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Spray-Drying Trials and Production for Food Ingredients

Turn a liquid food ingredient into a stable powder. Bodec supports spray-drying feasibility trials, feed and process optimisation, pilot-scale testing and suitable first commercial production, with attention to yield and desired powder properties.
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Develop a practical route from liquid to powder

Spray drying is more than removing water. Feed composition, solids content, viscosity, temperature sensitivity and dryer settings influence powder recovery, moisture, solubility, stability and product quality. Bodec helps determine whether spray drying is suitable and which conditions offer the best starting point, drawing on our expertise in drying technologies.

From feasibility to scale-up

A project can begin with a feasibility assessment or targeted trial and continue through optimisation, pilot production and, where technically and commercially suitable, first commercial production. This staged approach limits unnecessary use of material and allows learning to be applied to each next step.

What can be investigated?

Trials can focus on feed preparation, concentration, carrier or formulation choices, inlet and outlet temperatures, feed rate, powder recovery, wall deposition and the desired final properties. The exact programme depends on the ingredient, available product quantity and project objective.

Part of a wider process

Spray drying is often the final step in a longer route. Bodec can also support preceding operations such as mixing, extraction, separation, membrane filtration and evaporation. This makes it possible to assess how upstream conditions affect dryer performance and powder quality.

Information needed for a first assessment

Please provide the product composition and food-safety status, solids content, viscosity if known, temperature sensitivity, available feed volume, desired powder properties and required quantity. This information helps us assess feasibility, material requirements and the appropriate trial scale.

What Bodec offers for spray drying

  • Feasibility trials

  • Optimisation of the drying process

  • Process-parameter development

  • Powder quality assessment

  • Route to first production

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Yes, Bodec supports companies in developing production processes for new food products, food ingredients and innovative raw materials. We help translate a concept, formulation or lab-scale process into a practical and scalable production process. The focus is not on making a product only once, but on developing a process that can be scaled up towards industrial production. By testing and improving the process in the pilot stage, we help identify the right route towards larger-scale production. Our role is to help customers understand how their food ingredient(s) can be produced in a safe, repeatable, scalable and economically viable way.
Absolutely, at Bodec, you can also produce large volumes. In addition to small batches for samples, application testing, early sales or investor validation, we can also produce larger volumes for you, all under food-grade conditions. We always start with a test run to ensure we define the optimal production settings for your ingredient. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
No. Clients are responsible for purchasing and delivering raw materials to Bodec on time. This is important for scheduling test runs and production batches. Clients are responsible for purchasing and delivering raw materials to Bodec on time. This is essential for planning test runs and production batches. Many materials — especially fresh or sensitive raw ingredients — have limited shelf life or specific storage requirements. Because of this, it is important to coordinate timelines carefully in advance. Together, we plan the testing or production dates and ensure that raw materials arrive shortly before processing, in the right condition and quantity. When delivery and processing are well aligned, we can guarantee product quality, avoid delays and run your trials or production efficiently.
Yes, Bodec works with customers from both inside and outside Europe. Many food innovation projects are international by nature. Companies from different countries come to Bodec for process development, pilot production and scale-up support. Our facilities are located in the Netherlands, in the heart of the European food and technology ecosystem, but our customers can be based anywhere in the world. We regularly support international companies that want to develop, test or scale up food ingredients and food processes for the European or global market.
A process is ready for large-scale production when it is technically stable, repeatable, safe and economically realistic. At Bodec, we test and validate the key process steps before moving to larger volumes. We look at product quality, yield, processing time, equipment suitability, food safety, cleaning requirements and operational risks. We also help customers understand the practical production conditions: what raw materials are needed, what volumes are realistic, where the bottlenecks are and what the expected cost drivers will be. The goal is not only to prove that the process works, but also to make sure it can be repeated reliably in a real production environment.

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Spray-drying trials and production of food ingredients

Spray drying is widely used to convert liquid food ingredients into stable, free-flowing powders. The final result depends strongly on the product formulation and the selected processing conditions. Bodec supports companies with spray-drying trials and production of food ingredients, from initial technical assessment and pilot testing to larger production campaigns.

During a spray-drying trial, we investigate how your product behaves throughout the drying process. Relevant parameters may include inlet and outlet temperature, feed rate, solids concentration and atomisation conditions. We evaluate their effect on characteristics such as moisture content, solubility, particle structure, product yield and overall powder quality.

Spray drying can form part of a broader food process development project or a programme for pilot testing and process scale-up. Initial trials help establish suitable processing conditions before moving to a larger scale. Our food-grade pilot and production facilities provide the flexibility to test, compare and scale drying processes in practice.

Where the product and process are suitable, Bodec can also carry out larger spray-drying campaigns. These may be used to create customer samples, validate market demand, manufacture first commercial batches or provide temporary production capacity. Commercial production is performed according to the relevant certifications and quality standards, including FSSC 22000.

By combining practical trials, process expertise and scalable equipment, Bodec helps companies develop reproducible spray-drying processes and manufacture high-quality powdered food ingredients.

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