APPLEXION go all the whey down under with Aussie scientists

APPLEXION of France, the University of Western Sydney (UWS), Food Science Australia and Dairy Australia have joined forces to market a Franco-Australian eco-friendly dairy-processing breakthrough, which can separate the nutrients contained in whey and turn them into valuable food and pharmaceutical-grade supplements for use in medicines, healthcare and food products.

APPLEXION and its subsidiary ORELIS, a membrane specialist – French suppliers of separation solutions for the life science industries – are set to become world-leaders in process solutions for the environmentally sustainable manufacturing of dairy products, after striking a strategic deal with Australian scientists from Food Science Australia and UWS.

Each year, more than 100,000,000 tons of whey are generated worldwide by dairy manufacturers. Existing fractionation technologies used to separate the whey components generate effluents and do not allow the recovery of the highest quality products with the best yield of extraction. Both APPLEXION and the Australian scientists have pioneered environmentally friendly, cutting-edge technologies that can separate the nutrients contained in whey, and turn them into valuable food and pharmaceutical-grade supplements for use in medicines and healthcare products.

APPLEXION has secured a worldwide agreement with the Australian scientists to market this invention, in conjunction with its patents in the same area. The agreement gives APPLEXION the exclusive right to design, build and sell the industrial-scale technology worldwide.

Developed over recent years and based on the combined expertise of APPLEXION, ORELIS, Food Science Australia and UWS, this innovation gives the dairy industry the opportunity to recover valuable components from low-cost whey and potentially generate millions of euros. The main nutrients that can be extracted from whey permeate by this process are lactose, vitamins, peptides and minerals. Lactose yield and quality are dramatically improved when compared to the performance of the conventional processes.

APPLEXION and ORELIS have already accumulated several years of pilot-testing experience with the new technology. Based on their industrial experience of purification processes, they have developed processes that are complementary to the Australian invention.

Confident of the massive potential of this new process, Xavier Lancrenon, APPLEXION Sales Director, says the technology will be very quickly applied in the dairy industry because of its potential to maximise profit from whey components. The eco-friendly quality of the technology will also be attractive to businesses interested in enhancing their bottom line.

Alongside this new process, APPLEXION and ORELIS are increasingly involved in innovative technologies to capture and purify high-value whey components such as lactoferrin, lactoperoxydase, alfalactalbumin, betalactoglobulin and immunoglobulin. These technologies will provide new perspectives for dairy companies and offer them the opportunity to supply nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products of the best quality. For APPLEXION & ORELIS, the launch of this innovation in partnership with the Australian scientists is a first step towards developing the rapid development of new processes in this area.

About Groupe NovaSep
Headquartered in south-east France, Groupe NovaSep, with its two networks NovaSep Synthesis and NovaSep Process, is one of the world’s leading providers of purification-process solutions for the life science industries.

APPLEXION and ORELIS are part of NovaSep Process. APPLEXION and ORELIS supply processes, product development, and complete turn-key processes – from pilot to industrial scale – for the purification and separation of food and pharmaceutical ingredients by ion exchange, adsorption, membrane separation, chromatography and crystallisation.
About Food Science Australia

Food Science Australia is Australia’s largest food research organisation and is a joint venture between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) and the Government of the state of Victoria.

About the University of Western Sydney (UWS)
UWS belongs to an international network of ‘new generation’ universities, and is one of Australia’s largest, catering for over 35,000 international and domestic students. UWS has six campuses across the Greater Western Sydney region, covering an area of more than 2,000km2.
For further information, please go to: www.novasep.com