Snack and bar pilot plant in Iowa
Makes chips and snacks, granola and cereal, plant-based meat and pet food and treats. Runs fermentation, extrusion, spray drying and freeze drying. Offers formulation, pilot and small runs, recipe scale-up and cold storage. Takes first-time brands. A mid-size operation.
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Process
Lit: the preservation processes they state. 12 processes stated in all.
Packaging
0formats stated
Not stated in their published information.
Minimum order
Not publishedAsk on the first call.
Certifications
Size
Sized from the staff, floor space or number of plants the company publishes. Exact figures are not shown. 2 plants.
- Batch range
- 500 to 1,200 liters
- Throughput
- Pilot plant scale: prototype products from a few to several tens of kilograms; twin-screw extruder max flow 30 kg per hour; 500 sq ft cold room and 400 sq ft freezer room
A dark light means their published information does not say, not that they cannot.
What they state
- Where
- 2 plants in IowaBy state only. We introduce you to the plant by email.
- Process
- FermentationExtrusionSpray dryingFreeze dryingDehydrationHTST pasteurizationUHTEmulsifying and homogenizingMilling and grindingKettle cookingNitrogen flush and MAPVacuum packing
- Packaging
- Not stated in their published information
- Products
- Chips and extruded snacksGranola and cerealPlant-based meatPet food and treats
- Minimum order
- Not published
- Size
- Mid-size operation
- Batches of 500 to 1,200 liters
- Pilot plant scale: prototype products from a few to several tens of kilograms; twin-screw extruder max flow 30 kg per hour; 500 sq ft cold room and 400 sq ft freezer room
- Food safety certification
- Not stated in their published informationNo GFSI scheme found on their site; not proof they lack one.
- Other certifications
- Not stated in their published information
- Regulatory scope
- Not stated in their published information
- Equipment
- Leistritz Mic 27/GI-40D twin-screw extruder, 30 kg/hr
- burr, colloid, impact and microcut mills; Kason and Sweco sifters; aspirator
- jacketed agitated tanks from 4 to 500 gallons and GROEN steam kettles
- Micro Thermics HTST/UHT systems, 2 L/min
- Avestin and Ariete high pressure homogenizers
- APV, Niro and SPX pilot spray dryers (3 to 20 L/hr) and Buchi mini spray dryer
- drum dryer (200 to 500 kg/hr), vacuum dryer and Virtis pilot freeze dryer
- falling film evaporator, membrane filtration (MF, UF, NF, RO), decanter and disc-stack centrifuges
- supercritical CO2 extractor
- Applikon 500 L and 1,000 L pilot fermenters and bench fermenters from 2 to 40 L
- Koch X180 vacuum and modified atmosphere sealer
- Batch size or capacity
- Pilot fermentation at 500 to 1,200 liters; prototype product from a few to tens of kilograms; Leistritz 27 mm twin-screw extruder up to 30 kg/hr
- Services
- Formulation and R&DPilot and small runsRecipe scale-upIn-house labCold storage
- Works with
- Startups and first runsLarge CPG companies
- Type of company
- R&D and pilot lab
How we checked
Verified 2026-10-02 from the plant's published information (6 pages checked).
Their own published information states these capabilities clearly.
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