Validate, trial and scale your powder products
Turn powder concepts into scalable solutions at our PDC in Cholet, France. With a pilot plant and lab on site, we support everything from formulation to industrial-scale trials. Our experts work with you every step of the way to help optimise processes, from raw materials to finished products, and ensure your product performs as intended. Because powders behave so differently, testing is key. Together, we can define a trial programme that meets all your needs.
Validate, trial and scale your powder products
Turn powder concepts into scalable solutions at our PDC in Cholet, France. With a pilot plant and lab on site, we support everything from formulation to industrial-scale trials. Our experts work with you every step of the way to help optimise processes, from raw materials to finished products, and ensure your product performs as intended. Because powders behave so differently, testing is key. Together, we can define a trial programme that meets all your needs.
The PDC offers you:
- Enhanced product quality and ingredient insights via lab analysis and trials.
- Flexible testing enabled by modular equipment set ups and remote trials.
- Expertise on process performance, feasibility and scaling up production.
- Savings on product development costs and reduced waste.
How our PDC supports your business
- Validate recipes and processes before industrial roll-out, reducing the risk of costly errors and enhancing product quality.
- Cut development costs and product loss, while increasing yield and accelerating time-to-market.
- Trial sensitive or high-value ingredients under near-identical conditions to full-scale production, minimising waste and preventing costly downtime.
- Meet sustainability targets through more efficient, resource-conscious processing methods.
Reliable product trials
In the pilot plant, our engineers work closely with you to reproduce industrial-scale situations through modular processes that use machinery and equipment. The following machinery and equipment are available for testing:
Built upon 60 years of powder handling knowledge
When you want to adapt product recipes for new markets, find smarter processing solutions, or simply satisfy consumer desire for new taste experiences, you can rely on the expertise of our food technologists and process engineers.
They have a deep understanding of ingredient responses to various processing methods and use cutting-edge technologies to analyse powder physical powder properties. All to support your powder success.
From concept to trial - start here
Explore how our Product Development Centre in Cholet, France can support your powder product development - from testing and trials to scaling up production. With access to laboratory analyses, pilot plant equipment, expert guidance, and a wide range of application capabilities, you’ll find everything you need to turn ideas into validated, scalable, cost-efficient solutions.
