Fruit Package Gas Control & Testing
- Accurate ripening control to minimise waste and reduce unsellable stock.
- Field-tested active packaging tools to extend shelf life and ensure product consistency.
- Pioneering technology delivering ozone into a fruit package safely and effectively.
- Reliable, high-precision packaging testing to preserve freshness.
Active Packaging Tools & Ripening Control & Gas Control Equipment For Fruit Producers
Providing reliable ripening control instruments, active packaging tools, and precision gas control equipment for fresh and pre-cut fruit packaging.
Our oxygen absorbers, ethylene absorbers, CO2 absorbers, CO2 generators, and moisture absorbers maintain optimal package internal conditions.
Our ethylene analysers, portable ripeness testers, ripening gas controllers, ethylene scrubbers and controllers ensure accurate monitoring and control of ripeness levels, measuring firmness, sugar content, and ethylene concentration.
Our ozone generators,, ethylene absorbers, gas mixers, gas analysers, package leak detectors, and burst test systems guarantee that all types of pre-cut and high-value fruit are packaged and kept under optimal modified atmosphere (MAP) conditions throughout their entire shelf-life.
Packaging Quality Assurance For Fruit Producers
Fresh fruit - whole or cut - is produced, packed, and consumed worldwide, often traveling vast distances.
This highly perishable product must retain freshness, firmness, colour, flavour, consistency, and nutritional value from harvest to point of sale.
Picking fruit at the target stage of ripeness is essential, while maintaining an optimal storage and packaging atmosphere after harvest is essential to slowing ripening, reducing microbial growth, and preventing spoilage.
This is particularly important for pre-cut, long-distance-shipped, and high-value export produce, where shelf life extension and consistent quality are critical.
Gas Control In Fruit Packaging
Ethylene is a natural plant hormone that accelerates ripening in highly and moderately climacteric fruits (those that can ripen after harvest) such as bananas, kiwis, and melons. It can also cause softening, decay, or changes in flavours in low-climacteric fruits (those that only ripen on the plant) like apples and grapes.
Ethylene control in perishable packaging and storage is crucial for managing ripeness and extending shelf life. Producers can lower ethylene levels to slow ripening or increase them to trigger ripening in storage facilities holding climacteric produce such as mangoes and tomatoes.
Another key gas in produce packaging quality assurance is carbon dioxide. A minimal amount in packaging inhibits microbial growth, delaying spoilage in cut and long-distance-shipped fruit.
Moreover, moisture control is essential to prevent condensation, which can accelerate mould, decay, and microbial growth.
In some cases, such as high-value exports and pre-cut fruit, modified atmosphere packaging is used to maintain fruit freshness, texture, colour, and nutritional value.
This involves adjusting the levels of gases within the package: oxygen is reduced to slow respiration and delay ripening; carbon dioxide is increased to inhibit microbial growth; and nitrogen is introduced to stabilise the atmosphere and prevent oxidation.
The ideal gas mix depends on the fruit type, its respiration rate (how quickly it consumes oxygen and produces carbon dioxide, leading to ripening and spoilage), and whether it is whole or freshly cut.
MAP machines flush the fruit package with the right gas blend to displace ambient air before sealing.
How EMCO Can Help
EMCO is a world leader in active packaging tools and gas control equipment. Small and large fruit producers trust it to deliver innovative, reliable solutions that ensure product quality, extend shelf life, and support operational efficiency in produce packaging.
Our range includes field-tested oxygen absorbers, ethylene absorbers, CO2 absorbers, CO2 generators, and moisture absorbers, alongside precise handheld ethylene analysers, portable ripeness testers, ripening gas controllers, produce respiration management instruments, and ozone generators.
We also offer cutting-edge desktop systems built to perform gas, leak, and burst testing, as well as gas mixers.
Small to mid-sized fruit producers can rely on our active packaging solutions to extend product shelf life without complex MAP systems. For on-the-spot ripening control checks, they can use our precise yet economical handheld ethylene analysers.
Medium-sized fruit producers handling highly and moderately climacteric fruits, like bananas and melons, can also leverage our ultra-precise portable ripeness testers, produce respiration management instruments, ethylene filtration systems, and ripening gas controllers to ensure consistent quality, limit spoilage, and meet retail requirements.
Large-scale fruit producers preparing high-value exports or pre-cut fruit can also benefit from our advanced ozone generator, which sanitises air and surfaces to help extend product shelf life. Alongside our reliable active packaging tools, they can use our ripening gas controllers, ethylene filtration systems, produce respiration management instruments, ethylene and gas analysers, and desktop systems to ensure product quality, meet different market regulations, and minimise spoilage.
Tomato producers can harness our advanced ethylene mix controller - featuring continuous monitoring and integrated flow control - to achieve consistent ripening while reducing ethylene consumption and costs.
Why Choose EMCO’s Gas Control Equipment And Active Packaging Tools For Fruit Packaging
- Reliable, field-tested active packaging tools.
- Non-destructive portable ripeness testers with GPS mapping for field use.
- Precise, non-destructive ripening gas controllers for cold storage rooms and de-greening storage facilities.
- Near infrared spectroscopy and indicators such as brix, acid, and colour.
- Easy and quick gas control in glasshouses, shipping containers, and ripening rooms.
- Pioneering technology delivering ozone into a pack safely and effectively.
- Ethylene mix control equipment specifically designed for tomato ripening management.
- Quick, easy, accurate, and safe package testing process.
- Test result recording to improve operational efficiency.
- Backed by the EMCO service level guarantee.
