Brazilian Dairy Industry to Benefit from New Z Trim Hydration Production Capability

Vogler’s improved plant capabilities could bring Z Trim a step closer to realizing its potential in the South American food markets, as first recognized in 2006 when it was awarded the title of “Most Innovative Ingredient” at the Food Ingredient South America (FISA) conference and exposition that year.

18/02/09 Plant upgrades that will enable Z Trim multi-functional fiber powder to be hydrated to gel form for sale to the $4 billion Brazilian dairy industry have been completed by Vogler Ingredients, according to Brazilian food manufacturing, technology solutions and ingredient companies Vogler Ingredients, and Kienast & Kratschmer, Ltda. along with Mundelein, Illinois-based Z Trim Holdings, Inc.

“This facilitates the dairy industry’s acceptance and use of Z Trim,” said Caio Agmont, Director for Kraki. “Now we can provide Z Trim as a fat replacement or stabilizing gel to many of the Brazilian food companies that process dairy foods, as well as to the nineteen billion dollar Brazilian baking industry.”

Currently, Kraki is selling 1.5 tons per month of Z Trim for use in yogurts, cream cheese, cream, butter and cheese spread. They anticipate sales growth to 4 tons per month over the next 6 months and, as the exclusive distributor of Z Trim in Brazil, recently placed a single order for 9 tons of Z Trim powder.

“We focus on the dairy and ice cream market,” Agmont said. “Most of our projects focus on the functionality of Z Trim as texture enhancement, stability enhancement, yield improvement and, of course, fat reduction.”

Vogler Ingredients is marketing Z Trim to a wide cross section of the $45 billion Brazilian processed food industry* including companies such as Itambe, Casa Suíça, Selita and salad dressing and sauce manufacturer Sakura, as well as a multinational baking company. Discussions and tests are underway with several additional multinationals. Vogler is currently working on 20 Z Trim-related projects.

Z Trim Holdings selected Kraki to be its exclusive distributor in Brazil. Vogler has substantial experience as a bakery, dressings and snacks industry distributor in South America. Kraki covers the meat, dairy and ice cream industries and supplies Vogler with Z Trim for sale to its food category markets.

Vogler’s improved plant capabilities could bring Z Trim a step closer to realizing its potential in the South American food markets, as first recognized in 2006 when it was awarded the title of  “Most Innovative Ingredient” at the Food Ingredient South America (FISA) conference and exposition that year.

“These upgrades expand the number of process-ready opportunities for Z Trim in a market in which we’ve already established the superiority of our products,” said Steve Cohen, CEO of Z Trim Holdings, Inc. “We look forward to working with Kraki and Vogler to achieve the sales volume projections these upgrades were intended to make viable.”