Blending
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+1 630 270 1100
SternMaid America offers expert toll blending for your powdered foods and supplements.
- Ultra-modern equipment
- State-of-the-art technology
- Custom blending from concept to reality
With leading-edge equipment and technology, SternMaid America provides the full suite of custom toll blending services to leading manufacturers. We quickly and expertly take your powdered functional food ingredients, premixes and dietary food supplements from concept to reality.
Why Choose SternMaid America for Toll Blending
- We’re flexible enough to work with small and medium-sized orders.
- If your formulation is new, we offer premix and trial blending.
- Our setup and turnaround times are quick.
- We consistently deliver an unusual degree of accuracy, even when spraying in fine liquids.
- Your product goes from expert blending to flexible filling, at one location.
- Total quality assurance is part of our process. Learn more about our total quality management.
Our Powder Blending Capabilities Include:
- Semi-automated, frequency controlled blending line (the latest available)
- Batch sizes from 130 to 400 gal (500 to 1,500 liters), averaging 500 to 1,700 lbs (250 to 750 kg)
- Homogenous liquid spray additions and coatings from 0.01 to 60% of the formulation
- Cutter heads for optimal homogenization
- Computer-assisted weighing system for micronutrients and raw materials, as an alternative to automatic conveying
- Batch-by-batch documentation of setpoint/actual values in weighing
- High blending accuracy of 1:100,000
- Capacity 11 million lbs / 5.000 tons p.a. plough share blenders
- Line 1 minimum batch quantity 18 cf / 500 Liter (440 lbs / 200 kg)
- Line 2 minimum batch quantity 3 cf / 75 Liter ( 66 lbs / 30 kg)
Regulatory services
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+1 630 270 1100
Label and shipping regulations are highly complex. They vary from product to product and country to country. For your products to reach their markets, compliance is essential.
SternMaid America can help you save costs and avoid mistakes with our detailed knowledge of label and shipping regulations. We offer:
- Best practice recommendations based on our international trade expertise
- Advice on regulatory requirement details for your products
- Assistance in getting products registered in the United States and abroad
- Support for procuring export permits, Certificates of Free Sale and International Trade Certificates
Our Capabilities
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+1 630 270 1100
SternMaid America’s Illinois plant is one of the most modern of its kind. We’re nimble enough to meet tight timelines, with the highest quality standards:
- Brand new 30,000sf facility (400,000sf expansion space)
- Pharma Grade Quality / Hygiene Standards
- Part of the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe based in Germany
- Group turnover $464 Mio. in 2016
- 1300+ employees worldwide
SternMaid America can help you with:
- Precise Product Blending
- Custom toll blending
- Powder blending
- Premix, trial blending; small and medium sized orders
- Flexible Product Packaging
- Co-packing to your specifications
- Retail and industrial
- Labeling and coding
- Ingredient Sourcing, Raw Materials Expertise
- Functional food ingredients including enzymes, proteins, sweeteners and more
- Dietary food supplements to optimize powdered beverages, soups, proteins and specialty products
- Raw materials procurement
- Research and Development
- Technical expertise in nutritional ingredients, flavorings, advanced powder processing
- Leverage innovations from the world-renowned Stern Technology Center and Stern-Wywiol ‘s 12 specialist firms (www.stern-wywiol-gruppe.com)
- State of the Art Warehousing
- Drop-ship warehousing for raw materials, intermediates or finished products
- Temperature controlled, elevated product storage
- Optional minimum stock administration
- Seamless Logistics
- B2B and B2C fulfillment
- Freight forwarding, consolidation
- Regulatory support for labeling and shipping
- Export documentation
Contact us today to discuss your contract manufacturing project.