Miller Magazine Issue: 118 October 2019

72 TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM MILLER / OCTOBER 2019 Julian Foerster Michael Landers Application Technician Brabender GmbH & Co. KG Application Technician Brabender GmbH & Co. KG “We need to be able to evaluate the options for the product development process step-by-step in a realistic fashion in the laboratory. For this pur- pose, we offer our clients technical solutions. This is because any possible risks of new procedures must be checked out reli-ably before proceeding to production with them in large quantities. This means that we need rec- ipes and real products, for example, for the sensory test, texture analysis, or color value optimization during development. The TwinLab opens up a wide field in this regard: Raw materials can be extruded in various geom- etries in sophisticated process conditions.” Future technology for product diversity: The new crunch