Seltzers Driving Renewed Demand

In the developed world markets, such as North America, Europe, and Japan, carbon dioxide (CO2) usage in the food and beverage sector is the largest combined consumption for the commodity. More specifically, these two sectors generally represent around 70% of all merchant usage in the developed economies. In the developing world markets, beverage carbonation represents the single highest demand for the product, often up to 80% of the total merchant market while food can be small in some cases.

The food and beverage sectors are truly sustainable, with new applications being developed and new markets created for the use of CO2 as well…