Potato-based Ingredients from a New Croatian Factory

Nutris.tech, a business segment of Nutris Group, that produces protein isolates, starch, and fiber from potatoes and fava beans, and supplies food industries in North America, the European Union, and Asia has opened a facility to produce plant-based ingredients in Novi Senkovac, Croatia, through a EUR30m (USD31.7m) investment.

“I am proud of the fact that Nutris Group was the first to implement the groundbreaking process and green technology for the production of the premium ingredients [...], which will become a central source of energy in the food of the future and the first one to build the only European hybrid factory. The factory will utilize the latest technology to manufacture high-quality plant-origin ingredients, with emphasis on proteins,” Zvonimir Sedlić, founder of Nutris Group said, cited by Food Business News.

The investment is a joint venture with SiccaDania, a company based in Denmark that provides engineering systems for the plant-based industry. Nutris.tech and SiccaDania tested technology developed by the University of Copenhagen that will be used in manufacturing at the facility. The investment is part of a larger investment cycle that includes expanding facilities until 2025. Nutris.tech aims to reach a production capacity of 70,000 tons of food ingredients by 2025.