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FloraSpher ™: Sustainable Innovation for Functional Food Products
In the world of functional nutrition, the balance between efficacy, convenience, and sustainability is increasingly crucial.
At Sphera Encapsulation, we work every day to develop solutions that enable companies to create innovative, high-performance, and environmentally friendly products.
This is where FloraSpher ™ was born, an encapsulation technology designed to maximize the value of botanical extracts and expand their application possibilities in the food sector.
FloraSpher ™: the encapsulation technology that revolutionizes the use of botanical extracts
Many natural extracts offer significant benefits but often have poor water solubility, limiting their use in food products.
With FloraSpher ™, we overcome this limitation: our encapsulation technology makes extracts easily dispersible in aqueous media, improving their handling and integration into industrial recipes.
Before listing some potential benefits, it’s worth noting that this shift in perspective enables companies to use ingredients that were previously difficult to manage.
Thanks to FloraSpher™, it’s easy to include botanical extracts in formulations such as:
• Biscuits
• Crackers and savory snacks
• Functional supplements
After seeing these applications, it’s clear that FloraSpher ™ isn’t just a technology, but a gateway to new product ideas.
Sphera Encapsulation and Improving Powder Flowability
Another key aspect is powder flowability, which is essential for the food and nutraceutical industries.
Many manufacturers often find themselves dealing with powders that are not very fluid, difficult to move, or difficult to dose correctly.
Our FloraSpher™ technology significantly improves the flowability of raw materials, which represents a tangible advantage in various production phases, such as:
• powder handling in the plant
• precision in dosing systems
• optimized capsule filling
After understanding these benefits, it’s clear how FloraSpher™ makes industrial processes more efficient, reducing waste, time, and operational issues.
Sustainable and biodegradable encapsulation for a more responsible future
At Sphera Encapsulation, we believe that innovation is only valuable if it’s also sustainable.
For this reason, FloraSpher ™ uses exclusively natural, vegan materials that are fully biodegradable and environmentally friendly.
Before mentioning the technical advantages, it’s important to emphasize that this sustainable approach doesn’t compromise performance: on the contrary, it improves it.
Internal studies have demonstrated that the external polymer surrounding the extracts:
• Increases product stability over time
• Masks unpleasant flavors and odors
• Improves the effectiveness of active ingredients
• Increases water dispersibility
After analyzing these results, it’s clear that sustainable encapsulation represents a strategic path to developing more pleasant, more effective, and more contemporary functional products.
The first extract we developed with this technology is rosemary extract, but the possibilities are virtually limitless: from medicinal herbs to bioactives, from polyphenols to natural compounds sensitive to oxidation.
Innovation, sustainability, and efficacy: contact us to develop your next project with FloraSpher ™
If you’re looking for a technology that can improve the solubility, stability, flowability, and yield of your botanical or functional ingredients, we at Sphera Encapsulation are ready to help.
FloraSpher™ can serve as the foundation for your next innovative product; contact us to discuss new formulations and customized solutions.
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