Improving performance with modellingAt NIZO we apply a wide range of modelling techniques in order to improve your process- and product performance.Optimising processes or products often involves a lot of experimentation, and sensoric- and consumer testing. With the proper background knowledge of the underly-ing phenomena and a good sense of structural thinking, experimentation time can be reduced and the impact of the experiments performed can be increased.

Together to the next level

Increase your efficiency using models

NIZO food research B.V.

Kernhemseweg 2, 6718 ZB Ede, The Netherlands

P.O. Box 20, 6710 BA Ede, The Netherlands T +31 (0)318 65 95 11

F +31 (0)318 65 04 00 E info@nizo.nl W www.nizo.com

Improving your process and product performance is often a time consuming procedure involving ela-borate cycles of trial-and error. NIZO food research provides you with a divers palette of simulation tools. Together with NIZO, your experts can cut production costs by 20-50% and improve your pro-duct quality in just a couple of days.

For more information, please contact:

NIZO food research, Dr. Ing. Matthew de Roode E: matthew.deroode@nizo.nl T: +31 318 65 96 17

The NIZO modeling toolbox: Flexibility is keyNIZO food research makes use of a broad range of tools for predictive modeling. These are based on commercially available software like @Risk, Statistica and StarCD, but also on in-house developed and commercialised software like Premia. NIZO helps you to make the choice for the most appropriate model to best answer your question. Flexibility is key.And if we do not have the proper tool at hand, we can develop it in Premia. In this case you can also license the tool for further performance improvement at your own site.

Your benefits• Reduced time to market• Reduced production costs• Improved process sustainability• Improved product performance• On-shelf and customised solutions• Efficient knowledge management

Our modelling capacities at a glance

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Experimental design (DOE) and statistical analysis• The end of trial-and-error• A good structural experimental setup ensures an ac-

curate statistical analysis of the results. • The significance and the size of effects (and interaction

of these effects) will appear unequivocally enabling you to make safe business decisions.

• Both on a process level and on an ingredient level, NIZO has the skills and the tools to support you.

NIZO Premia• A modular software platform that contains modeling

applications on membrane transport, spray drying, falling film evaporation, heat treatment, cooling, cheese making and more.

• Started 20 years ago as a internal software tool and has now grown into a simulation platform that is widely used in food companies all over the world

• By using NIZO Premia reductions in production costs from 20% to as high as 50% have been realised.

For an overview of all modules seewww.nizo.com/explore/expertises/processing

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)• Visualisation of transport phenomena (heat and mass

transfer) based on numerical methods• Complex flow behaviour can be described, visualised

and optimised• Succesfully applied by NIZO food research for heat

transfer in a spray drier, a system with complex flow behaviour of particles.

Optimum conditions are easily found through convenient visual presentation

Customised solutions with a clear user interface for easy handling

Quantitative (microbial) risk analysis• Identifying microbial risks in a process is key for the manu-

facturing of safe and stable food products• This risk can be quantified based on kinetic modelling of the

microbial growth, fault tree analysis of the process and subse-quent Monte Carlo simulation

• Identification of the most influential components and calcula-tion of different “what if”-scenario’s in your process or product

• QMRA’s of different micro-organisms in different dairy food chains have been executed by NIZO.

Complex systems visually explained Easy decision making based on sound and safe predictions