TER Ingredients and Momentive forge strategic partnership to deliver advanced foam control solutions in Food & Feed industries
A partnership designed for excellence
This partnership underscores TER Ingredients’ commitment to sourcing high-quality functional ingredients and process aids that meet both performance and sustainability standards. By combining Momentive’s advanced foam control technologies with TER Ingredients’ extensive distribution network and customer service, food and feed manufacturers gain access to reliable, high-performance defoaming solutions that enhance efficiency, quality, and safety across the production chain.
Addressing the challenge of foam in Food & Feed processing
Foam, a dispersion of gas in liquid stabilized by surfactants, polymers, or solid particles, is a common challenge in food and feed production. While seemingly innocuous, uncontrolled foam can:
- Reduce equipment capacity and throughput
- Cause damage to downstream machinery
- Create safety hazards and sanitation issues
- Lead to inefficient mixing, pumping, and packaging operations
- Affect product quality and consistency
Defoamers, or foam control agents, are formulated to prevent the formation of foam or quickly eliminate existing foam. They operate through mechanisms such as spreading foam lamellae or incorporating particles that accelerate foam collapse. Commonly used compounds include silicone-based and non-silicone agents, as well as hybrids and mono- or diglycerides of fatty acids.
Benefits for Food & Feed manufacturers
By integrating Momentive’s antifoams into your processes, you can:
- Maximize equipment capacity and production efficiency
- Shorten processing times and reduce operational costs
- Improve product consistency and safety
- Minimize waste and prevent contamination
Typical applications span a broad spectrum of processes, including blending, mixing, distillation, filtration, filling, boiling, pumping, rendering, and fermentation. End-use applications range from beverages, fruits, vegetables, and dairy, to meat, poultry, seafood, and animal feed.
Why choose Momentive’s Food & Beverage antifoams
Momentive’s antifoams are recognized for their performance, regulatory compliance, and technical support:
- Over 40 years of expertise in antifoam development, scale-up, and application testing
- Comprehensive portfolio including silicone, non-silicone, and hybrid solutions
- Fully e-numbered ingredients compliant with EU regulations
- Technical and regulatory support tailored to customer needs
- Formulated to meet stringent food processing standards while acting as processing aids rather than food additives
Industry applications and key use cases
- Beverages: Wine and vodka fermentation, beer processing, soft drink bottling, juice production, and tank cleaning.
- Fruits, Vegetables & Animal Feed: Pumping sugar solutions, water removal in fruit purees, vegetable processing, and mixed fodder preparation.
- Savory Products: Bread dough, cereal and bakery products, potato washing and peeling, whey processing, meat rendering, poultry and seafood preparation, soy protein processing.
- Sweets & Desserts: Toffee, ice cream, puddings, jams, marmalades, and sugar processing.
We are happy to advise you on individual questions regarding the right solutions!
Daniel Bugár
Head of Sales
Phone: +49 40 300 501 8188
E-Mail: d.bugar@terchemicals.com