Food, Flavor & Fragrance Industry
Sulzer is committed to support food, flavor, and fragrance producers with advanced separation and purification technologies that improve product quality, reduce operating costs, and minimize environmental impact. Our solutions are designed to deliver efficiency and reliability across a wide variety of applications, from natural extracts and essential oils to edible ingredients and vitamins.
Enhancing Food, Flavor, and Fragrance Production with Purity, Efficiency, and Sustainability
Main applications of food, flavor and fragrance industry
Natural Extracts & Bio-based Compounds
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Essential oils
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Omega-3 / Vitamins
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Herbal extracts
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Terpenes (Limonene, Pinene, Myrcene)
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Aromatic compounds (Eugenol, Vanillin, Anethole)
Alcohols & Esters
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Ethanol
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Butanol
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Ethyl Acetate
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Butyl Acetate
Acids & Anhydrides
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Acetic Acid
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Adipic Acid
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PTA
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Maleic Anhydride
Enhancing food, flavor, and fragrance production with purity, efficiency, and sustainability
The food, flavor, and fragrance industry plays a critical role in daily life, creating ingredients that shape the taste, aroma, and functionality of countless products. Producers today must deliver consistent purity and sensory quality while also responding to rising energy costs, stricter regulations, and consumer demand for sustainable, bio-based ingredients. Meeting these requirements calls for technologies that combine efficiency with selectivity, ensuring the recovery of high-value compounds without compromising safety or sustainability.
Operating in today’s food, flavor and fragrance sector means addressing multiple, interconnected challenges:
High-Purity Extraction for Natural Ingredients
Isolate and concentrate delicate compounds like essential oils, vitamins, and natural extracts with precision and care.
Compliance & Quality for Food-Grade Products
Meet strict regulatory and sensory standards with technologies that ensure consistent purity and product integrity.
Efficient & Sustainable Processing
Reduce energy use, solvent consumption, and waste with optimized separation systems designed for cost-effective operations.
Flexible Solutions for Evolving Consumer Demands
Adapt to bio-based feedstocks and changing market trends with scalable technologies that support innovation and circularity.
Our solutions enable food, flavor, and fragrance producers to meet the highest standards of purity and quality while improving efficiency and sustainability. We provide advanced technologies for the extraction, concentration, and purification of valuable compounds, ensuring consistent performance across a wide range of applications from edible oils and sweeteners to essential oils, vitamins, and natural extracts. By optimizing solvent use and energy demand, we reduce operating costs while minimizing emissions and waste streams.
Our processes are designed to handle delicate, heat-sensitive compounds with care, preserving product integrity and sensory characteristics. Flexible and adaptable to both traditional and bio-based feedstocks, our technologies give producers the tools to innovate, secure compliance, and meet growing consumer expectations for sustainable and high-quality products.
Explore our solutions for food, flavor and fragrance industry
Efficiency
Decarbonization with return
Purity
Maximizing plant profitability
Explore our references for food, flavor and fragrance industry
Food; Flavors & Fragrances
Germany
Purification of five different essential oils with stringent limits
Challenge:
A flavors and fragrances company needed to purify five essential oils, each with unique requirements for concentration, fractionation, and removal of toxins and VOCs some down to ppm levels. The task was complicated by a strict 20-hour batch limit, limited VLE data, and space constraints at the production site.
Solution:
Sulzer installed a compact Excelot™ skid designed to deliver a high number of theoretical separation stages while adhering to the site's space constraints. This configuration enabled flexible, multipurpose operation across all five diverse feedstocks.
Technology:
Results:
Achieved purity from 80% up to 99.99%, met strict batch time requirements, and validated performance through pilot testing with process guarantees.
Food; Flavors & Fragrances
United States
Sustainable aroma preservation with Sulzer’s EvapCare™-F
Challenge:
Preserve delicate aromas in bio-based extracts during concentration at temperatures below 50°C, minimize liquid waste.
Solution:
Implemented EvapCare™-F falling film evaporator with advanced vacuum technology, optimized geometry, and Marangoni effect control for low-temperature operation; integrated zero-liquid-waste design and OPC UA connectivity for real-time process control.
Technology:
Results:
Maintained aroma integrity, eliminated liquid waste, improved product recovery, and delivered a sustainable, efficient evaporation process aligned with the client’s environmental goals.
150+ Years Experience
Proven track record in chemical process engineering and equipment manufacturing.
Global Presence
Worldwide support network with local expertise and rapid response capabilities.
Quality Assurance
ISO certified processes and rigorous quality control for reliable, safe operations.