requiring advanced processing technologies that ensure product safety, consistency, and compliance with regulatory standards. Companies specialising in confectionery machinery are stepping up to meet these challenges,
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grade quality controls and optimising production processes to support the growing market for functional confectionery The trend towards using simple fruit gums as an alternative dosage form for food supplements or medicines has greatly increased the demands placed on confectionery machine manufacturers in terms of product quality and und Dünnebier Süßwarenmaschinen GmbH (WDS) has been gradually expanding its product portfolio while enhancing the hygienic design and cleanability of its confectionery machines. Thanks to the implementation of the accepted quality standards of the pharmaceutical industry, WDS draws on a wide range of possibilities in order to embed the quality-relevant product requirements of its customers in its plant technology and the associated plant
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However, in some countries,
companies are beginning to emerge that are distributing pharmacy-only or even prescription-only medicines in the form of jelly products. On a global level, more and more products are being approved by the relevant regulatory authorities. Strong growth rates have been registered for a wide variety of active additives ranging all the way from vitamins to THC to painkillers.
Plant design in line with pharmaceutical standards
WDS already set the course towards optimising its efforts in the pharmaceutical market back in 2019 with the registration of the sweetOTC brand and the establishment customer product requirements. Speaking to this, a WDS spokesperson says: “This allows us to implement everything from increased demands on plant hygiene to
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mechanisms from the pharmaceutical industry are also being implemented in the food processing industry”
manufacturers can now utilise individual processes employed by the pharmaceutical industry,
such as batch tracing, for
their quality assurance or choose from comprehensive packages of measures.”
analysis for product safety and quality, and to derive the appropriate measures from been completed at WDS, it becomes clear that more and more quality assurance mechanisms from the pharmaceutical industry are also being implemented in the food processing industry. We expect this trend to continue,” spokesperson.
predicts the
While a comprehensive hygienic plant design sounds like an obvious idea, it is often familiar with the relevant papers, e.g. from the EHEDG, will realise that a fully compliant design of a production facility is often only economically possible with compromises.
The spokesperson notes: “For WDS, it is customary to take hygienic design into account as early as the development stage
The spokesperson notes:
is customary to take hygienic design into account as early as the development stage customer, compromises are made between
customer compromises are made between costs in the production and operation of the plant. For units with high hygienic demands, such as depositors, processes such as cleaning, set-up and maintenance Customers can choose from a wide range of expansion stages.”
The overarching topics of production processes,
pharmaceutical quality
assurance and hygienic plant design are typically intertwined and often mentioned in the same breath. Nevertheless, it is important to differentiate between the terms. WDS say they aim to offer its customers plants and services tailored to on the basis of recognised customer- can be developed to support confectionery manufacturers with a tailored, economically viable solution for their next product.
Starchless plant technology on the rise The underlying risk assessment with regard to product quality and safety is decisive for the selection of the manufacturing process to be employed for an OTC product. “Basically, all conventional manufacturing processes for confectionery come into consideration for the production of OTC products. However, we see a clear trend towards starchless plant technology for gum and jelly products in the OTC sector”, explains Janik Hoffmann, Leader of TB-Pharma at WDS. Starchless plants deposit mass into polycarbonate or silicone moulds or sometimes directly into individually portioned and wrapped blister packs. Depending on the requirements can also be used for OTC production.
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