Food and beverage
Food and beverage
Advancing food and beverage
Bioprocessing techniques contribute to the food and beverage industry in various ways. They produce a range of ingredients like enzymes, flavors, and vitamins, enhancing product quality. Fermentation, a key process, creates items like yogurt and beer, enriching flavor and texture. Biotechnological methods also yield nutraceuticals, functional foods, and alternative protein sources, addressing health and sustainability concerns. Enzyme production improves processing efficiency and product quality across various applications.
Food and beverage industry challenges
Scale up
Transitioning from small-scale to large-scale bioproduction while maintaining consistency and efficiency presents challenges in terms of equipment scalability, process optimization, and resource management.
Regulatory compliance
Meeting strict regulatory requirements and navigating complex compliance standards poses a significant challenge for food and beverage production, requiring meticulous documentation and adherence to quality control protocols.
Contamination control
Ensuring the purity of bioproduction processes and minimizing the risk of microbial contamination is a critical challenge, as any deviations can compromise product quality and safety, leading to potential recalls and reputational damage.
Scale up
Transitioning from small-scale to large-scale bioproduction while maintaining consistency and efficiency presents challenges in terms of equipment scalability, process optimization, and resource management.
Regulatory compliance
Meeting strict regulatory requirements and navigating complex compliance standards poses a significant challenge for food and beverage production, requiring meticulous documentation and adherence to quality control protocols.
Contamination control
Ensuring the purity of bioproduction processes and minimizing the risk of microbial contamination is a critical challenge, as any deviations can compromise product quality and safety, leading to potential recalls and reputational damage.
Boosting protein yield from babassu: a novel approach to SCP production
This study done by BioinFood, achieved a 50% increase in biomass and a 15% yield improvement by converting babassu flour into single-cell protein through fed-batch yeast cultivation using the INFORS HT Multifors bench-top bioreactor with eve® software and the Minitron incubator shaker. With optimized process parameters and continuous feeding, the resulting protein-rich biomass was successfully used in plant-based burger prototypes, demonstrating a promising path for upcycling agricultural byproducts into functional food ingredients.
Food and beverage product offerings
INFORS HT delivers specialized solutions for the food and beverage industry, including advanced bioreactors, incubator shakers, and bioprocess software. Our products enable precision in process control monitoring, supporting contamination control and regulatory compliance. This translates to enhanced product quality and operational efficiency, empowering food and beverage manufacturers to meet industry standards with confidence.
Incubator shakers
Elevate your bioproduction processes in the food and beverage industry with INFORS HT's advanced incubator shakers. Engineered to meet stringent regulatory standards, our shakers offer precise temperature control, minimizing contamination risks. Scale up seamlessly and achieve consistent, reproducible results, ensuring compliance and maintaining product quality.
Bioreactors
INFORS HT bioreactors are engineered to meet the regulatory demands of the food and beverage industry, offering automated data logging to streamline compliance efforts. With seamless scalability and advanced control systems, our bioreactors optimize production while minimizing the risk of microbial contamination, ensuring product quality and safety.
Bioprocess platform software
Explore how the eve® bioprocess platform software by INFORS HT tackles the food and beverage industry's challenges. Seamlessly integrating advanced monitoring and control functionalities, our software delivers real-time assessment of vital culture parameters. With online sensors and intelligent automation, optimize growth conditions, supporting regulatory compliance and process efficiency in bioproduction.
A guide for biotech beginners
Download this eBook for basic concepts, recipes, and strategies for bioprocesses involving cell culture and microorganisms.
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Moving a mammalian cell culture process from shake flask to bioreactor is more than a scale-up exercise. Each transition introduces new challenges in oxygen transfer, pH control, CO₂ management, mixing, and data reproducibility. This practical guide explores the key stages of cell culture process development, explains why process transfer often fails, and shows how integrated bioreactor control and data management help create scalable, reproducible processes from screening through scale-up.
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Buying used laboratory equipment can reduce upfront costs and improve short-term flexibility. However, when evaluating a used incubator shaker, laboratories must consider contamination risk, service history, manufacturer support status, and long-term cost of ownership. A structured assessment ensures that short-term savings do not introduce long-term operational instability.