Kinetix solution allows manufacturer to more
closely mimic meat's texture and taste, while lowering energy costs
and enhancing end-product flexibility
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Feb. 25,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE:
ROK), the world's largest company dedicated to industrial
automation and digital transformation, today announced that Dutch
Structuring Technologies (DST) is using its Kinetix servo solution
to maintain the demanding micro-dosing precision levels in its new
continuous meat-replacement production technology.
DST, based in Zwaag in the
Netherlands, was founded to develop and produce
next-generation plant-based long-fibered meat and fish substitutes,
using new technologies and production techniques that are designed
to outperform existing processes in terms of flavoring, flexibility
and scalability.
Its new solution, which includes a variety of intelligent
devices from Rockwell Automation, uses precision control of
different continuous shearing and mixing formulae to turn plant
proteins and water into a wide variety of products that exhibit
more realistic meat-like textures and tastes.
Developed by Dutch mixing system specialist Sobatech and
supported by Routeco Netherlands, a Rockwell Automation authorized
distributor partner, the Continuous High Shear (CHS) technology
will not only widen the market in terms of texture/replacement
possibilities but will also bring costs down to a level comparable
with current animal proteins.
"Our focus is helping developers make new plant-based and hybrid
products that are as close as possible to the meat-based ones they
replace," explains Julian Lekner,
co-founder of DST. "Food producers have been looking for the next
big technology, and we believe that our CHS process answers their
call. What's more, flavors and colors can be added directly,
removing the need for post-processing steps."
"The continuous method of operation demands incredibly accurate
mixing, dosing and parameter control to deliver the perfect
texture," said Clint op den Buijsch, sales engineer at Routeco
Netherlands.
"The meat- and plant-protein markets are developing at a
staggering pace," said Roger Gaemperle, head of industry strategy
and marketing, CPG and life sciences, EMEA, at Rockwell Automation.
"New technologies and digitalization are expanding what is possible
in terms of processing, control and management. Meat replacement is
seeing huge growth but until now, extrusion has been the only
widely available technology. This new shearing process will
introduce a paradigm shift in terms of what is now achievable."
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in
industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the
imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand
what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more
sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 27,000
problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100
countries as of fiscal year end 2024. To learn more about how we
are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across industrial
enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.
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