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Research & Development
Improvement of existing processes
We keep up with the evolving requirements of processors and governmental regulatory agencies in order to ensure that our existing process technology responds to changes in the economic, technical and environmental needs of our customers
Health  Environment Safety Production cost Yield
| Aflatoxines Removal |
Filter Aid Reduction |
Oxidised Components Removal |
Salmonella Removal |
| Catalysts Reduction |
Free Fatty Acids (FFA) Removal |
PAH Removal |
Shelf Life Improvement |
| Cold Test Improvement |
Melting Fats non-hydrogenated |
PCB Removal |
Tocopherols Retention |
| Colour Pigments Removal |
Product Losses Reduction |
Pesticides Removal |
Transisomers Reduction |
| Crystallisation Improvement |
Metal Ions Removal |
Phosphatides Removal |
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| Dioxines Removal |
Nutritional Value Preservation |
Proteins in Oil Removal |
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| EPA/DHA enriched fish oils |
Odours Removal |
POP Removal |
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New applications
We have used our experience to develop new applications for other feedstocks, such as the extraction of pigments, alkaloids, hops, tannins, and many other materials.
Butter Chocolate Food Fish Textile Oleo Paint Pharma Etc.
| Lanoline refining |
| Lignite dewaxing - Removal of waxes from peat with toluol extraction |
| Acetate cellulose washing for the textile industry |
| Oleoresins extraction - Extraction of pigments used as natural colorants in the food industry |
| Tannin extraction for the food industry |
| Hops extraction for the food industry |
Cocoa butter stripping
- Decreasing the acidity without altering the crystallising properties of the cocoa butter in the chocolate industry |
| Epoxidised soya stripping for the paint industry |
| Butter oil fractionation for CBR-CBE-CBS |
| Fish oil detoxication Removal of dioxine from marine oils to below 3 ppt |
| Tocopherol stripping - Producing Vitamin E for the nutraceutical industry |
Teamwork & Means
The specialised group of scientists, engineers and technicians at the De Smet R&D Team is able to use the knowledge and experience of over 300 professionals within the Desmet Ballestra as a whole, in both the edible and non-edible oils and fats industry.
In addition to coordinating the expertise of the entire Desmet Ballestra Group, the DeDesmet Ballestra R&D Team is able to meet its ambitious objectives by using the industry’s most comprehensive set of resources :
- A skilled professional staff of scientists, engineers and technicians, with many years of practical experience in the oils and fats processing industry.
- Fully equipped analytical and research laboratories
- Flexible pilot units, of which several are skid-mounted and available on lease terms to a customer for testing at his own facility.
- Collaboration agreements with several Universities, mainly in Europe, Asia and in the USA.
Custom Research & Development
The Desmet Ballestra Research & Development Team works together with clients on the basis of strict confidentiality to help them with their new ideas, from initial laboratory development through to pilot-scale tests.
De Smet has developed many close collaborations ties with many customers worldwide especially in the field of product development. This concerns multinational key accounts as well as medium size local companies. The Desmet Ballestra R&D team is considered by many of them as an extension of their own research team.
Back-up Services
- Analytical training
- Product formulation
- Quality control
- Yield control
- Process simulations
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