Choosing the Right Agglomeration Services Partner

Powdered food and beverage products are becoming increasingly more popular. They tend to have a longer shelf life and are more cost-effective than their ready-to-drink counterparts, without sacrificing taste. One way to ensure the quality of your powdered drink mixes is through agglomeration.

Agglomeration is an essential process for many popular food and beverage products, including toddler formula, nutritional supplements, drink mixes, teas, and more. In this process, fine powder particles are assembled into larger particles. A skilled agglomeration services provider will ensure powder products achieve the right particle size. This improves the powder’s solubility and reduces dusting. With agglomeration services, your powder products may more instantly dissolve in water or milk. Here, we will dive into the benefits of agglomeration, then discuss what you should consider when choosing your service provider.

If you’re looking to boost the quality of your powdered drink products, connect with the team at Tipton Mills. Contact us today to see how we can help you.

The Benefits of Agglomeration Services

Improves Solubility

Solubility refers to the ability of a substance to dissolve in liquid. Aggolomeration helps improve a powder’s solubility by allowing easier movement of liquid through the particles, which basically makes it easier to mix the powder into the liquid. This improves the overall consumer experience because it reduces the amount of time that they need to mix, allowing the product to be ready to consume faster.

Results in Cleaner Products

Agglomeration services improve a product’s dustlessness because fine particles are combined together, eliminating dust. This reduces the amount of airborne dust, improving the overall cleanliness of the product. The last thing a customer wants to deal with is messy, dusty powder. That could lead to customer frustration. Aggolomeration will reduce total dust generation.

Reduces Costly Delays

Since non-agglomerated powders can be incredibly dusty, that dust can clog machinery, and complicate the material handling process. For instance, when labeling packaging the process can be slowed down if the surfaces are covered with dust. Excess dust also results in material loss. This can end up slowing the production process, meaning that your product doesn’t reach the market as quickly. Such delays can be costly, but agglomeration services can reduce these setbacks and save you money by allowing you to reach the market faster.

Improves Uniformity

Agglomeration results in a product that is uniform throughout and has better consistency. Consistency and uniformity is critical for supplements, nutriceuticals, toddler formulas, and medical foods, allowing consistent dosing of minor ingredients and functional components.

What to Look for in Your Agglomeration Services Provider

Now that you understand the advantages of agglomeration, here are some key considerations for selecting your agglomeration services partner. First, dive into their process and the types of equipment they use. For instance, Tipton Mills utilizes advanced equipment, such as the Krueger Continuous Agglomerator. It has a truly impressive speed and efficiency, and can generate thousands of pounds of agglomerated powder per hour for our customers. It assists with the uniform agglomeration of powders, controls dust and manages particle size. We also utilize ribbon blenders, with both large and small blending capabilities, ranging from 500 to 8,000 pounds based upon density. Our machines work together during the agglomeration process to create superior powders.

In addition to advanced equipment, your agglomerator should have experience working with different products. Tipton Mills agglomerates a wide range of nutritional, convenience, and indulgence products. These products include protein powders, vitamins, mineral blends, teas, toddler formulas, hot cocoas, and much more. If your agglomerator has experience working with a variety of products, they are more likely to understand how to best serve you.

Does your agglomeration services provider have any other value-add services? For instance, Tipton Mills offers packaging, formulation, and supply chain management. These extensive capabilities can help save you time and money, and supply chain efficiency, as well as offer you more comprehensive support.

Turn to Tipton Mills for World-Class Agglomeration Services

When looking for your aggolomerator, trust Tipton Mills. With our powder and CDMO capabilities, we are well-equipped to provide you with the services that will deliver outstanding results. We value food and supplement safety above all else and are committed to your satisfaction. For exceptional agglomeration services you can count on, choose Tipton Mills. Connect with us today to get started.