BENEO Opens New North American Application Center

Ingredient provider BENEO, Inc. has announced the opening of its BENEO North American Application Center in Parsippany, New Jersey. The new center focuses on developing its functional ingredients application.

The 3,000 sqf facility is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to test formulation aspects of its functional ingredients, including fiber enrichment, sugar or fat replacement, as well as taste and texture improvements, BENEO says.

The Application Center features a variety of versatile benchtop scale and pilot scale equipment that can be used alone or in combination, to cover a wide range of applications. Initially the Application Center will focus on bakery applications, dairy and dairy fermented applications, soups, sauces and frozen convenience meals as well as cereal and slab-type nutrition bars and beverages.

Analytical equipment is also included in the Application Center specifically for the measurement of microscopy, rheology, particle size, pH and freeze-thaw stability – all to assist BENEO in optimizing ingredient use in formulations.

“We are very excited to bring BENEO’s experience in developing unique applications for our functional ingredients closer to our customers in the North American market. (…) Now with these significant resources in the U.S., we can react more quickly to optimize and customize formulas for specific regional applications,” said Jon Peters, president of BENEO Inc.