use of electricity without being wholly reliant on it. The Copenhagen Biscuit Application &


Training Center houses a complete cracker line and a complete biscuit line and it regularly hosts customers who want to test new products or reformulations. “We work with our customers to help ensure the right ingredient proportions in the dough and to ensure that their own production lines will be accurately set to handle their new products. Within the application centre we also have test facilities so it is possible to test colour grades and moisture levels, etc, to fully evaluate the quality of the product coming off the line. Our job is to help customers create the right product and optimise the process required to produce it,” continued Morten.


“Customers are coming from across the globe to use this facility,” continued Morten. “In many regions, such as Africa and Central South America, customers are increasingly looking to make better use of local ingredients in their product offerings – different grains and pulses for example – and they want us to help them develop these products.” “Another trend we are seeing in the biscuit and cracker market is a move towards more healthy products, with bakeries looking to achieve higher protein content in their products, by replacing some of the more traditional ingredients.”


The next step


Bühler is seeing the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asian biscuit and cracker markets growing quickly, so it is developing equipment and helping find recipe solutions for these regions, making use of local ingredients to help make bakeries import independent. “In some regions, biscuits are not eaten just for pleasure – they need to contain a high protein content along with nutrients and vitamins in some cases, so we need to understand what is driving businesses in different regions of the world as these drivers are often very different from those of Europe and we need to be able to offer the best solution for different regions. To this end we are currently developing our facilities in India to enable us to supply machines locally there, maintaining the same quality of equipment that we supply in Europe, but adapting it to meet local needs and business models.”


Food security has become a critical issue in nearly all regions of the world today, as the growing population increases demand for food. Extreme weather conditions and political conflicts are further disrupting established food value chains, and a key answer to these challenges is to employ locally grown crops and traditional grains – not only to increase food security, but


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also to develop sustainable businesses for local farmers and food processors. To help address this Bühler has also developed a Grain Processing Innovation Center (GPIC) in Nigeria which will become part of its applications centres network helping to develop biscuits and crackers using locally grown seeds and crops, which


are often more climate and pest resilient and can have a higher nutritional value when compared with more refined cereals. Growing and processing these crops on a larger scale can increase a region’s self-sufficiency, reduce reliance on imported grains, and provide new sustainable market opportunities for farmers and producers.


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Bühler’s new Copenhagen offices feature open meeting zones and modern facilities which allows it to host partner and customer visits and host events.


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