Haydee Carlos, managing director of Palsgaard Asia-Pacific, said: “With this new pilot plant, we will be able to offer the same service to margarine manufactures in Asia as we are currently doing in Europe and the Americas, and help them test and develop innovative margarine and shortening products – eg a low-fat puff pastry margarine with only 35% fat, or low-fat spreads with only 10% fat or high-ratio shortenings.”
The FH Scandinox manufactured plant is a well-equipped ‘mini factory’ with two tube chillers and two pin machines, and has a capacity of 60kg of margarine per hour. The setup of the plant makes it possible for Palsgaard’s application technologists to simulate the customer’s own production equipment regardless of what type of margarine the manufacturer is producing, be it liquid or brick margarine for household use or professional margarines.
With the pilot plant and Palsgaard’s dedicated emulsifiers, the company will be able to help customers create new recipes for various types of margarine, which meets customer demands and even tailor them to the customer’s own setup.
In addition to the new margarine pilot plant, Palsgaard Singapore is already home to a bakery application lab that includes an electric dough roller machine for puff pastry, which allows Palsgaard to carefully test the effect of its margarine emulsifiers in their final application.
The margarine pilot plant is currently being installed and will be ready to receive the customers in March.
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