Connected food retail solutions from case to cloud
Together with forward-thinking retailers around the world Danfoss has taken sustainable food retail solutions to the next level through constant development of sustainable technologies and service concepts.
Danfoss Food Retail solutions offer high efficient refrigeration systems optimized for CO₂ refrigeration and other natural refrigerants. Danfoss components are designed to provide the lowest total cost of ownership, while at the same time reducing the carbon footprint of your supermarket refrigeration system.
Danfoss solutions not only ensure the perfect conditions for food in temperature controlled environments, they also help achieve near-zero downtime on store applications in order to improve food safety and reduce food loss.

Danfoss Enterprise Services
Did you ever wonder why you need 24/7 monitoring of your stores? There are many good reasons, the first being good food quality and high food safety.
Danfoss ADAP-KOOL solutions have been developed based on more than 30 years of close cooperation with the global community of food retailers through and more than 80 years in the HVAC industry. Danfoss continuously develops its portfolio of components, controllers and advanced algorithms with the long-term ambition to create net-zero stores or even stores that give more energy than they take.
As a market leader with more than 50,000 food retail installations worldwide, Danfoss leads the development of integrated food retail refrigeration control solutions. Our experienced food retail specialists are ready to help you finding the right solution for your supermarket.
Features and benefits
Enhanced food safety
Maximized energy efficiency
Natural refrigerant solutions
Connected solutions from case to cloud
Monitoring and management services

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; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }Semi plug-in systemDanfoss offers highly efficient components optimized for semi plug-in refrigeration systems. The components are designed to provide the lowest total cost of ownership, while at the same time reducing the carbon footprint of your supermarket refrigeration system.
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; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }Smart storeThe Smart Store solution enhances food safety and brings down the energy bill by integrated and smart control of refrigeration, HVAC, lighting and other applications.
Highlighted products
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; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }CTR electric expansion valves, transcritical CO₂CTR 3-way heat reclaim valve is designed to allow full proportional control of the surplus heat from compressor pack into the heat exchanger of transcritical heat reclaim solutions, securing availability of heat and hot water. The CTR valve prevents pressure peaks eliminating costly system down-time and the risk of insufficient heat supply for store heating and hot water, regardless of installation size.
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; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }CCMT electric regulating valves, transcritical CO₂The CCMT is an electric operated valve designed specifically for operation in CO2 systems. The valve is capable of functioning either as an expansion valve, as a pressure regulator for the gas cooler or as a gas bypass valve with back-pressure regulation in trans-critical or subcritical applications.
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if (isSmallPicture) {
; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }AKV electric expansion valvesAKV are electrically operated expansion valves designed for refrigerating plants. The AKV valves are normally controlled by a controller from Danfoss’ range of ADAP-KOOL® controllers.
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; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }Multi Ejector Solution™The Danfoss Multi Ejector Solution™ ensures that transcritical CO₂ applications for retailers become energy efficient in any climate.
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; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }Compressor and condenser controllersDanfoss offers a range of compressor and condenser capacity controls for use in food retail, in compact systems as well as in large power packs.
Case studies
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; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }KrioFrost Creates Russia’s Largest Transcritical CO2 Hypermarket System Using Danfoss SolutionsGlobus had an ambitious target: to open the new 25,000 square meter hypermarket using transcritical CO2 for its refrigeration and heating. Danfoss helped KrioFrost—a Moscow-based refrigeration equipment producer and installer—to equip Globus’ huge new store in the Moscow suburb of Salaryevo with the company’s first transcritical CO2 booster refrigeration system.
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if (isSmallPicture) {
; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }The Danfoss Multi Ejector range for CO2 refrigeration: design, applications and benefitsDanfoss offers a complete portfolio of gas and liquid ejectors that provide significant benefits in CO2 refrigeration applications. Here we take a closer look at these offerings: the Multi Ejector Low Pressure (LP), the Multi Ejector High Pressure (HP), and the Liquid Ejector (LE). All three ejector products are only available as a complete Multi Ejector Solution™ where the ejector is bundled with the AK-PC 782A pack controller to provide the robust system controls necessary for efficient and reliable operation.
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; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }Selecting the right evaporator injection algorithm makes a world of differenceDanfoss has pioneered two control algorithms that help you achieve this balance. The Minimum Stable Superheat (MSS) algorithm has been an important part of the Danfoss ADAP-KOOL® offering for years and is still the ideal choice for adaptive evaporator control for dry expansion. Now Danfoss introduces the next generation: Adaptive Liquid Control (ALC).
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; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }Danfoss helps transform supermarkets into smart stores for demand responseWith an IoT-enabled demand response program utilizing Danfoss controllers and system managers, supermarket chain Giant Eagle is able to enhance food safety, detect malfunctioning equipment and reduce costly energy waste.
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if (isSmallPicture) {
; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }Russia’s first transcritical CO₂ hypermarketIn Voskresensk, Russian retailer Magnit has opened the first hypermarket in Russia using a transcritical booster refrigeration system with carbon dioxide (CO₂) — an eco-friendly and natural refrigerant.
News
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if (isSmallPicture) {
; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }New Optyma™ Control upgrade helps installers deliver more efficient, connected cold rooms03 December 2020Danfoss has unveiled an upgraded version of its popular Optyma™ cold room controller that adds new efficiency features and connectivity for self-contained rooms, remote condensing units and rack systems alike.
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if (isSmallPicture) {
; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }You can now plan out CO₂ transcritical refrigeration systems with Coolselector®213 November 2020Coolselector®2 is a free cooling calculation software that helps you optimize any HVACR system. Now, with the latest update to the software, you can select components for transcritical high-pressure side applications.
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if (isSmallPicture) {
; } else if (isBigColumns) { } else { }CO₂ made easy for small format stores: the Danfoss CO₂ MiniPack Solution02 November 2020The new CO2 MiniPack Solution makes it easy for the owners of small stores to harness the benefits of CO2 by combining five 100% compatible products into a single solution.
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