Fuji Oil Europe Opens New Division Flanders Filling & Compounds
Fuji Oil Europe is answering to all health claims in the European market. The selected fats will mainly be non-hydrogenated and as low in saturates as possible.
01/10/07 In the seaport of Ghent, Fuji Oil has started the operation of a new compound chocolate plant. The Belgian chocolate plant is the 6th in line ; Fuji Oil already runs similar operations in Japan (3 plants), Indonesia and China. Fuji Oil is the number 1 chocolate producer in Asia.
The new Belgian plant has over 2.600 m 2 of production area available.
The division is called Flanders Fillings & Compounds. It will produce compound chocolate for the confectionery, biscuits and icecream industry. Many customer-specific recipes will be offered to the customers in the praline and toffee industry.
Flanders Fillings & Compounds is also a “made in Belgium” support for all the other Fuji Oil chocolate plants.
For the chocolate recipes, Flanders will have all cocoa ingredients (liquor, natural powder, alkalized powder) as well as all milk ingredients (skim milkpowder, full cream milkpowder, wheypowder, lactose) available. When requested, mixes with hazelnutpaste (praliné) are also available.
The products will be obtained with the highest of available technologies in the industrial chocolate business. Flanders Fillings & Compounds wants to be present in the premium quality segment and this technology is required.
As a bonus, the company can rely on the expertise and the know-how of Fuji Oil Europe, in order to select the most appropriate and functional fats. Fuji Oil Europe is answering to all health claims in the European market. The selected fats will mainly be non-hydrogenated and as low in saturates as possible. Flanders Fillings & Compounds, just like every Fuji Oil division, has a very strong product development team ; we want want to work in very close relation with the customer in order to obtain the most appropriate solution.
