Product quality can rise or fall at the freezing stage, especially for seafood, fruit, prepared meals, and other products that are sensitive to temperature change.
Food processors do not care about process theory for its own sake. What matters to them is whether shrimp keeps a firm bite after thawing, whether berries hold their shape, whether prepared meals look consistent on the line, and whether freezing can keep up with production targets.
When oxygen becomes essential to daily output, it is no longer just a purchased gas. A cryogenic oxygen plant for large-scale industrial use gives factories a stable way to produce and supply oxygen where demand is high, continuous, and closely tied to process performance.