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At Micropore we have worked with many clients in the competitive, highly regulated, food industry to overcome some particularly difficult challenges in formulation. We have particular expertise and successes in the production of low fat foods. Using our patented Micropore Aseptic Crossflow membrane system (AXF) we have maintained the creamy sensory taste requirements and mouthfeel of food, yet achieved the low fat standards required. This is achieved by the incorporation of a low fat internal phase, such as water, being added to a fat based continuous phase, where the fat surrounds the low fat material.  The process requires a fine balance and the intelligent application of Micropore's technology

Advantages:

• Product innovation, e.g. ‘Molecular gastronomy’.
• Flavour delivery.
• Enhanced processability.
• Taste masking.
• Allows formulation with ingredients that are usually incompatible.
• Flavour change, multiple flavour profiles.
• Higher loading of active than traditional encapsulation methods, such as spray drying.

Micropore equipment is constructed of entirely food grade stainless steel with industry standard hygienic fittings.​
Aseptic/cGMP:
Aseptic/cGMP designs for production are available.
Scalable:
Micropore's processes are designed to be scalable - from laboratory formulation testing to production tonnages. This enables meaningful laboratory data to be used to scale a process to production volumes.
​Low shear:
The low shear and gentle conditions used during membrane emulsification are ideal to prevent damage to sensitive active ingredients.
We have expertise in working with companies seeking to replace some less attractive emulsifying agents, e.g. polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR), with more environmentally desirable ones, that need lower shear, provide greater stability and good control during processing.​

Release Profile:
We provide a service to develop the best release profile for your ingredients and products; using our expertise in encapsulation and formulation technology based on our membrane emulsification processes.
​Energy:
The Micropore patented manufacturing techniques provide uniform droplets and particles and lead to 100% production success in the desired size range. There is no waste compared to conventional manufacturing techniques. Using Micropore technology results in significantly lower energy and waste disposal costs.
Reliability and Reproducibility:
Micropore’s technology enables highly reliable and reproducible production of batches of materials. Our techniques lead to no 'bad batches’ to be disposed of.
Easy Control:
The Micropore systems are easy to control and do not require time consuming and costly specialist operator training.
Materials of construction:
The Micropore equipment is constructed entirely of food grade stainless steel with industry standard hygienic fittings.  The 100% stainless steel equipment can be run at elevated temperatures.
Fully Enclosed:
Micropore’s equipment can be fully enclosed to ensure environmental segregation and product isolation. 
Footprint:
The system is easy to control and has a lower factory space requirement than conventional stirred tank technology.  

​Article by Niamh Michail of FoodNavigator.com 21 Feb 2017 about the benefits possible using Micropore’s patented emulsion technology. 

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W/O/W emulsions case study

The customer wanted to produce a sufficiently stable double emulsion based on a more natural emulsifier than polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) (for the primary water-in-oil emulsion) with a fat content of 17%.
The use of this innovative technology opens up new possibilities, lowering energy costs and assisting in the drive towards emulsion stabilizers using more natural products.​​The Challenge
Producing stable emulsions with low concentrations of emulsifer can be a challenge, producing multiple emulsions (Water-in-oil-in-water or W/O/W emulsions) under these conditions can be extremely difficult. As the final W/O/W emulsion is only as good as the quality of the primary emulsion. Larger droplets in the emulsions tend to merge to form even larger unstable droplets, until the emulsion stability is compromised.
The Solution and Benefits
Micropore’s patented low shear, membrane emulsification technology was used to produce a water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) emulsion with extremely tightly controlled particle size distribution, for use in low fat foods and confectionery products.

How we can help you​
Micropore excels at evaluating complex challenges and finding creative, sustainable and scalable solutions.

"Micropore quickly demonstrated the unique properties of their membrane to enable the production of W/O/W emulsions under very gentle shear conditions. They were also able to illustrate that the membrane is robust and capable of scaling to productivities of commercial interest.’’
Customer: Food sector

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​​Working with Micropore was a very positive experience for us.
​The speed with which we progressed reflects how user-friendly we found the Micropore equipment.

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​We have achieved significantly improved production economics. We were initially sceptical as we had had problems when we’d tried membrane emulsification in the past.  Micropore has developed a truly elegant solution

CUSTOMER, HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS

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​​We set aside a day for trials on the Micropore AXF-1.  We were finished in less than an hour with all trials completed satisfactorily.  We were surprised at how simple Micropore’s equipment is to set up and operate

CUSTOMER, FRAGRANCE SECTOR

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​​Micropore’s precision engineered products mean we don’t have problems with creaming or phase inversion any more.  We are working to convert manufacture of all our products to Micropore’s approach because of the ease of operation/cleaning and improved yields

CUSTOMER, PERSONAL CARE SECTOR

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We approached Micropore after failing with others because we needed to replicate an in-flight problem.  Micropore delivered everything we hoped for and more.  The result was we were able to engineer a solution for major safety improvements and rapid implementation

CUSTOMER, AEROSPACE SECTOR

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