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Four technologies. One plant.

Dried, sealed, emulsified, clustered — all under one roof.

Spray-dryer hall at the Lux Flavours India plant, with drying chamber and cyclone

01 · Spray drying · 750 MT/yr

Liquid in. Powder out.

A fine mist meets hot air. Water leaves; flavour stays.

Inlet airTI-01
180°C
Outlet airTI-02
85°C
AtomiserSI-01
15,000rpm
Powder drumLI-01
0%
CapacityPowders
750MT/yr

Typical values · illustrative

Operator at the spray-dryer control panel
Control
Close-up of free-flowing spray-dried flavour powder
Powder
Packed cartons in the plant warehouse
Packed

02 · Encapsulation · CAPSIL™

Flavour, sealed in.

An oil core, wrapped in a carrier wall, dried shut.

  1. CoreA flavour oil droplet.
  2. WallCarrier — e.g. gum arabic, maltodextrin — wraps it.
  3. DrySpray-dried into a closed capsule.
  4. ReleaseIn water the wall dissolves; aroma opens.
03 · DRY ILLUSTRATIVE

03 · Emulsions · 10,000 MT/yr

Oil, water. One cloud.

Droplets sheared small enough to stay even.

  1. 01

    Weigh

    Oil phase · water phase

  2. 02

    Pre-mix

    Rotor-stator · ~10 µm

  3. 03

    Homogenise

    ~200 bar, then ~50 bar

  4. 04

    Stabilise

    Even cloud · D50 < 1 µm

  5. 05

    Fill

    Sealed for dispatch

Magnified · typical values · illustrative

Stainless-steel emulsion tanks at the plant
Emulsion tanks
Operator at the filling line
Filling

04 · Agglomeration · 200 MT/yr

Fines, bound into clusters.

Porous clusters that wet and sink, with less dust.

Flavour powders only. Wetting and dispersion depend on formulation and conditions.

Agglomerated flavour powder granules in a glass dish

Quality control

Analytics inform. Sensory decides.

Measured in the QC lab. Tasted by our panel.

Quality-control laboratory at the plant
QC lab
Sensory panel tasting samples
Sensory panel
Technicians in the application lab
Application lab
Two flavour powders held in gloved hands
Checked by hand
Front of the Lux Flavours India plant in Chennai
Chennai