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Food Grade Lubricant- A Few Myths and Facts about It

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A food grade lubricant as the name suggests is used in the food processing industry just like food grade grease. Unlike other lubricants it cannot contaminate the food. However, it is shrouded by various myths. Know more about them and the real facts that lie within. 
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Food grade lubricant is used in various food processing industries like bakeries, sugar mills, vegetable and other edible oil mills, grain grinding, drug manufacturing and many more. Though they are gradually becoming popular, yet there are not free from doubts and hence are still avoided by some food industry manufacturers.

Among the major myths that prevail about lubricants in the food processing industry are as follows:
  • The first myth is that no lubricant can contaminate food or beverage during the manufacturing process.
  • All lubricants used in the food processing industry are food grade.
  • The performance level of these lubricants is inferior to other traditional lubricants.
  • The food grade lubricant are costlier than other mineral oil products.
  • All food processing industries do not require food-grade lubricants or food grade grease.
But as has been mentioned earlier, all these have been proved to be myths and the facts say otherwise. Here are the respective facts that nullify these myths:

In spite of the prevalent notion, food contamination does happen during the manufacturing process, and most contamination happens because of the lubricants used and that too without Baldwin filters.

Only the use of food grade lubricants approved by FDA can prevent contamination of food during the manufacturing process. Using non-grade food lubricants may in fact lead to severe penalty. This is exactly why most of the manufacturers dealing with the food and beverage industry are gradually using these lubricants. Same applies to food grade grease, and hence they should be used profusely.

Though most of the people are still under the impression that these lubricants reduce the overall performance, of a machinery, it is not so. They are equally effective, in fact most of the synthetic food grade lubricants and food grade grease have been designed to meet a wider range of applications and sometimes even outperform traditional food grade mineral oils. In fact, they remain effective even in the sub-zero cold freezers and the high heated ovens. A few manufacturers even go to the extent of claiming that they go along way to improve equipment life, reduce downtime, and further lowers maintenance cost.

You can order for food grade lubricant varieties online. This is because the internet has some of the registered world class manufacturers of these lubricant varieties that also supply Baldwin filters for oil filtration and air compressor oils to the food processing industry. However before ordering any of these it is always advisable to check whether the product is H1 registered with a another certifier like NSF International.


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