Fruit juice contains significant amounts of natural sugar making it inaccessible to those with dietary restrictions and a growing number of consumers who are reducing their sugar intake.
Sugar converting systems to naturally reduce the sugar content of fresh juice drinks by up to 80 percent is available via a new enzyme technology.
Together with Mona Neubaur, Minister of Economic Affairs of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, GEA CEO Stefan Klebert has opened a new technology center for pharmaceutical freeze-drying systems in Elsdorf, Germany. GEA employs approximately 260 people at the facility, which combines research and development with production and service under one roof.