Starch & protein
Sweeteners & Maltodextrin
Offering decades of experience as a technology partner to the food ingredients industry, GEA supplies reliable and high quality solutions for the cost-efficient production of maltodextrin and sweeteners. Coupled with deep understanding and unparalleled expertise in the filtration, evaporation and spray drying of starch ingredients and oligosaccharides, we offer an extensive range of technologies that help you develop concepts that meet your specific ingredient needs.
Process perfection
GEA’s organic and ceramic membrane installations facilitate effective filtration to remove macromolecules and/or salts from sweeteners and maltodextrin syrups, helping to purify them prior to further processing.
Evaporation can be used to concentrate and stabilize your products and prevent degradation, reducing storage and transport costs. It also prepares the products for spray drying. GEA has delivered more than 400 evaporation plants worldwide for sweetener, glucose syrup and maltodextrin applications. This has further strengthened our know-how in this area.
Spray drying
The processability of maltodextrin solutions depends on their degree of hydrolysis (dextrose equivalent [DE]). Working with DEs from 5–20 and a wide range of sweeteners, including dextrose monohydrate, our spray dryers have been designed to accommodate functional properties such as the crystallinity, hygroscopicity and thermoplasticity of the carbohydrate to be dried.
For powder ingredients, particle size and shape, moisture content, density, solubility and dispersibility are important properties. We work with you to meet your powder specifications, leading to high-quality products, every time.
The GEA advantage
GEA maltodextrin and sweetener lines are highly efficient and economical. Their energy saving designs minimize power, steam and water consumption and keep emissions low.
In the design phase, plant safety is a priority and is built into all of our solutions to keep your employees safe.
Our plant-wide automation technologies ensure the repeatability of your production line processes while proven, integrated clean-in-place (CIP) solutions reduce downtime, enable quick product changeover and maintain plant hygiene at every point in the process.
GEA test facilities can help you with new product development, process optimization and testing new formulations ahead of full-scale production. Our knowledgeable technicians work closely with you to minimize time to market, confidently and profitably.
Products & Technologies
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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...
Evaporation Plants
Sophisticated systems integrating all components of a thermal separation process plant, utilizing various types of evaporators and heat treatment, to achieve maximum energy efficiency, sustainability, and economic viability in industrial processes.
GEA specializes in crafting bespoke evaporation solutions that precisely match each client's unique...
GEA Scan-Vibro Sifters
GEA manufactures a wide range of vibrating sifters that have been designed for use in the food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, animal feed and pet food industries.
Hygienic valves & components
Hygienic valves from GEA form the core component of matrix-piped process plants. Thanks to a pioneering valve concept that sets standards for its flexibility, as well as the latest control and automation functions, our valves offer manufacturers maximum product safety and process reliability. All GEA hygienic valves are designed to be efficient a...
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