Freeze Dryers
Whether it is for food and beverage or functional ingredients GEA’s expertise in freeze drying plants is unrivalled. Building on decades of experience, we supply freeze drying plants that meet the individual industries’ specific regulations, standards and requirements.
The range of NIRO® Freeze Dryers for food and beverage applications are available as batch and continuous plants - RAY® and CONRAD® - and applied for numerous applications, including:
- Instant Coffee and Tea
- Freeze dried fruits/vegetables, meat/seafood and prepared meals
- Active ingredients like probiotics, enzymes and other functional ingredients for food and health products
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CONRAD® Freeze Dryer
The CONRAD® freeze drying plant is designed for high-volume continuous processing of products such as coffee and tea, fruit and vegetables, meat and seafood as well as prepared meals. The CONRAD® Freeze Dryer is the heart of most freeze-dried instant coffee factories where is renowned not only for delivering superior products but also for its rob...
Freeze dryer upgrades
Solutions to improve plant performance, safety, process control and sustainability in freeze drying.
GEA Liquid Nitrogen Freezer
For the rapid and optimal freezing of sensitive food, beverage and fermentation-derived ingredients, immersion in liquid nitrogen provides a number of benefits. The simple-to-use Liquid Nitrogen Freezer from GEA delivers stable, uniformly frozen pellets that are free flowing.
RAY® Freeze Dryer
The RAY® batch freeze drying plant is designed for production of small-to-medium-volume products such as instant coffee and tea, freeze dried fruit, vegetables, meat, seafood and prepared meals. It is also available in a fully sanitary design for freeze drying of bacteria, enzymes, and other bioactive products.
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