Food & beverage · dairies, bottlers, processors

Dairies, juice and water bottlers, bakeries and food processors in Oman use chemicals for two separate jobs: cleaning the plant, with CIP caustic, acid and sanitisers, and food-grade additives that go into the product. Oman Chemical supplies both from Barka. Confirm the grade you need when you order, and ask for the documents your food-safety system requires before buying an ingredient.

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Plant cleaning and ingredients

In food plants the cleaning chemicals and the ingredients follow different rules. Cleaning chemicals must remove soil and kill microorganisms without leaving residues in the product; additives must meet a food grade.

  1. Clean-in-place (CIP)

    Pipes, tanks, pasteurisers and fillers are cleaned without dismantling, and fat, protein and sugar residues must come off completely.

    Chemical typesHot caustic soda solution for organic soil; an acid wash with phosphoric or nitric acid for milkstone and mineral scale; low-foam formulated cleaners.

  2. Sanitising

    Clean surfaces still carry microorganisms that spoil product.

    Chemical typesSanitisers based on hypochlorite, hydrogen peroxide and other actives, used at the specified concentration and contact time, with rinsing where the product label requires it.

  3. Open-plant cleaning

    Floors, walls, conveyors and outsides of equipment collect grease and food soil.

    Chemical typesAlkaline and acid foam cleaners and low-foam phosphoric acid cleaners for food plants.

  4. Food-grade additives

    Products need acidity, preservation, leavening and moisture control.

    Chemical typesCitric acid and food-grade phosphoric acid as acidulants; food-grade propionic acid as a preservative; sodium bicarbonate for leavening; ascorbic acid as an antioxidant; food-grade propylene glycol; food-grade activated carbon for decolourising.

  5. Utilities

    Food plants run boilers, chillers and RO water systems.

    Chemical typesSee cooling and boiler treatment, RO chemicals and effluent treatment.

Food plant chemicals we supply

Proven sellers first, from our own sales records. Product names say where an item is food grade; check the grade on the product page and the quote.

Also supplied for this work

Part numbers are RXSOL codes; quote them when you order. See this industry in the catalogue

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Food plant chemicals: questions buyers ask

What is CIP cleaning?

Clean-in-place: cleaning solutions are pumped through pipes, tanks and equipment without taking them apart. A typical cycle is a water pre-rinse, a hot caustic wash, an intermediate rinse, an acid wash, a final rinse and a sanitising step.

When is caustic used and when is acid used?

Caustic soda removes organic soil such as fat, protein and burnt-on sugar. Acid removes mineral deposits such as milkstone and limescale. Most plants use caustic every cycle and acid at a set frequency.

Are your citric acid and phosphoric acid food grade?

We supply both technical and food grades of several chemicals, and the product name or quote states the grade. For anything that goes into food, ask for the documents your food-safety team needs before you order.

Can sodium hypochlorite be used on stainless steel?

Yes, at sanitising concentrations with a controlled contact time. Strong solutions or long contact, especially when warm, can pit stainless steel, so follow the dilution on the label.

Do you supply cleaning chemicals for bottled water plants?

Yes, along with the RO chemicals those plants use for treatment. See our desalination and RO page.

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