PILOT PLANT FACILITY

A variety of processing equipment is available in the pilot plant, which is capable of matching the demands of the industry and enabling the production of diverse foods at pilot scale. The plant can also be used for the purpose of demonstration of some processes. Limited by its capacity, the pilot plant is operative for any kind of needs coming from the food industry. Products like fruit juice, tomato paste, ice cream, milk powder, meat products, cheese etc. can be listed as example products that can be attained.

Recently, a project to build a totally new and modern pilot plant facility in the campus area has been put into operation. The new plant building has high standards featuring modern, hygienic and high-tech instruments.ISO 22000 Food Safety Standards is being applied. The plant also consists of closed areas including independent sections and general open production area.

Some units in pilot plant:

• Liquid-liquid, solid-liquid, and super-critical extraction systems
• Spray, cylindrical, cabinet, tunnel and fluidized  bed driers
• Microwave drier
• Canned food processing line
• Lyophilizator
• Film evaporator
• Separators
• Autoclave
• Extruders
• Liquid & pressure homogenizators
• Processing line for meat and meat products
• Various reactors
• Pasteurization & Sterilization
• Dairy products (yoghurt, cheese, ice-cream) production unit
• Modified atmosphere packaging machine (a packaging machine that
  can adjust the defined gas mixtures in the tray and bag packages),
• Vacuum-packaging machine
• IQF (Individual quick freezer)
• Ozone exposure system
• Hazelnut processing line
• Millings