Advanced mastery of infant formula spray drying technology

Source：Ringier Food Release Date：2012-05-11 446

Food & Beverage

Laiterie de Montaigu and LISA to share infant formula know-how at SDDP international symposium

Infant milk powder company, Laiterie de Montaigu, and the engineering firm LISA, are Diamond sponsors of the 5th edition of the international symposium, Spray Dried Dairy Products (SDDP), which gathers research and industry leaders worldwide to present the most recent spray drying works and techniques on preserving dairy components integrity. Organised by IDF (International Dairy Federation) and INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research), the 2012 symposium mobilises researchers and manufacturers upon dairy milk processing from 19-21 June in Saint-Malo, France.

Laiterie de Montaigu, an independent French family company established in 1932, produces white-label custom-made infant milk powders, according to the most demanding international standards. Its spin-off, LISA, is the only engineering firm in the world that specialises in infant milk powder, offering not only feasibility studies, selection of partners and strategic advice, and essential technology and know-how transfer for infant formula production.

The infant formula market is worth €12 billion, according to LISA estimates. The market is indifferent to economic cycles: worldwide demand is increasing by 11% per annum, particularly in the emergent markets in Asia and Latin America targeted by Laiterie de Montaigu. In 2011, exports to such markets accounted for 45% of the company’s turnover.

Infant milk powder quality: a public health issue

Infant milk quality has become an issue for governments and public health authorities. This is the result of various industrial factors: quality of the raw materials, mechanical and thermal treatments, way of blending, and interaction between components, amongst others.

A milk protein that has been submitted to shocks during the industrial process can suffer structural modifications. It may distort its biological value and outbreak new components potentially harmful to children.

Metabolic safety will become a point of vigilance for the world sanitary authorities, which were focused up to now on microbiological and quantitative aspects.

SDDP will therefore be an opportunity for Laiterie de Montaigu and LISA to assert their advanced mastery in the field of infant milk powders, the event sponsors said.

Their expertise includes a patented spray drying mathematical mNew Arrivals