Ingredients Categories
Finished Products
Finished Food Categories
- Bakery
- Beverages / Juices
- Cereal and grain products
- Confectionery
- Cooking Fats & Oils
- Dairy
- Egg products
- Fruits & Vegetables
- Infant & Baby food
- Meat, Poultry & Fish
- Nuts & Seeds products
- Other Finished Food Categories
- Pet Food
- Plant-based foods
- Prepared foods
- Sauces & Seasonings
- Sweet & Savoury Spreads
Specialised Finished Products
- Bee products
- Biotic products
- Dietary supplements
- Energy drinks
- Functional beverages
- Functional confectionery
- Functional food
- Functional powders
- Meal replacement products
- Nutricosmetics
- Other Specialised Finished Products
- Pet Dietary Supplements
- Pharma and OTC products
- Protein products
- Sugar replacers / Sweeteners
Health & Wellness Areas
Delivery Formats
Operations & Services
- 3D printing
- Analysis/ Testing
- Auditing & certifications
- Blending & mixing
- Bottling
- Certification
- Clinical trials
- Co-packing
- Coating
- Consulting
- Contract manufacturing
- Drying
- Electrospinning
- Encapsulating
- Enzymatic processing
- Extracting
- Extrusion
- Fat structuring
- Fermentation
- Filling
- Flavour development
- Freeze drying
- Granulating/ grinding/ milling / mixing
- High-pressure processing
- Labelling
- Other Operations & Services
- Packaging
- Packet filling
- Pasturising
- Quality assurance
- Saccharification
- Shear cell processing
- Spray drying
- Sterilisation
- Storage & Logistics
- Tabletting
- Toasting / roasting
- Ultra-high temperature processing
Food Pilot
About
Company description
Food Pilot – An open pilot plant for food innovation
Developing a new food product, improving an existing recipe or optimising your production process? Food Pilot helps food companies turn their ideas and challenges into practical solutions. As an open pilot plant embedded within the Belgian research institute ILVO, Food Pilot combines advanced food processing infrastructure with multidisciplinary scientific and technological expertise.
With more than 100 pilot processing machines - batch sizes ranging from 0.5 to 350 l or kg - and extensive laboratory facilities, we support companies through pilot trials at semi-industrial scale, advanced analyses and tailored technological advice. This allows companies to test and optimise their products and processes under realistic production conditions, without the costs and risks of full-scale production.
From product development to industrial scale-up, Food Pilot supports innovation across a wide range of food categories, including dairy, meat, plant-based alternatives, beverages, bakery products, snacks and more. Our experts help companies tackle challenges related to product formulation, ingredient functionality, taste, texture, shelf life, food safety, nutritional quality and processing efficiency. Through a confidential, co-creative approach, we work closely with companies to identify the most suitable solutions.
With 75 years of experience, and annually more than 500 pilot trials, 20.000 food analyses, and 200 free advisory consultations, Food Pilot is a trusted innovation partner for food companies in Belgium and internationally.
Have a food innovation challenge? Contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation at www.foodpilot.be.
Quick facts
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