High-efficiency processes for lactose production

IMPROVE YOUR TRADITIONAL PROCESS LINE WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

Get better quality and higher yield for:

• Edible lactose
• Pure liquid lactose syrup with yields up to 97%
• Refined/pharma lactose grade
• Valuable lactose derivatives

Reduce your costs and footprint:

• Chemical-free demineralization of UF whey permeates and resin regeneration
• Reduced use of anti-scaling and acid cleaning agents on downstream evaporators

UF WHEY PERMEATE SOFTENING BY ION EXCHANGE FOR A BETTER EDIBLE LACTOSE QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY

Novasep offers a patented, innovative approach to avoid salt precipitation (CaPO₃) which consists in converting divalent ions (Ca²⁺ and PO₄^2-) into more soluble monovalent ions.

This anionic-cationic salt conversion removes 90% of Ca ions while a traditional cationic salt conversion removes only 70-75%.

PRODUCTION OF CRYSTALLINE LACTOSE

Premium Quality Edible Lactose

• Chemical-free demineralization of UF whey permeate.
• More efficient removal of monovalent salts in the NF soft permeate is more efficient (up to 70%).
• Increase of your lactose purity in the crystallizers by up to 5%.

Crystalline lactose

• Get a lactose purity up to 99%
• Production of refined or pharma grade lactose with a single-step cooling crystallization

High Yield Lactose Production

Significantly increase your top purity lactose yield from 70% to 90-95% using our Applexion™ SSMB Chromatography.

PRODUCTION OF LIQUID LACTOSE SYRUP AND VALUABLE LACTOSE DERIVATIVES

The current market price of crystalline lactose makes it an expensive raw material for the production of derivatives. The purification of UF whey permeate into liquid lactose syrup can, therefore, offer an attractive alternative for the production of:

• High purity GOS
• Glucose/ Galactose
• Tagatose, Lactulose, Lactilol…

Benefit from a complete range of process solutions to reach all your targets.