Functional ingredients with tailor-made properties

At Health Ingredients Europe 2016 in Frankfurt, Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH will present its state-of-the-art fluidized and spouted bed technologies for the precise adjustment of product attributes in food, instant beverages, dietary supplements and nutraceuticals. The engineering expert and plant manufacturer offers solutions for sophisticated applications that require specific particle sizes or shapes, optimum solubility or the functional protection of active ingredients, for example.

From technical challenges during production, filling or handling to the problematic development of functional, nutritional or sensory properties, processing liquid or powdered raw materials can be demanding for food manufacturers and producers of functional ingredients. 

With fluidized and spouted bed technologies, Glatt Ingenieurtechnik will highlight pioneering processes that influence and adjust product attributes using spray granulation, spray agglomeration, spray coating and spray encapsulation. To cite an example, vitamins or enzymes can be spray granulated and covered with a film coating that enables the controlled release of active ingredients at the same time. Furthermore, agglomerated instant powders that consist of partially hydrophobic components can be formed into readily soluble compounds that don’t separate and offer homogenous particle size distribution profiles.

Flavors and essential oils can be spray granulated and encapsulated before they receive a protective coating, which makes them stable during transport and storage, and easy to dose. An additional benefit is the ability to release active substances in a time-dependent way. The appropriate selection and combination of process parameters is important here. 

Glatt Ingenieurtechnik combines sustainable, hygienic and economical process and facility planning with a wide range of engineering services – from initial product idea to complete plant. Multifunctional laboratory units such as the “ProCell LabSystem” can be rented for tests in the customer’s own facility or used at Glatt’s technology center, where a comprehensive range of analytical equipment is also available.

At HiE, the company will demonstrate its concept with the help of Augmented Reality systems, including a virtual plant tour and interesting process animations – for instance, on the newly patented APPtec® technology for the production of high-performance powders. On-stand samples and products will demonstrate the almost unlimited possibilities for particle design.

Volker Budzinski, Sales Director Process Technology Food, Feed & Fine Chemicals at Glatt Ingenieurtechnik, commented: “Our clients approach us with many different questions. As a solution provider, we develop and optimize processes, and also design individual pieces of equipment or even entire production lines that are ready to use. We accompany them from initial start-up to conclusion. As an alternative, we also provide contract manufacturing services.”

Glatt Ingenieurtechnik engineers, designs and implements international projects, from the expansion or modernization of existing production sites to the construction of completely new plants. Throughout its activities, the company combines professional engineering with in-depth technology expertise. Projects focus on processes for the manufacturing of solid, semi-solid, liquid and sterile drug dosages as well as on the development, optimization and processing of bulk materials such as powder, granules and pellets for food, feed and fine chemicals. Glatt Ingenieurtechnik is headquartered in Weimar, Germany. Further affiliated enterprises are located in Wiesbaden, Dresden, Switzerland, Russia, India and the USA.  Integrated within the global network of the Glatt group, the company benefits from the know-how of about 2000 specialists. Numerous representative offices offer Glatt’s complete services for various projects to customers around the world.

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