Air Liquide's offer for fruits and vegetables includes food gases as well as technologies, equipment and services for the following applications: Modified Atmosphere Packaging (to eliminate or reduce any product deterioration), chilling (preserving the natural quality, flavour and colour), cryogenic freezing (long-term preservation of fruits and vegetables while maintaining their quality and preventing water losses), crust freezing, IQF Individual Quick Freezing of small, fragile or sticky products, controlled atmospheres in storage warehouses (extending shelf life of fruits and vegetables), sauce coating, cryogenic grinding (to reduce product temperature before or during grinding), cold transportation without breaking the cold chain (during processes in the production plant and during transport).