Supple and Strong!

December 2018 UPTODATE The Newsletter for GELITA Customers #43 Product innovation: Supple and strong! More on page 12 Editorial Dear reader, Together we are even stronger: that’s the motto of the cooperation between Winkler and Dünnebier Süßwarenmaschinen (WDS), Hänsel Processing and GELITA. The three companies are currently in the process of revolutionizing the production of fruit gums: Their jointly developed Fast Forward Process (FFP) technology makes it possible to produce the gums in silicone instead of starch molds. Completely without contamination and much faster than before. Nobody else has elaborated and tested a process in as detailed a fashion as the three companies. A strong performance is also provided by GELITA’s two collagen peptides FORTIBONE® and TENDOFORTE®. Several studies have proven its positive effect on tendons, ligaments and bones. Athletes in particular benefit from the enormous effects. FORTIBONE® and TENDOFORTE® correspondingly offer manufacturers of sports nutrition outstanding potential. Another plus for FORTIBONE®: The collagen peptide received the “Fi South America Innovation Award 2018” in the category “Most Innovative Functional Ingredient”, and was named “Ingredient of the Year” in the category “Healthy Ageing” at the NutraIngredients Awards 2018. The most recent success came at the end of November with the prize for “Best Functional Ingredient of the Year”. The award ceremony took place at the “Food Matters Life” trade fair in London. They look simply amazing: cakes with a mirror-finish glaze. Thanks to GELITA® leaf gelatine, these sweet works of art can be created in no time at all. Which cakes in which countries are a delight for those with a sweet tooth? You will also find the answer to this question in this issue of uptodate. We wish you a lot of fun reading – and a strong new year! Michael Teppner Applications Global VP Marketing & Communication LICHTDRUCK 2.0 GELITA AG Interview Innovation [4] Strong sports Revolutionary: Fast Forward Process nutrition [8] [12] GELITA Symposium Music to the ears in Nashville NEWS [11] Gobal perspective [15] Marathon Trail, How the world Animal Welfare and enjoys cake #AmazingGelatine [10] [2] CSR Report Sustainably successful For GELITA, sustainability is more than just a buzzword, it is the basis of our company’s success. After all, success would be unthinkable without clean air, clear water and healthy flora and fauna, as our new Sustainability Report shows. Our production processes always aim to impact Our natural proteins are pure, allergen-free as little as possible on nature and to constantly minimize foodstuffs that carry no E numbers and are our ecological footprint. To achieve this, we use the most therefore suitable for “Clean Label” modern manufacturing equipment. However, sustainability products. You can read has another aspect for us, as our long company history all about what GELITA shows: GELITA has been committed to its core values for is doing in the area more than 140 years. As a family-owned company, we have of sustainability in consistently invested in long-term partnerships, whether the new report: with customers, suppliers or our own employees. And, www.gelita.com/en/ last but not least, we manufacture sustainable products: gelita-csr [3] Interview with Holger Brack, Head of Technical Center/Application Development at WDS and Frank Temme, Managing Partner at Hänsel Processing “Fast Forward Process is a world’s first” GELITA has developed the Fast Forward Process (FFP) technology together with Winkler und Dünnebier Süßwarenmaschinen (WDS) and Hänsel Processing. This revolutionary process makes it possible to produce fruit gums with reusable silicone molds instead of starch molds, reducing production time from 24 hours to just 40 minutes. We conducted an interview with Holger Brack, Head of Technical Centre/Application Development at WDS and Frank Temme, Managing Partner at Hänsel Processing, about constructive cooperation and the market potential of fruit gums. Mr Brack, Mr Temme, before we get to the actual subject, please explain to our readers what your companies do. Holger Brack: Frank Temme Winkler und Dünnebier is a mechanical engi- neering company, specializing in casting and started working 32 years ago in the dosing confectionery. Our plants shape choco- technical field at Hänsel Processing and, lates, hard and soft caramels, fondants, jelly in his own words, „learned to walk in the products and fruit gums. We are pretty much company“. He has been managing partner the only company in the world in this sector at Hänsel Processing since 2009. to manufacture large-scale production equipment for almost all types of confectionery. Frank Temme: Hänsel Processing has been manufacturing machines for the production of confectionery since 1911, confectionery which is normally cooked. Our export share is 95 percent and we have plants on every continent. What can the new FFP manufacturing process do? Frank Temme: FFP technology sets a gelatine-containing mass in a short period of time, something that hasn’t been done before. The