In earlier days, dairy ingredients were based on whey and whey derivatives as spin-offs of cheese and yogurt production. Since then, the technical evolution has revolutionized the possibilities for extracting dairy ingredients directly, so today dairy ingredients are not just a spin-off from whey and whey derivates. Dairy ingredients contain many of the valuable components found in milk. Processed most recognizably as powdered or liquid nutritional and dietary supplements, a multitude of dairy-derived products also represent key additives and ingredients in a wide range of human snacks, beverages and infant formulas.
Plants for processing dairy derivatives, including milk and whey
GEA offers complete solutions for:
- Casein / Caseinate Powder
- Cheese Powder
- Lactose Powder
- Milk Lactoferrin
- MPC / MPI Powder (Milk Protein Concentrate / Isolate)
- Yoghurt Powder
- Whey & Milk Permeate Powder
- WPC / WPI Powder (Whey protein Concentrate / Isolate)
- Whey Powder
GEA has decades of industry, application technology, and engineering experience in the dairy ingredients processing sector. We are a global leader in the provision of complete processing plant including skimming, filtration, heat treatment, separation, drying and packaging technologies, and components for manufacturing a wide range of diary ingredients products. Our technologies include a patent-pending microfiltration system, and a proprietary spray drying control technology for precisely controlling dairy ingredients powder moisture content.
Our expertise in the design, construction and installation of complete plants, and systems enables GEA to design seamless, end-to-end processing solutions for a wide range of dairy ingredients products, from high volume protein powders to custom derivatives for specialized and niche markets.
GEA can oversee the whole plant design and construction project, from concept through to commissioning and production handover. And because we work closely with our clients, together we ensure that every consideration is addressed and every expectation met, from the potential effects of mechanical processing on product quality, to plant efficiency, sustainability, hygienic operation and automation.
Our global service teams can support our clients with tailored training programs as well as parts service and maintenance, plant optimization and upgrades to ensure clients can meet their future dairy ingredients processing needs.
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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.
Aseptic valves & components
Aseptic valves face exceptionally high demands within UltraClean and Aseptic processes. You can be assured that they all provide highest quality in terms of hygienic design and sustainability.
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...
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