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[Images flash through of Maxime Collado walking through a factory and then working on a computer and then the camera zooms in on Maxime Collado and text appears: Maxime Collado, Project Engineer, Clextral]
Maxime Collado: Clextral is a French company manufacturing extrusion production lines.
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With the Australian company Innovo we’ve developed award first technology that could lead to big changes in the food industries.
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The possible future commercial impact for this technology is estimated in hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Extrusion porosification technology, or EPT, is a technology used to dry high concentrated products.
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EPT can handle much more viscous solids than conventional spray drying.
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Advantageous for EPT compared to conventional spray drying technology are better functionality for the products, the flexibility of the platform, energy savings and finally better flavour retention.
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We’ve searched globally for a partner to set up our first pilot plant.
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We’ve choosen to come here to CSIRO because they were the only one able to provide the technical and analytical supports.
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In collaboration with CSIRO and FIAL through the SME solution centre we’ve piloted EPT applications for high protein dairy and coffee products and we were able to confirm that coffee made with our technology retained more aroma than conventional spray drying does.
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This means we’re able to make a soluble coffee powder which tastes the same as fresh roasted coffee.
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The funding through FIAL means that we could develop new commercial prototypes and it gets new potential customers at the door.
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Overall the work showed that this technology offers real innovation opportunities for the food industry.
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Our first commercial partner was Flavourtech based in regional New South Wales. They’ve decided to license our technology for the coffee industries.
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Partnering with global major company like Flavourtech gives us an access to the coffee and tea industries. The flexibility of the EPT is what is exciting for customers.
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We are able to imagine new ingredients for products such as probiotics, bioactives or flavour that could not be made on standard and conventional drying technologies.
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We wouldn’t have been able to do this without the help from CSIRO and their access to a world range of equipment and expertise in the food industry.
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The food application we’ve explored so far is only the tip of the iceberg and there’s a lot more potential application that could go through this technologies. Companies are welcome to come knock on our door to see how this technology could help them.
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