fruit gums cast in silicone molds can be removed after around 40 minutes, as opposed to the classic mogul technique, which sometimes takes “Each of us several days. Additionally, the products can be manufactured without additives or con- brings a very high level tamination. of expertise from his Holger Brack: Using the mogul technique, the mass is poured own field.” into pre-stamped starch powder. These stamps Frank Temme allow you to make different shapes very easily. The main disadvantage of the mogul tech- over-the-counter drugs. However, it is not It sounds like there is enormous potential nique, however, is contamination. The molding quite so straightforward because fruit gums there. starch removes moisture from the fruit mass, are a product often eaten in mass and there Frank Temme: meaning water-soluble ingredients also enter is therefore a risk of excessive amounts of There has been an increase in the volume of the starch. If the fruit mass is enriched with the supplements being ingested. In the USA, fruit gums on the market in the last two to additives, these substances can also be found simple instructions on the packaging are three years. After all, every confectionary in the next product. That means the produc- sufficient. This would never be allowed in manufacturer is looking for new products to tion isn’t clean. Europe. The plan here is to produce Made- offer. Success in the fruit gum sector is based Frank Temme: in-Packs, where the enriched fruit gums are on innovation, diversity and cost awareness. Another issue is the heat sensitivity of the additives. To ensure the additives are not damaged, they can only be added after the cooking process and need to be cooled again as quickly as possible. FFP was also developed to deal with this issue. Which market trends does FFP address? Frank Temme: FFP primarily targets so-called fortified gums – products containing additives. These can be vitamins, omega 3 fatty acids or calcium, for example. Over-the-counter products, those that can be purchased without a prescription, like biotin and melatonin, are also relevant. These food supplements are available as fruit gums today in many parts of the world. Holger Brack: “The profit margins for fortified fruit gums are very attractive“ Holger Brack Our eating habits support the trend towards enriched fruit gums. We don’t have the time to cook for ourselves any more. Convenience food is fashionable. The nutrients, vitamins Holger Brack and minerals we need for a balanced diet have to be supplemented. In Europe, the focus has been working for WDS since 1999. will be on natural extracts initially. Ginger After studying food technology, and honey are currently in vogue. So too are he worked as a project manager in echinacea or olive leaf extract for lowering product development at Storck and as head blood pressure, and ribwort plantain for of confectionary development at Zentis. respiratory illnesses and coughing are also At WDS, the food engineer is head frequently in demand. A lot is happening in of the Technical Center and Application this area. We need to be prepared for these Development. products and be able to meet the technical requirements to manufacture them. Are fortified gums also relevant for the pharmaceutical industry? filled directly into blister packaging and Holger Brack: sealed, a process which is customary in the Many pharmaceutical companies are in the pharmaceutical field. We expect this to be process of developing fruit gums containing approved for the market. [5] Continuation Interview ago. At that time, products with panies into the project. And we’ve put every- additives were not an issue at all. thing that is commonplace under the micro- It was all about clean, simple pro- scope. This approach gives us a head start duction, but the processes were over competitors who, while working on not yet good enough. But we kept similar processes, do not elaborate them in at it. When we were ready and many respects in as much detail as we do. realized a few years ago that we We considered the formula, design, molding needed expertise in the area of process, temperature resistance, cooking cooking, we took Hänsel Processing process, firmness, absence of sugar, and halal on board. Since then we have been versions, and tested how the fruit gum reacts working intensively on the project after three or six months. All these questions and have made enormous progress. are complex and reflect exactly what a con- Frank Temme: fectionery company basically queries. We had already worked previ- ously with GELITA on individual Hänsel Processing has optimized the JellyStar® jelly cooking plant for Fast Forward. projects for our fruit gum production machines, after all, GELITA is the market leader in this area of gelatine. Why are fruit gums so attractive for manufacturers? What form did the cooperation take? Holger Brack: Holger Brack: There is hardly any other product in the con- We met several times a year, conducted trials fectionery sector that is growing as strongly and analyzed the results.

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