From carbohydrates and proteins to extracts or flavors, the diverse food ingredients sector spans a wide range of products that are used to maintain or improve the safety, freshness and nutritional value of our foods, as well as their taste, texture or appearance.
Single process units and complete solutions
A specialist in food product processing, GEA’s portfolio includes a broad array of technologies for ingredient production — from liquid handling and feed preparation through to the drying and packing of final products. We can provide solutions ranging from single pieces of equipment to fully integrated lines.
Based on our comprehensive food technology know-how and years of experience, GEA’s design and process engineering philosophy is to set industry standards in terms of hygienic processing, energy saving, product quality and maximum plant output, while complying with the strictest criteria for cleanliness and safety at all times.
Our expertise covers a multitude of food ingredients, including
- Fermentation-derived ingredients such as probiotics, cultures, yeast, enzymes and algae
- Fibers such as inulin and fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS)
- Flavors
- Proteins from vegetables, fish and meat, gelatins
- Coffee and tea whiteners
- Sweeteners and maltodextrins
- Extracts from vegetables, fruit and berries.
From definition to delivery, GEA works in partnership with its customers to ensure the on-time, on-budget conclusion every project. And, by our comprehensive service and plant upgrade program, customers are guaranteed both longevity and optimum performance during the plant’s entire lifecycle.
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Analytical, in-line control & measurement devices
Combining process monitoring using online analyzers, together with solid process engineering principles and advanced process modelling techniques will enable processes to be actively controlled in order to compensate for input variations.
Automatic Powder Fillers
Our Inline Automatic Filler range has been designed to provide a flexible powder filling solution to suit plants which may need to increase production capacity to meet future demand.
The Inline Filler range comprises a single head model (IBF-450) that can be upgraded to include a single top-up system (IBF-600) or dual top-up system (IBF-800) to ...
Bag Closers
GEA offers a range of bag closing systems to suit most powder packing applications. Flexible bags come in a variety of sizes, types and construction, all of which have different requirements for handling and closing. Our range of hygienic closing and sealing systems has been designed to meet the needs of the world's powdered food, dairy and nutra...
Bag/Sack Powder Fillers
Our range of multi-wall bag/sack fillers is designed to pack powdered products at rates of less than 1 tonne/h up to more than 12 tonnes/h with an accuracy better than 10 g (0.35 oz). Our extensive experience with a wide range of powdered products and packaging types means that we can provide a solution to meet the most demanding powder filling r...
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