What are the possible applications within the food industry for spray drying such small scale particles?
Typical spray drying applications include the production of milk powder, baby food, fruit juices or coffee extracts for easier dosage, lower volume and better conservation. The Nano Spray Dryer B-90 focuses on small amounts of powder for very fine functional food additives, like vitamins, proteins, aromas, flavour enhancers, herbal extracts or other precious ingredients. Such heat-sensitive food additives are typically encapsulated in matrix materials like maltodextrin or gum arabic to maintain their vitality. Other potential applications in the packaging industry are also foreseen. Here, food quality is improved by light resistant, oxygen protective or anti microbiological packaging materials based on novel nano scale features. Q3. Are there currently any projects underway which uses the new technology for food research? Many researchers are very active in the development of nano food ingredients encapsulating nutraceuticals, a combination of food extracts (e.g. antioxidants) which ha
