Starch and Sweetener production

Growing consumer demand in the worldwide starch market offers challenges and opportunities for starch and sweetener producers, and Alfa Laval is on hand to help tackle those challenges and seize those opportunities. Efficiency is key as the future prosperity of the industry depends on achieving economies of scale and developing new starch-derived end products that enable producers to move further up the value chain. Flexibility and sustainability are key to Alfa Laval’s world-class solutions.

Potatoes rice corn and other starchy ingredients
Chickpea flour in wooden scoop

Meeting the starch and sweetener industry’s needs with cutting-edge solutions 

For more than 80 years, Alfa Laval has been helping starch producers across the globe stay ahead of the competition, and its portfolio of world-leading technology continues to lead the way. Alfa Laval’s equipment and expertise can be deployed at all stages of the starch production process, enabling many types of starch to be extracted from a variety of crops. Delivering high yields and extreme purity, the very best and most versatile of raw materials is produced for the food and chemical industries. 

  • Technology tailored for high-yield, high-quality starch processing and sweetener production.
  • High-performance solutions for evaporation and condensation, screening and filtration, centrifugal separation, membrane filtration, heating, cooling and fluid handling.
  • Efficient, sustainable solutions that save money, maximize uptime, and minimize water and energy consumption, benefiting bottom lines as well as the environment.
  • Specialist engineering teams from Alfa Laval can help optimize starch processes and be a strategic partner in all aspects of production.

Case stories

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Tapioca starch in a bowl with a spoon