Low temperature drying technologies
Objective:
The objective of the study is to identify solutions for low-temperature drying technologies in the Food, Beverage & Flavor industries and technologies existing commercially today that sit in the space between the technical needs and equipment cost + operating cost of spray drying and freeze drying.
Background:
Both spray drying and drum drying employ heat which can be problematic for heat-sensitive materials (e.g. flavor change, flavor loss) and drive other undesirable reactions (e.g. simple sugar Maillard reaction, caramelization, color degradation, etc.). Therefore a solution that exhibits low temperature is ideal for industrial application in foods.
Freeze drying provides some good features-
- A fine job of minimizing or eliminating thermal damage or further reactions
- Provide limited encapsulation or protection
- Higher equipment costs
- Operating costs
- Require milling which results in irregular particles and disruption of whatever dried matrix was created
- Long production cycle
What we did
Our report provides a detailed answer to the following questions and it was divided into two phases:
Phase 1
- What are the different approaches for low-temperature drying in the Food, Beverage & Flavor industries?
- What are the different approaches for low-temperature drying in the Food, Beverage & Flavor industries?
- What are the major approaches used in the market? [Key parameters for comparison include technical performance, operating cost, equipment cost, capacity, etc.]
- What are the various approaches for the efficient drying of heat-sensitive materials? What technologies provide greater encapsulation efficiency for high-volatile components?
- What problems and solutions are associated with low-temperature drying? What technologies are the market players using to dry food & flavor at low temperature?
Phase 2
Phase 2 was a business case study that was executed on the top two recommendations from Phase 1 and will answer the following question:
- Brief Introduction to the business opportunity
- Profitability earn by business opportunity
- Opportunity description
- Technology summary
- Key advantages of the technology
- Key benefits of business opportunity
- Comparative analysis of selected business opportunities, e.g. SWOT analysis
- Future growth of the company based on business opportunity
