Silicone in the food sector

Silicone plays a key role in the food industry due to its safety and resistance. Certified by the FDA, it is odorless, tasteless, and suitable for direct contact with food, making it ideal for transport, processing, and kitchen utensils.

In outdoor applications, silicone is used in liquid transportation systems for human consumption, dairy products, and irrigation systems. In industrial interior environments, it is an essential component in food filling machines, conveyors, baking surfaces, and other processing equipment. Its heat resistance, non-stick properties, stability against deformation, aging, and permeability ensure a long service life and consistent performance. Additionally, it provides effective insulation against dust, microbes, and other contaminants, preserving the integrity and safety of food.

At MEREFSA, we design and customize silicone solutions for the food industry, adapting to the specific needs of each client and ensuring the highest standards of quality and safety.

Silicone Strengths

Mechanical: great resistance to deformation, both in its compact and sponge formulations, making it ideal for sealing and maintaining the tightness of pipe joints, pressure cookers, and pasteurization tanks. Platinum silicone, for example, is used in extreme working conditions due to its high mechanical strength, transparency, sterilization capacity, and hygiene.

Thermal: Its exceptional response to temperatures ranging from -60 °C to +300 °C makes it an essential material for kitchens and ovens. Silicone for steam is ideal for humid heat and pressure environments (steam).

Chemical: It is odorless and tasteless and can be formulated with various levels of hardness, color, and transparency to adapt to any design.

Where is it used?

In outdoor applications, it is used in livestock for dairy product transportation and in agriculture for irrigation systems and drinking water transport.

In indoor applications, it is key in food processing machinery, baking, vending machines, ovens, and magnetic applications in the food industry.

Specifically in: food molds, containers, cutlery, beverage filling tubes, conveyor belts, self-service machines, baking sheets, sealing profiles for oven doors, pressure cooker seals and coffee makers, and tubes for dairy product transport and irrigation systems.

Applied Products

Tubes
Reinforced Tubes
Rectangular Profiles
Cords
Seals and Sponge Silicone Seals
Sheets
Detectable Silicone