Live demos at Food Pilot: From Raw Materials to Functional Ingredients
Fractionation, Drying & Texturizing various biomasses
On the 5th of May, Food Pilot will host a demonstration event at its pilot plant, featuring three live demos of food processing innovations, together with four case studies. A wide range of raw materials will be addressed, including plant-, animal- and microbial-based biomasses. The program will focus on extraction, fractionation, drying and texturization technologies, and their impact on the functionality of protein- and fiber-rich ingredients for food applications.
During this event, companies will receive a concrete, hands-on overview of innovative processing methods that can be used for a wide range of raw materials and biomass types. Through live demos and real-world case studies, we show how technologies such as extraction, fractionation, drying, and texturising contribute to the development of functional, protein- and fibre-rich ingredients.
Participants will gain inspiration for product and process innovation, get insight into technological possibilities at pilot scale, and learn from application-oriented, hands-on experience from industry.
This event is aimed at R&D and quality professionals from raw material processors, ingredient suppliers, and food producers, as well as researchers and other relevant stakeholders in the food value chain.
The event is organised within the framework of the PILOTS project, with support from VLAIO.
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Brusselsesteenweg 370 in 9090 Melle
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Members of the project 'Pilots' can participate free of charge
Non members € 100
Alimento: For companies that fall under Joint Committees 118 and 220, Alimento will provide a reimbursement of €75 per participant after the event, for a maximum of three participants from the same company.
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Program
12:00
Welcome lunch
13:00
Food Pilot introduction - Opportunities of the collaborative project PILOTS
13:20
Case studies
• Protein functionality of concentrates obtained via extraction by wet fractionation (yellow pea and blond lentil)
• Protein functionality of drum-dried microbial biomass
• Protein functionality of concentrates obtained via dry fractionation (yellow pea and blond lentil)
• Fibre quality of drum-dried sugarbeet pulp and brewer’s spent grain
14:30
Coffee break – preparing for pilot plant visit
15:00
Demonstrations at the pilot plant
• Live demo: Decanter centrifugation (fractionation of wet biomass for protein extraction): blond lentils will be milled, incubated in reaction vessels, and subsequently separated into a solid and liquid fraction.
• Live demo: Extrusion (texturization): dry extrusion of a protein-rich yellow pea concentrate to create structured textures through combined pressure and thermal treatment. The concentrate used is obtained via dry fractionation (performed externally as a mild processing step).
• Live demo: Drum dryer: thin layer drying on heated rolls. Beet pulp - a side stream from sugar extraction of sugar beet - will be used as demonstration material.
• Visiting other pilot halls: lab-scale high moisture extrusion, lab-scale spray drying, protein bar processing line
16:30
Networking drink
16:30
Option to visit full pilot plant and laboratory
including UHT hall, fermenter hall, cell disruption techniques, bakery hall, sensory lab, protein functionality lab, etc.
17:30
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