Vitablend: Barentz' Center of Excellence
Vitablend is Barentz’ Center of Excellence for fortification, protection and food technology.
Vitablend develops customised solutions in its own state-of-the-art NPD laboratories and production facilities in The Netherlands.
Suppliers, principals and customers, supported by our dedicated teams, work together to develop tailor-made innovative blends and pre-mixes.
Our dedicated experts are highly experienced and knowledgeable in combining ingredients and technology and translating this into specific tailor-made solutions that match the customers needs. We use many different kinds of product test methods in our laboratories to ensure that our newly developed solutions are exceptional and of the very highest quality.
With the additional expertise the team at Vitablend bring into play, Barentz can help our partners create sustainable value through innovation, for any application.
Vitablend’s core business:
Vitablend Fortification
Customised vitamin, mineral, nucleotide, amino acid and functional ingredient pre-mixes for fortification.
- Infant formulae*
- Clinical nutrition
- Sports nutrition
- Nutritional drinks
* Vitablend is the Barentz knowledge center with specific expertise in spray drying (carotene, minerals) development
Vitablend Protection
Customised natural and synthetic antioxidant blends for shelf life extension.
- Infant formulae
- Fish oils
- Vegetable oils
- Pet food
Vitablend Food Technology
Tailor made food blends for meat, fish and bakery applications.
- Meat
- Fish
- Bakery
Future developments for our Centers of Excellence
We are currently expanding the areas of expertise for Vitablend to allow the research and development within other Barentz divisions such as pharmaceutical.