Plant-based proteins

Make plant proteins your business

Plant based proteins

Process your potential

The world's growing demand for natural, plant-based proteins equals vast opportunities.

Reduce your time to market and sustainably produce high-value plant-based proteins that consistently meet customers' demands for purity and functionality at optimum yield. 

From plant to powder we understand and master each step of the process. Our complete processing line technologies give you the flexibility to stay competitive and transform the potential of proteins into pure business. 

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Prioritize quality

To deliver quality day in and day out, you need high-quality and dependable solutions that will help you deliver optimal products.

Perform sustainably

Perform sustainably

Minimize your environmental impact while maximizing efficiency, safety – and overall performance.

Pursue excellence

Pursue excellence

Take advantage of our expertise and achieve excellence across the board. From carrying out simulations to your final product.

The proof is in the process

Whatever your base ingredient, be it soy, potato, pea, or even mung bean, we're here to help optimize every single step of your production process. From the collection and preparation of raw materials to the moment the finalized product leaves your factory floor.

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Prioritize quality

Watch our video and find out how our project managers, process and engineering experts at dedicated GEA test centers can work with you to put quality first, and help you to create new and exciting products for your customers.

Perform sustainably

In this video, GEA energy expert Riccardo explains how GEA can help you to dramatically reduce reliance on fossil fuels, boost relative energy efficiency and cut CO2 emissions, as well as recycle water and improve productivity in your plant-based protein production process.

Pursue excellence

Meet Conny, Application Sales Manager for starch and proteins, and find out how more than 60 years of GEA expertise supports every aspect of plant design and installation, post-commissioning service and maintenance.

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What we do

Our end-to-end solutions have been designed to meet your exact needs. Have a look at some of our offerings below and see how we can help you.

Taking the guesswork out of product design with CFD

CFD for accurate and efficient product design

Make spray drying plant-based proteins a breeze using Virtual Spray Dryer Testing. Based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), GEA’s Virtual Spray Dryer Testing solution simulates the performance of the spray drying process...

GEA decanters for plant proteins

Decanters for plant proteins

When it comes to protein extraction and purification, centrifugal decanters might be at the heart of every wet process line – but it is the complete process setup that brings out the best in them. Only the combination of extensive...

GEA test facilities for food ingredients, starch and protein

Test facilities for starch and proteins

Ready to work on a new product but looking for a tried and tested process before investing? With access to our test centers in Germany, the US and Denmark – the latter being the largest of its kind – work alongside our process...

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