FrieslandCampina invests in whey protein production

FrieslandCampina is acceptable to put much than €90m ($105.2m) successful whey macromolecule accumulation successful the Netherlands.

In a connection contiguous (5 May), the Dutch dairy cooperative said it is expanding capableness for “higher-value” ingredients and to “optimise” its manufacturing network. The spending volition money upgrades astatine its Bedum, Veghel and Workum sites.

The programme volition enactment technological improvements astatine the 3 locations, enabling the manufacture of products including WPC80, instantised whey proteins and its Nutri Whey ProHeat microparticulated whey.

FrieslandCampina said the ingredients are utilized by nutrient manufacturers successful applications specified arsenic high-protein drinks, bars and yogurts.

Asked for much details by Just Food, FrieslandCampina said the concern volition beryllium utilized to adhd caller and upgraded equipment, amended processing lines and modernise processes, including modern filtration technologies, improved h2o reuse systems and much businesslike processing lines.

It added the programme volition see hold of WPC80 and ProHeat capableness successful Bedum and Workum, arsenic good arsenic optimisation of the lactose mill successful Veghel utilizing whey permeate.

However, the co-op declined to disclose existent capableness levels oregon the standard of the expected capableness increases astatine each site.

FrieslandCampina said successful its connection that the concern volition presumption the institution and its ingredients concern radical to respond to rising planetary request for high-value whey proteins by “increasing capableness and strengthening the flexibility” of its whey valorisation chain.

FrieslandCampina Ingredients president Anne Peter Lindeboom said: “Global request for precocious macromolecule solutions continues to accelerate. This programme is the adjacent measurement successful our broader concern strategy to pb successful high-value proteins, gathering connected caller investments to fortify whey capableness and valorisation successful the Netherlands specified arsenic successful Borculo, and successful the US done the acquisition of Wisconsin Whey Protein.

“By investing crossed our ingredients network, we are strengthening our quality to service customers worldwide and to make much worth from our whey streams successful a sustainable and future-oriented way.”

The Dutch dairy radical told Just Food that enactment connected the projects volition commencement this twelvemonth and the investments volition beryllium rolled retired implicit the coming years. The archetypal upgraded processes and instrumentality are expected to travel online from 2027, with afloat operational capableness successful 2028.

FrieslandCampina volition pass its works councils arsenic plans astatine the assorted locations are developed.

The institution said it expects nary large interaction connected employment.