Flavourtech 2.5

Flavourtech is acknowledged by its customers as setting new standards in the way their high quality products are produced. Their technologies are utilised in the coffee, tea, flavour, fragrance, dairy, alcoholic beverage, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries.
They are a world leader in the development, design and manufacture of thin film, spinning cone technologies for the production of aroma, concentrates and extracts. Their expertise also allows turn-key solutions to be implemented in the food and beverage industry leading to higher quality products and streamlined processes leading to lower cost of production and higher market shares being achieved.

Applications include:
• Natural flavour extraction from tea, coffee, fruits and vegetables. Juices, fruit pulps can be processed to recover the natural flavour prior to any processing in order to ensure no damage is conducted during the manufacturers processing. The natural flavour can be added back to the product at the end of the processing or used in other products.
• Tea & Coffee aroma and extract production in the instant coffee or Ready to Drink (RTD) tea and coffee (iced tea drinks)
• Aroma recovery and management of products such as juice or milk
• Concentration of bioactive ingredients in the Nutraceutical or pharmaceutical markets e.g. removal of solvent following the extraction step
A brief description of Flavourtech technologies:
• Spinning Cone Column (SCC) – Used for Aroma Recovery, Flavour Management and Extraction. The SCC efficiently and cost effectively separates volatile compounds such as natural aroma and flavours from their source. With over 85 installations in the coffee industry around the world the SCC is well regarded as the “Gold Standard” for capturing the desired aromas of Roasted coffee. The SCC is also critical in capturing the fresh natural aroma from products such as tea, fruit and vegetables in a single, quick automated and continuous process.

• Centritherm® evaporator – A centrifugal low temperature evaporator. The product film takes only one second to pass over the heating surface at low temperatures, typically 50oC. The unit is particularly suited for the concentration of heat sensitive, valuable or viscous products. The Centritherm evaporator also offers energy savings in downstream processes while also providing better encapsulation of valuable flavour components. The Centritherm is used by many food and beverage companies that wish to concentrate their products to improve logistics for shipping as minimal to no damage is done on the product. The Centritherm is also used by many Pharmaceutical companies for solvent removal following the extraction process knowing that there is no damage to the product due to the short residence time to heat.

• Integrated Extraction System (IES) – A modular system that incorporates both the SCC and Centritherm evaporator technologies to produce an automated and continuous solution for the production of high quality aroma and concentrates for the Ready to Drink tea and coffee markets. By processing a slurry of the product much higher quantities of desired aroma compounds are captured allowing customers to differentiate their products. The IES provides opportunities for higher profits and market share due to its use of automation, compactness, flexibility and allowing you to easily manufacture a range of products to meet market requirements. Most of the RTD Iced Tea drinks in the US are manufactured on this technology as are most of the RTD canned coffee products in Japan.

- Rotating Disc Column (RDC) - a continuous-flow (solid-liquid) contacting device that allows precise, predictable control over the contact conditions. It approaches plug-flow and can be used to process slurries, suspensions and clear liquids for extraction and reaction applications.

Clients include multinationals that have standardised their process at different locations using Flavourtech technologies to domestic companies that are market leaders in their market. In all cases Flavourtech technologies allow them to differentiate their product from the competition while also providing them the flexibility to easily manufacture different flavour profiles for different markets or different market segments.

More information can be found at www.flavourtech.com for your aroma, evaporation and extraction needs.