SternVitamin develops individual micronutrient premixes in the vitamin and micronutrient laboratory
Combining a diversity of vitamins and minerals to make up micronutrient premixes for foods, beverages and food supplements in accordance with specific requirements takes a high level of competence and commitment. This competence and commitment is characteristic of the applications research of SternVitamin and of the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe to which the company belongs.
The Technology Centre: interdisciplinary applications research on the highest level
SternVitamin's innovative solutions are devised in our laboratories at the Technology Centre of the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe. The centre houses the vitamin and micronutrient laboratory and also some other laboratories where the group's experts spend their days developing new, innovative products.
The modern Technology Centre is an expression of our passion for developing new ideas and optimizing each new product until it is ready for practical use. With its ten laboratories on an area of more than 2,000 m² the Technology Centre is unique in size and equipment for an enterprise independent of the big organizations. The group's research and development work is conducted there on a centralized basis in order to facilitate the transfer of know-how. A cooperative, interdisciplinary approach and a broader view beyond our own specialization are part of our philosophy.
Vitamin and micronutrient laboratory
"A team of experienced specialists is needed to design vitamin premixes and mineral mixtures for fortifying basic foods and other products such as baby food, cereals, beverages, dairy products or food supplements and test them for their intended applications."
Verena Budnick, Product Development – Vitamins and Minerals
To do this we have compiled comprehensive information and know-how on active ingredients and carriers, food law, nutritional science and food technology. We test the fortification of new products with vitamins and minerals and prepare suggestions for affordable premixes. Compounding different vitamins, minerals, trace elements and amino acids is a discipline all of its own and demands a high degree of competence. We have built a pharmaceutical-type premix blending line specially for this purpose.