CO2 is crucial to meat and dairy sectors as well
Danish brewery Carlsberg's subsidiary in Poland could cut or halt beer production due to a lack of carbon dioxide deliveries, that is becoming a problem for the food industry in the country,
reported Reuters."If deliveries of carbon dioxide (CO2) are not resumed, there will be a high probability of significant production cut or production halt," spokeswoman for Carlsberg Polska Beata Ptaszyลska-Jedynak said on Thursday.
She explained that the beer industry uses carbon dioxide to keep oxygen out of beer, but that the lack of CO2 was hitting many other parts of the food industry which also uses it for refrigeration.
Carlsberg, which has three breweries in the country, is
among Poland's biggest brewers, with a market share of around 20% according to its annual report.
Heineken's Polish subsidiary Grupa Zywiec ZWC.WA said that it was analysing the situation and it was still too early to comment.
Poland's third major beer producer, Kompania Piwowarska from the Asahi Group 2502.T, said it was using technology to retrieve carbon dioxide during its production process and its output was unaffected.
Poland's
biggest chemicals firm Grupa Azoty said on Monday it was cutting production of some products due to soaring gas prices. Also on Monday PKN Orlen's PKN.WA chemicals subsidiary Anwil said it was introducing temporary production halts.
Chemical makers produce CO2 as a byproduct that is used in various parts of the food industry.
The CO2 delivery halt also poses a danger to the food security of the whole nation, said Andrzej Gantner, general secretary of Polish Federation of Food Industry.
"Truthfully, the
halted deliveries of CO2, dry ice and nitric acid influence not only the beverage industry, but also the majority of key food production industries in Poland, among them ones as crucial as meat, dairy, processed fruits, and vegetables," Gantner said.
Gantner also said that the Federation plans to ask the government on Friday to intervene and ensure that the production and delivery of resources crucial for the security of the food industry are resumed.
Poland's government said on Tuesday it would prepare measures to intervene in the fertiliser market affected by soaring natural gas prices.
When plants are new, I feed silica by making horsetail tea (strengthens roots and stalks to support weight)
Then as they shift to flowering/fruiting:
1. Compost tea ... made from organic food scraps. Mix with 50% water, stir and let sit open for a week, stir daily, add water to double volume, and it is ready
2. Potassium and Phosphorus : banana peels in water, sealed jar, for 5 days, then strain into compost tea! (discard peels)
3. Take a cup of that per liter or so of water, splash a little of your urine in (not a lot just a little) for nitrogen, and voila
Tomato plants from 2" tall seedlings to growing flowers in just a month, no other food needed!
Note: used to use great product, happy frog (grow big and big bloom) on my entire vegetable gardens, but where I am now you cannot find or buy these, but it was EASY to make. Whipped up an entire gallon in no time. And because I know there are no "unlabeled" ingredients, in a way, I prefer this blend. It smells worse (probably a good thing) because of natural fermentation but diluted it isn't bad smelling as a finished product (not that I would want to bury my nose in it lol)