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MicroThermics® is a leading provider of innovative lab-scale UHT, HTST, pasteurization, and aseptic processing equipment and services for the food, beverage, and ingredient industries. Our advanced processing solutions help manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, and R&D teams accelerate product development, evaluate ingredient performance under realistic processing conditions, reduce development costs, and improve the transition from laboratory formulations to commercial production.

With decades of experience in thermal processing technology, MicroThermics helps companies bridge the gap between early-stage product development and full-scale manufacturing. Our laboratory-scale processing systems are designed to accurately simulate commercial production conditions, enabling developers to identify potential processing challenges, optimize formulations, and make informed decisions before committing to expensive plant trials.

Evaluate Ingredient Performance Under Real Processing ConditionsSuccessful ingredient innovation requires more than achieving the desired results in a benchtop formulation. Ingredients must maintain their functionality, stability, quality, and sensory characteristics throughout processing and in the finished product.

Temperature, residence time, shear, pressure, and homogenization can significantly affect ingredient behavior. Proteins may aggregate or lose functionality during heating, emulsions may become unstable, and stabilizers, flavors, and colors may respond differently when exposed to commercial processing conditions.

MicroThermics enables ingredient suppliers and product developers to evaluate these effects early in development using representative lab-scale UHT and HTST processes.

Our systems help researchers and manufacturers:

• Evaluate protein stability and functionality during thermal processing.
  
  
• Assess emulsifier and stabilizer performance under realistic processing conditions.
  
  
• Investigate the effects of heating, cooling, shear, and homogenization on product characteristics.
  
  
• Optimize formulations before committing to full-scale production.
  
  
• Compare ingredient alternatives using consistent, repeatable processing conditions.
  
  
• Reduce ingredient consumption and material waste during research and development.
  
  
• Identify potential processing challenges before costly plant trials.
  
  
• Improve confidence in product performance and commercial scale-up.
  
  

By understanding how ingredients behave during processing, companies can develop more robust formulations, demonstrate ingredient functionality to prospective customers, and accelerate the commercialization of new products.

Advanced Lab-Scale UHT & HTST Processing SystemsMicroThermics offers a comprehensive range of laboratory-scale processing solutions designed to replicate commercial thermal processing conditions with exceptional accuracy.

Our technologies include indirect and direct steam injection UHT processing, HTST processing, pasteurization, extended shelf-life (ESL) processing, integrated homogenization, and laboratory-scale aseptic processing capabilities.

Unlike conventional laboratory equipment that may only approximate processing temperatures and holding times, MicroThermics systems are designed to account for critical process variables that influence product quality and scale-up performance.

This enables R&D teams to produce samples that more closely represent products manufactured on commercial processing lines, helping reduce uncertainty when transitioning from the laboratory to production.

Applications include:

• Dairy milk and flavored milk beverages
  
  
• Plant-based milk alternatives, including oat, almond, soy, and other formulations
  
  
• High-protein beverages and nutritional shakes
  
  
• Ready-to-drink coffee and tea
  
  
• Functional and fortified beverages
  
  
• Juices and juice-based products
  
  
• Smoothies and liquid nutritional products
  
  
• Yogurts, puddings, and dairy-based desserts
  
  
• Sauces, dressings, and other liquid food products
  
  

Whether developing new formulations, evaluating ingredient functionality, optimizing existing products, or preparing for commercial production, our systems provide the flexibility and process accuracy necessary for modern food and beverage innovation.

Always Innovating® — Advanced Automated Processing
MicroThermics continues to advance laboratory processing technology through our Always Innovating® (AI) processing systems.

Our advanced AI DIPW processing lines are designed to help R&D teams achieve greater productivity, improve sample consistency, and reduce the time and labor required for product development.

Key benefits include:

Up to 40% More Throughput: Increase laboratory productivity and process more samples without proportionally increasing resources.

Up to 40% Less Labor and Time: Reduce operator involvement through automated processing functions, allowing technical teams to focus on higher-value research and development activities.

Single-Operator Operation: Advanced automation enables a single operator to manage processes that traditionally require greater operator involvement.

Exceptional Sample Consistency: Automated operations help minimize operator-dependent variability, producing highly repeatable samples for formulation comparisons, ingredient evaluations, and product testing.

By automating critical operations, including start-up, processing transitions, and cleaning procedures, our systems help laboratories improve operational efficiency, shorten development timelines, and reduce ongoing R&D costs.

Miniature Plant Trials — Your Product. Our Lab.
For companies seeking commercial processing expertise without investing in their own equipment, MicroThermics offers Miniature Plant Trials (MPT) at our FDA-registered, FSMA-compliant laboratory in the United States.

Available to customers in North America, our MPT services allow companies to evaluate formulations, optimize processing conditions, produce representative samples, and investigate product performance using MicroThermics processing technology.

Trials can be conducted through attended laboratory sessions or convenient mail-in arrangements, depending on project requirements.

Our Miniature Plant Trials can support:

• New product and formulation development
  
  
• Ingredient performance evaluations
  
  
• Process optimization and troubleshooting
  
  
• Sample production for customer evaluations
  
  
• Product demonstrations and trade shows
  
  
• Preparation for commercial-scale manufacturing
  
  

By providing access to advanced processing equipment and experienced technical support, MPT services help companies reduce development risk, conserve valuable ingredients, and move forward with greater confidence.

Helping Ingredient Suppliers Demonstrate Real-World Performance
For ingredient manufacturers, demonstrating functionality under realistic processing conditions can be a powerful competitive advantage.

An ingredient that performs well in a laboratory formulation may behave differently once subjected to commercial thermal processing, homogenization, and other production variables.

MicroThermics helps ingredient suppliers evaluate and demonstrate how their ingredients perform in finished food and beverage applications. This can provide valuable technical information for application development, customer demonstrations, formulation recommendations, and commercial discussions.

From protein functionality and emulsion stability to flavor preservation and product texture, our processing technologies help suppliers connect ingredient innovation with practical manufacturing performance.

From Innovation to Commercialization
Bringing a new food or beverage product to market can be expensive and time-consuming, particularly when processing challenges are discovered late in development.

Failed plant trials, inconsistent samples, unexpected ingredient interactions, and repeated formulation adjustments can delay product launches and increase costs.

MicroThermics helps companies address these challenges earlier by providing accurate, repeatable, laboratory-scale process simulation.

Our solutions support faster decision-making, more efficient use of R&D resources, improved product quality, and greater confidence in commercial scale-up.

Whether you are an ingredient supplier developing new applications, a food or beverage manufacturer launching an innovative product, or an R&D team working to improve an existing formulation, MicroThermics provides the equipment, technology, and expertise to help bring your ideas to market.

MicroThermics® — Always Innovating®

Discover how accurate laboratory-scale processing can help your business develop faster, reduce costs, and scale with confidence.

Website: www.microthermics.com

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Sales markets	Africa; Asia; Australia; Central/South America; Eastern Europe; Middle East; North America; Western Europe
Primary business activity	Equipment, Packaging & Processing Supplier
Affiliated categories:	Beverages / Juices |Dairy |Functional beverages More

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