More about ozone
Ozone is a naturally occurring oxidizing and disinfecting agent which is composed of three oxygen atoms combined to form O3. In nature, the energy released from lightning produces ozone, which explains the clean smell after a thunderstorm.
Ozone can also be generated mechanically by exposure of oxygen to a high energy electrical discharge (corona discharge) and this is the process on which the biofresh ozone system is based.
Ozone is unstable. The third oxygen atom breaks away leaving pure oxygen (O2) and a single, negatively charged, oxygen molecule. This single oxygen atom is a powerful, natural oxidising agent that reacts with bacteria, fungi, spores and associated molecules that cause bad odours. When this process is carefully harnessed, the life of fresh produce can be extended.
Because ozone has a very short half-life, it breaks down into nothing but oxygen. It does not build up on the surfaces of fruit and vegetables in the same way as detergents and pesticides do. It is totally harmless.
The purifying power of ozone has been recognised for more than a century. Throughout Europe and the United States it has been used for purifying drinking water supplies and bottled water. It is used for decontaminating cooling towers. And has applications in a variety of food processing plants.