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Lactoprot
Lactoprot operates highly specialised plants in Kaltenkirchen
and Leezen and a mixed plant in Lübeck, Germany The largest
production facility is Leezen, a dairy plant north of Hamburg
dating back to 1878, in which € 50 million have been
invested since the takeover in 2003.
The Leezen plant produces acid casein, WPC 80, lactose and
roll dryer powder. It processes 200 million kg of milk and
5,000 t (dry matter) of whey concentrate.
Sister companies are Dairyfood in Riedlingen (biolactose,
WPC, factory drying), Novoprot in Wiesmühl (roll dried caseinates,
starch drying, lactose-free milk powder, factory drying
as well as fermentatively produced production aids for
the bread and meat industry and oat drinks) and Nutriprot in
Lübeck (sports nutrition).
In Kaltenkirchen, Lactoprot has one of the most modern pilot
plant facilities in Germany. The heart of the facility, in which
€1 million has been invested, is a UHT heater with plate and
tube heat exchangers as well as direct steam injection and
steam infusion, which operates on a semi-industrial scale and
was built by Asepto. Here, Lactoprot develops applications
(photo: Lactoprot)
of its dairy ingredient, starch and hydrocolloid-based solutions
for the dairy, ice cream, delicatessen and general food
industries.
Look at the variable aseptic heater in Lactoprot's technical centre, which also has the necessary laboratory capacities
(photos: Lactoprot)
Lactoprot has invested a total of €2.5 million
in the new RO permeate treatment.
Compared to the previous solution of sending
it to wastewater treatment plants, there
is relatively little saving in operating costs,
but the company has got rid of the major
concern of how to deal with the salt load
in the long term. Lactoprot's solution is
groundbreaking for all acid casein producers
worldwide, as well as for all companies
that demineralise whey.
Plant manager Norbert Luft (left) and Steffen
Rode, managing partner, have turned
permeate from Lactoprot's acid casein production
in the Leezen plant into a sustainable
raw material stream (photo: IDM)
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