AarhusKarlshamn - Speciality Fats and Oils for Food and Confectionery

AarhusKarlshamn (AAK) is a leading supplier of speciality fats and oils. The company has the broadest product range in the industry and is second to none in the ability to offer cost efficient, added value solutions to customers in the food, confectionery and cosmetics industries.

AAK's product range includes:

• Chocolate and confectionery fats
• Bakery fats and margarines, pumpable margarines and pumpable shortenings
• Vegetable fats for butter blends, cheese, spreads and whipped cream
• Oils for infant formulas
• Fats for ice cream and ice cream coatings
• Frying fats
• Margarine fats and oils
• Omega-3 oils and sterols

Trans free fats are available for all applications.

CHOCOLATE AND CONFECTIONERY FATS

AAK is a leader in speciality fats for chocolate and confectionery. A complete range of cocoa butter alternatives for chocolate and compound coatings is available. In addition, the company can present non-trans fats for confectionery fillings and spreads.

Cocoa Butter Equivalent (CBE) offers cost savings as well as functional advantages to the user. Filling fats with new functionalities, such as DeliAir, with unique aeration properties, and non-lauric, non-hydrogenated Akotres are but a few examples from a broad range.

BAKERY FATS, MARGARINES AND PUMPABLE SHORTENINGS

The bakery industry will find a range of bakery margarines and shortenings. Besides supplying traditional packed products in solid form, AAK is a specialist in pumpable products for bakery applications.

Replacing traditional packed margarines and shortenings with pre-crystallised pumpable shortenings and margarine can be done without changing the properties of the end product.

Manual handling of the fat is eliminated and there is no waste packaging material to deal with. With the additional possibility to reduce fat content, the potential to reduce manufacturing costs in the bakery is obvious.

DAIRY FAT ALTERNATIVES FOR BUTTER BLENDS, CHEESE, SPREADS AND WHIPPED CREAM

Manufacturers of spreads and butter blends, cheese, yoghurt, whipped cream and other dairy products will benefit from a closer look at Dairy Fat Alternatives (DFA) from AAK. Nutritional profiles may be improved by using DFA with less saturated fatty acids or with omega-3 fatty acids or sterols.

Significant cost savings may be achieved by replacing butter fat with DFA. Akocheese gives a flavour development similar to butter fat in ripened cheese at lower cost. Akochurn has unique emulsification properties and can be used in churned butter blends, with reduced fat content down to 60% resulting in products with better nutritional profile.

FUNCTIONALITY, COST EFFICIENCY AND HEALTHY COMPOSITION

Trying to find the best solution for the customer in each situation is the overall ambition of AAK - a solution that often involves finding the right balance between sometimes conflicting aspects regarding cost, functionality and nutritional profile.

Many products are designed to help customers save on raw material costs without compromising the quality of the final product. In addition, the company has the ambition of introducing products with new functionalities and nutritional profiles, thus helping customers in their new product development efforts.

WORLDWIDE PRESENCE

The group has production facilities in Northern and Western Europe, the US, Mexico and Uruguay. With sales offices and a network of agents in all main markets the group is in an excellent position to serve customers all over the world.

Extensive research and development resources, with state-of-the-art techniques for the study of the chemical and physical properties of fats, form the basis for product development. Well-equipped application laboratories for chocolate, bakery, margarine and dairy applications are important parts of our technical assistance to customers.