How to improve powder properties using Glatt’s fluid bed technology

Glatt is a pioneering company offering particle design and plant engineering tailored to the food, food additives, and nutraceutical industries. As a family-run company with more than 70 years‘ of experience, Glatt combines stability, innovation, and long-term customer relationships to deliver highly functional solutions based on fluid and spouted bed technologies.

Glatt’s technologies transform liquids into dust-free granules, pellets, and powders, while controlling key physical parameters such as particle size, solubility, bulk density, and flowability. State-of-the-art technologies – including spray granulation, spray agglomeration, microencapsulation, and coating – enable the functionalization of bioactives, encapsulation of vitamins, probiotics, and oils, and targeted release profiles. Precise control of particle properties and structure significantly improves the solubility of proteins, including collagen peptides, providing a unique advantage over powders produced via traditional spray drying.

In the nutraceutical sector, Glatt addresses key challenges such as bioavailability, oxidative sensitivity, moisture protection, and dust-free handling. Our gentle fluid bed processing – often below 50 °C – preserves sensitive ingredients such as vitamins, enzymes, peptides, and probiotics. The result is highly soluble, free-flowing functional powders and granules ideal for dietary supplements, instant drinks, protein-enriched snacks, and therapeutic nutrition.

Glatt supports companies across the value chain: from laboratory trials and pilot-scale validation to contract manufacturing under FSSC 22000 certification and turnkey plant integration. Thanks to our integrated expertise, we have successfully implemented large-scale projects in Asia, strengthening our partnerships with nutraceutical and food manufacturers across the region. Glatt also provides comprehensive engineering services, including plant design, process automation, optimization, and after-sales support – delivering scalable, sustainable solutions for next-generation food and nutraceutical products.