses, such as cottage cheese and Brie, spoil quickly due to high moisture content and susceptibility to microbial growth. Hard and semi-hard varieties, such as Cheddar and Gouda, last longer but can still be affected by oxidation, flavour loss, and texture alteration.
Maintaining freshness, texture, visual appeal, and flavour throughout the supply chain is key to protecting the market value of these delicate products.
To achieve this, it’s crucial to maintain a controlled packaging environment that manages moisture, limits oxygen, and suppresses microbial activity through modified atmosphere packaging (MAP).
This is particularly critical for export-grade or premium cheeses with short shelf lives and stricter quality standards, such as soft goat’s cheese and ricotta.
Gas Control In Cheese Packaging
Nitrogen is widely used in cheese packaging to displace oxygen, helping slow oxidation, preserve flavour, and maintain product texture; particularly in sliced, fresh, and semi-hard cheeses, such as mozzarella, Gouda, and feta.
Manufacturers often flush the packaging of mould-prone cheese varieties, such as Camembert, with carbon dioxide to reduce microbial growth and extend shelf life. However, levels must be carefully regulated, as elevated carbon dioxide can alter the flavour or look of some cheeses.
Nitrogen and carbon dioxide are added to cheese packaging using gas flushing or vacuum/gas cycles before sealing to create a modified atmosphere suited to the cheese’s moisture level, texture, and spoilage risk.
How EMCO Can Help
EMCO is a global leader in gas control solutions trusted by cheese manufacturers to deliver cutting-edge tools and equipment that preserve product quality, maximise shelf life, and boost operational efficiency in large-scale cheese production.
We build high-performance desktop systems for gas, leak, and burst testing, precision gas mixers for MAP optimisation, and an advanced gas flow optimiser that optimises flow and reduces gas usage.
Our range of active packaging solutions features dependable, cost-efficient tools including oxygen absorbers, moisture absorbers, CO2 absorbers, and CO2 generators.
Cheese producers’ QA teams can establish a systematic packaging testing process with our advanced desktop systems, performing gas, leak, and burst tests. Analysing the data recorded by our instruments helps streamline operations, increase efficiency, and reduce costly errors.
Large-scale cheese manufacturers can leverage our gas mixers and flow optimiser to enhance MAP precision, reduce gas consumption, and accelerate production lines.
Both medium and large cheese producers can use our active packaging tools to keep soft, fresh, sliced, export, and extended-shelf-life cheeses fresh, safe, and consistent in quality.
Why Choose EMCO’s Gas Control Equipment For Cheese Manufacturing
- High-precision gas blending and flow control
- Comprehensive and accurate gas, leak, and burst testing
- Exceptional leak detection sensitivity down to 10 microns
- Fast, easy, and safe package testing workflow
- Proven and dependable active packaging solutions
- Data logging to improve operational efficiency
- Supported by EMCO’s service level guarantee.
