Lycored Targets Infant Formula Market by Opening New Specialised Lipid-Formulation Facility
22 November 2006
LycoRed Limited has launched a line of advanced oily-blends featuring proprietary fatty-acid premixes designed for infant formulae. The oily blends will use a custom-made composition of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPs), and other oily soluble-ingredients. This product line will be manufactured at LycoRed's new €5 million specialised lipid-formulation facility at their UK plant.
"Infant formula is an important market for us," explained Peter Gallagher, Managing Director of LycoRed Limited. "Our goal is to penetrate this market with hot, new lipids that will allow manufacturers to create healthy and cutting-edge products. Investment in our premix facilities is the cornerstone of our strategy."
Beyond infant formulae, the facility is equipped to manufacture mixtures of plant, algae and marine lipids with other active ingredients. These mixtures range from simple oil-based vitamin concentrates for use in mainstream food-production, to more complex premixes of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty-acids which are proprietary to customers in the infant formula industry.
"Lycored is providing formulation expertise specifically focused on high-value functional lipids," explained Gallagher. "We can tailor-make formulations and provide solutions for customers who have difficulty in either handling highly-sensitive lipids, or need a specific premix manufactured in a highly-controlled environment where cost, stability and quality are of prime importance."
The plant has the flexibility to produce, in-house, both small-scale pilot and full-scale commercial batches - a capability which saves customers time and money by greatly facilitating the development of custom formulations. The new facility can also manufacture formulations which provide the perfect balance of Omega three, six and nine fatty acids demanded by the dietary supplement market.
LycoRed's new facility meets the highest standards and was designed in close cooperation with its customers: Gallagher noted that "we showed our clients the plans for the new plant and asked them to advise us as to what processing technologies would best serve their future product-development."
LycoRed creates innovative nutrition through a combination of new and pioneering products, and a close-relationship with its customers. LycoRed's nutrition solutions simplify the development and production process of cutting-edge food, beverage and nutritional-supplement products.
Partnership and support throughout all stages of product-development allows the customer to benefit from LycoRed's expertise and creativity.
