Messer’s New Yield Improvement Technology for Chilling Fresh Poultry: The Nitrogen-Powered KwikChiller | PR Newswire [Video]

Messer will host processors looking to learn more in an exclusive innovation suite at IPPE 2025

, /PRNewswire/ — Messer, a cryogenic solutions innovator in poultry processing, will be launching the KwikChiller, a continuous, nitrogen chilling solution for fresh poultry, in an exclusive innovation suite at the 2025 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE).

“Manually shoveling CO₂ pellets has long been an industry standard for chilling fresh poultry in second processing,” said Don Smiley, Director of Food and Beverage at Messer. “Our poultry customers have been asking for an alternative technology that could offer increased yield, improved temperature control, and relief from CO₂ safety and supply chain challenges. In response, Messer has developed a game-changing nitrogen-based solution which achieved an 85% reduction in purge loss at a leading poultry processing facility.”

This new in-line chilling system has delivered: