Competence Centre for Knowledge-Based Health Goods and Natural Products offers an area of research and product development services.
- Laboratory and pilot scale extraction of bioactive compounds from plant material
- Optimization of extraction processes
- Infrared- , spray- and freeze drying
- Mixing and homogenization of food and non-food products
- Development of food and non-food products
- Quality analyses
- Consulting and project management
Extraction technologies
- Soxhlet and steam distillation
- Microwave and ultrasound assisted extraction
- Dynamic solid-liquid extraction
- Supercritical CO₂ extraction and supercritical fluid fractionation
Dehydration and concentration
- Infrared- vacuum drying
- Spray drying
- Freeze drying
- Rotary evaporation
Product development of food and non-food products
- Mixing, homogenization
- Heat treatment, packaging food products
- Laboratory scale homogenization, mixing, packaging cosmetic products
The following services are available Polli experimental fruit and berry processing centre
- Unclarified juice processing (up to 1000 l/per day)
- Enzymated and clarified juice processing (up to 500 litre/per day)’
- Production of carbonated juice drinks (up to 300l/hour)
- Puree and jam production (up to 300 kg/h)
- Dehydration processes (up to 50 kg/batch)
- Disintegrator milling process (up to 150 kg/hour)
- Seedoil production (8-10 kg/h)
Polli experimental fruit and berry processing centre leaflet
Please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are glad to help!
Hedi Kaldmäe
(+372) 5 266 552
hedi.kaldmae@emu.ee