Dry misting for fruit and vegetables
In an average supermarket, the leaves of a head of lettuce wilt within an hour. The air is too dry, so fruit and vegetables lose moisture. Dry misting keeps the air around your display humid and cool, without making your produce wet.
No-obligation advice.
Trusted by retail chains across Europe
How it works
Humidity in an average supermarket is extremely low because of air conditioning. As a result, produce on the shelf loses a lot of moisture. The leaves of a head of lettuce wilt within an hour. The product looks less fresh and ends up in the bin sooner.
A small plate vibrates against the water surface 1.7 million times per second. This creates tiny droplets of purified water that together form a cloud above the display. The mist dissolves into the air around your produce. That keeps it hydrated and cooled, day and night, without getting wet.
Yes. Every installation comes with a flushing system as standard and is designed with food hygiene in mind. We also always recommend a reverse osmosis water filter. Our three-stage water filter removes all bacteria from the water, so the mist that is released is clean and safe. Supermarkets almost always choose it.
Dry misting preserves the weight, quality and colour of fruit and vegetables by keeping the air around the display humid and cool, also known as an adiabatic process.
Customer case, PLUS supermarkets
“Our customers experience even more freshness in the department, and you can actually see that the products keep their colour better and last longer.”
Results in numbers
25%
less waste of fruit and vegetables
20%+
higher customer satisfaction in the produce department after installation
40+
years of experience in ultrasonic humidification
A supermarket with dry misting throws away 25% less fruit and vegetables on average, and customer satisfaction in the department rises by more than 20%.
Benefits
Less discarded fruit and vegetables feeds straight into your department’s margin. Fewer rejects also means less time spent sorting and writing off stock.
Products that stay fresh for longer strengthen the fresh experience. Research shows that customer satisfaction in a produce department rises by more than 20% after installation. How much extra revenue that brings differs per store. That is why we do not quote a fixed percentage.
With less waste and less plastic packaging you reduce your ecological footprint. Worldwide, dry misting could potentially save 7,000 tonnes of plastic.
In practice
Lettuce
Carrots
Bananas
Frequently asked questions
Quickly. Lettuce leaves wilt within an hour, because the air in an average supermarket is very dry.
Longer than without humidification. Supermarkets with dry misting have on average 25% less waste of fruit and vegetables.
No. The mist dissolves into the air around the display. That keeps your produce hydrated and cooled, without the produce itself getting wet.
A small plate vibrates against the water surface 1.7 million times per second. This creates tiny droplets that together form a cloud above the display.
Yes. Research shows that customer satisfaction in a produce department rises by more than 20% after installation.
That depends on the length of your display, your weekly turnover and the time you save. The ROI calculator shows your annual savings on labour and waste, and the payback period.
Yes. Fruit and vegetables need to be wrapped in plastic less often to stay fresh.
Contact
Tell us which fruit and vegetables you write off most often and how your department is set up. A specialist will calculate with you what dry misting delivers for your store. If the return is too low, we will tell you that too.
