Food Marketing & Technology 1/2022
Please find numerous articles, product news and interesting event reports relevant to the food industry in this latest issue. This trade magazine is published in English only.
Please find numerous articles, product news and interesting event reports relevant to the food industry in this latest issue. This trade magazine is published in English only.
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Processing<br />
Breakthrough <strong>Technology</strong> will Produce<br />
Green Proteins Greener - Next<br />
Generation Membrane Filtration Systems<br />
are the Key<br />
SiccaDania Filtration and the SiccaDania group will supply key technology for a protein factory in Hedensted,<br />
Denmark, for the extraction of green proteins from fava beans. A number of Danish investors and global<br />
supplier of plant-based ingredients Meelunie will invest 250 million DKK in the factory. A new membrane<br />
filtration solution offers a wide range of advantages over traditional systems.<br />
LeanFlux® is a brand new developed,<br />
next-generation membrane filtration<br />
system that create significant<br />
reductions in operating costs, energy<br />
consumption, and CO 2<br />
emissions.<br />
The technology is patent-pending and<br />
challenges the well-known MF/UF<br />
membrane filtration plants, which have<br />
been used as a standard solution in the<br />
dairy and food industry for decades.<br />
SiccaDania Filtration, a subsidiary<br />
of the SiccaDania Group, will<br />
deliver LeanFlux processors for the<br />
new factory, Meelunie GPI A/S, in<br />
Hedensted, Denmark. This is the<br />
company’s first major order for<br />
LeanFlux and in addition, so-called<br />
RO plants are supplied for efficient<br />
evaporation of residual products, as<br />
well as recycling of process water.<br />
The driver behind the factory project<br />
is the desire to increase the local<br />
production of proteins to ensure a<br />
significant reduction in CO 2<br />
emissions<br />
and to contribute to the green<br />
transition of the agriculture sector.<br />
LeanFlux sets a new standard for<br />
efficient extraction of green proteins<br />
from fava beans and the production will<br />
replace soybeans from South America<br />
and protein powder from China.<br />
LeanFlux – a greener solution<br />
A very important step in protein<br />
extraction is two LeanFlux processors<br />
(each about 35 tons/hour). Here,<br />
valuable proteins from fava beans<br />
are concentrated in an ultrafiltration<br />
process (UF) and via subsequent spray<br />
drying transformed to high-quality<br />
protein powder. LeanFlux operates at<br />
30-40 percent lower operating costs<br />
compared to traditional plants.<br />
SiccaDania Filtration also supplies the<br />
RO plants, which reap further savings<br />
on energy and investment. This is<br />
done through reverse osmosis (RO),<br />
which concentrates the partial flow (UF<br />
permeate/residual products) from the<br />
UF processing plants.<br />
At the same time, the consumption<br />
of water is reduced, as an efficient<br />
purification of the process water<br />
means that it can be recycled within<br />
the factory.<br />
Contribution to greater<br />
sustainability<br />
With LeanFlux, SiccaDania Filtration<br />
introduces a completely new system<br />
Morton Tordrup Andersen, Sales Director and Michael Mortensen, Process Manager in front of a LeanFlux solution<br />
Photos: SiccaDania Filtration<br />
22 food <strong>Marketing</strong> & <strong>Technology</strong> • February <strong>2022</strong>
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