Will some brewers have to reduce production as a result?
Creating carbon dioxide is easy. You produce it when you breathe; your car produces it when you drive . However,isn’t so simple. Just look at breweries: Though all breweries produce carbon dioxide as a byproduct of fermentation, the vast majority of small brewers carbonate their beers with CO2 bought from an outside source. It’s simply more cost-effective than investing in.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, CO2 production for resale was down 20 percent earlier this month,, and levels could eventually be half of what they normally are, according to the Compressed Gas Association . The heart of the problem is CO2’s source: ethanol. As I mentioned, carbon dioxide is a natural byproduct of alcohol production, and large ethanol producers are equipped to capture this gas for sale.
Carbon dioxide is used in plenty of other capacities besides beer—from the obvious, like soda, to the not-so-obvious, like the meat industry, which needs CO2 for its production and preservation processes. But as is usually the case, larger companies will be better positioned to deal with any shortages. Reuters spoke with midsize brands like National Beverage Corp (
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