ZELT
Centre for Nutrition and Food Technology gGmbH, Neubrandenburg
ZELT gGmbH is a non-profit research organisation based in Neubrandenburg with over 20 years’ experience in the food and biotechnology sectors. Its research focuses on the development of innovative plant-based foods and the sustainable utilisation of by-products. For research, analysis and product development, the organisation has research staff, a state-of-the-art pilot plant and specialised laboratories, including a sensory analysis facility.
Products & topics
- Research and Development
- Contract research
- Product and process development
- Agriculture, nutrition and food
- Fermentation
- Utilisation of biogenic residues from the food industry
Industries
- Nutrition and Food Sciences
- Research and Development
- Analytics
- Consultancy
Feedstock
- Waste materials from the food industry
- plant and animal biomass
- food (and food ingredients) of all kinds
- scientific expertise
Processes
- Processing and treatment:
- mechanical: grinding, pressing, filtering,
extrusion - thermal: drying, evaporation, distillation,
digestion - biotechnological: (Precision) fermentation
- physical: Ultrasound, cold plasma, PEF
- mechanical: grinding, pressing, filtering,
- Product development
- various food-related areas
- Analytical, sensory and microbiological analysis
- various analyses in accordance with Section 64 of the LFGB and MEBAK
, including nutrient analysis, mycotoxins, alkaloids - chromatography (including GC, LC, HPLC-MS)
- physico-chemical (including moisture, pH, aw particle size distribution and others)
- various analyses in accordance with Section 64 of the LFGB and MEBAK
Stakeholders
primarily SMEs from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, but also from across Germany
The Centre for Nutrition and Food Technology (ZELT) gGmbH was founded in 1996 and has been operating as a non-profit research institution since 2014. Prof. Dr Garbe has been heading the institute since 2016. Working closely with regional and national companies as well as scientific institutions, ZELT initiates and carries out application-oriented research and development projects. Since 2022, there has been a particular focus on the bioeconomy, specifically the sustainable use of biogenic resources, the development of innovative foods and the establishment of resource-efficient processing technologies. Through successfully completed research projects such as “MaltFungiProtein” and “LeguLand”, ZELT has, over the years, built up extensive expertise in the biotechnological processing of plant-based raw materials, fermentation and the development of novel food ingredients. For experimental implementation, in addition to specialised laboratories and a pilot kitchen, a technical demonstration plant covering approximately 260 m² is available, enabling the development, optimisation and pilot-scale testing of technological processes from laboratory to pilot plant scale. ZELT should therefore be regarded as an application-oriented facility designed to facilitate companies’ entry into large-scale production.