From the idea to market with functional granules

With a short time-to-market from product and process development directly to contract manufacturing or your own production plant

Meet the Glatt team at Vitafoods Europe 2024 in Geneva at stand L 173

Benefit from bundled expertise in particle design – from the first feasibility test to scale-up, masterbatch and validation of the production process. Glatt offers suitable solutions for almost every requirement.

Do you have a product idea but don’t have the right technology? We support you in the manufacture and refinement of solid product formulations for a wide range of tasks: from nano-dispersed powder for high-tech applications, to matrix-encapsulated food supplements and food additives in powder, granulate and pellet form, through to products with defined release of active ingredients.

Contract manufacturing or plant design is always preceded by product and process development. The Glatt process experts precisely coordinate formulation and process. This shortens the development time and you can concentrate on your product. You can directly influence characteristics such as particle structure and size, bulk density, residual moisture, solubility, dispersibility and flowability. With improved dosing and storage stability, you can expand the range of applications for the subsequent processing of your optimized ingredients.

Your valuable ingredients can be perfectly protected from external influences such as moisture, temperature fluctuations or oxygen by means of film coating, lipid and hot melt coating. But the Glatt coating technology can do much more. Mask odor and taste. Give the granules a colored branding. Enable a targeted, controlled release of active ingredients. Gastro-resistant coatings of probiotics, for example, allow the active ingredients to be absorbed in the intestines of humans or ruminants.

With Glatt process technologies, you can optimize and functionalize your products of tomorrow today.
Does that sound exciting to you? Visit us at stand L173. Our team will be happy to advise you and answer your questions.

Would you like to know how your products can benefit from Glatt’s technological expertise? At our Technology Center in Weimar, you have the opportunity to carry out extensive feasibility tests. Of course, you will be supported by experienced process experts. Find the perfect match between your product idea and the required process conditions together.

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