Non Bitter Wheat Gluten Hydrolysate Enzymes Open Up New Markets
With more and more food companies looking to add both health and functional properties to their foods, alternative substrates are being utilised producing a range of benefits and Biocatalysts have 2 new products for this market.
Promod™ 863MDP is a high performance protease designed for extensive hydrolysis of wheat gluten. If you are looking for a smooth non-bitter flavoured hydrolysate containing high levels of free amino acids, then Promod™ 863MDP may be of interest. This enzyme can also be used to produce a degree of hydrolysis of >20%.
Additionally, if it is efficient flavour production that you are looking for then Flavorpro™ 795MDP. This is a protease preparation containing endo-, exopeptidase and glutaminase that can be used to hydrolyse proteins such as wheat and soya. It has been shown to increase solubility and digestibility and create a non-bitter protein hydrolysates with an enhanced flavour. Both new products are suitable for use in kosher and vegetarian applications.
Biocatalysts is always interested in hearing from companies who are working on projects in this area. If you are working on this, or another substrate such as oatbran or pea, we would like to hear from you.
For further information on the full enzyme range please email sales@biocats.com.
Stuart West MD 25 years service
On the 3rd December 2009, 25 years ago to the day, our Managing Director Stuart West joined Biocatalysts Ltd. He has witnessed good and bad times during this period and has always approached them with positivity and good humour. We say thank you and congratulations, and we look forward to the next 25 years.
Biocatalysts and Novacta Biosystems
Biocatalysts and Novacta Biosystems are proud to announce a collaboration combining their expertise in the development and manufacturing of intracellular enzymes. Together the two companies will provide seamless support to clients for all aspects of enzyme development through to commercialisation.
Novacta Biosystems has extensive expertise in the identification, cloning and expression of enzymes for a wide range of applications. A thorough understanding of appropriate expression systems and fermentation optimisation enables the development of an enzyme production system tailored to the customer’s requirements. The process is then transferred to partners Biocatalysts.
Biocatalysts have the efficiency and experience to scale-up from shake flask to capacities exceeding 10,000 litres, in less than 6 months. This allows them to offer their clients greater cost-effectiveness through a shorter time to market. Biocatalysts pride themselves on adding value to every project they undertake by taking the time to understand the client and their projects and objectives. This allows them to offer innovative yet practical solutions. This often results in higher project yields or the development of a more effective process.
Stuart West, Managing Director of Biocatalysts commented “We are delighted to be working together. We look forward to delivering a unique holistic service focussing on the identification, development, optimisation and commercial scale production of speciality intracellular enzymes to our clients. Together we can offer a cost-effective solution that suits your needs.”
Mike Dawson, CSO of Novacta Biosystems commented “This collaboration allows clients to access a professional, integrated and industry focused development team that can meet project requirement in a timely and cost-effective manner. We look forward to working more closely with Biocatalysts and offering clients a unique end-to-end solution for their needs.”
About
Biocatalysts is a manufacturer of enzymes based in Cardiff, UK. Unlike other enzyme manufacturers that produce standard volume commodity enzymes, Biocatalysts philosophy is to work alongside customers to solve their specific process problems and to produce custom-made product tailored to their customers’ specific requirements. Biocatalysts uses a variety of enzyme solutions and Biocatalysts extensive technology and customer-focussed approach, combined with the expertise of their scientists means there are few problems that cannot be solved. Visit Biocatalysts at http://www.biocatalysts.com/
Novacta Biosystems are based in Welwyn Garden City, UK and have over 20 years experience developing enzyme catalysed processes for the foods & flavours, industrial biotech, chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. In addition to the development of enzyme expression systems, Novacta develop specialised biocatalytic processes for the production of ‘natural’ ingredients and the cost effective production of other high value products. Process design is tailored to meet the specific needs of the client and conceived to align with practical manufacture. Visit Novacta Biosystems at http://www.novactabio.com/biosystems.php
Contact
| Biocatalysts
Caroline West
Marketing and Customer Services Manager
Email: sales@biocats.com
Tel: +44 (0)1443 843712 |
Novacta Biosystems
Dr Roley Davis
Business Development Manager
Email: roley.davis@novactabio.com
Tel: +44 (0)1707 356 130 |
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New format MSDS
Updated versions of all MSDS certificates, in accordance with current European (CHIP) legislation, are now available.
We are also able to offer these MSDS in a range of European languages including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish and Hungarian. If you would like to receive a copy of a product MSDS in a European language with future orders please notify your sales representative or email enquiries@biocats.com with your company name and required language.
Annual Customer Survey
Biocatalysts annual customer survey was recently carried out externally by Charter Solutions and, once again, we achieved outstanding results.
Using the service quality framework SERVQUAL, which looks at various aspects of service quality including reliability, communication and empathy, existing customers were asked to rate the company’s performance from 1-5.
This year all scores had improved and the score for each aspect of customer service was over 4; this is classified as ‘World Class’ as stated by SERVQUAL ratings.
below are some of the comments we received:
| “Absolutely sterling- best company ever worked with” |
| “Very good service only surpassed by the quality of the products” |
| “Nice people to work with and very knowledgable” |
| “Biocatalysts provides excellent products and has the service to back them” |
| “Excellent service” |
| “Professional problem solvers” |
| “Biocatalysts is interested in problem solving rather than just selling enzymes” |
| “Technical competence” |
| “impressed by the service and the technical help" |
| “I buy for the service even more than the products” |
| “great products and service“ |
| “their expertise is excellent “ |
| “orders are always received on time” |
| “Terrific service we haven’t landed the right product yet but doing a good job getting there!” |
| “Their product supports £50,000 worth of sales per annum – it is important to us” |
Recession Success at Biocatalysts
At a time when a number of British institutions, including the 100 year old Woolworths are going under, it is encouraging to know that here in Wales businesses can still thrive. Biocatalysts, a specialist enzyme company based near Cardiff, is flourishing despite the Credit Crunch; last year both sales and profits reached record highs.
The main symptom of the current recession is a plethora of redundancies across an array of industries. However, there are still jobs out there. Rather than shedding staff Biocatalysts plans to recruit up to 7 new employees by the end of summer 2009 within IT, New Product Development and Sales Management.
Sales growth of 21% in quarter 1 of this financial year indicates that Biocatalysts may well achieve another record-breaking year. This success is not down to luck but due to the forward-thinking nature of the company. A focus on customer service and innovation for over 25 years has led to a world-class reputation which allows Biocatalysts to keep on achieving its goals year after year.
Biocatalysts supply enzymes to the Food industry and their benefits include the possibility of increasing yield, improving quality or reducing waste and creating higher value by-products. It would be ill-advised for any food company to ignore the relevance of enzymes in the present economic climate.
If you are interested in using enzymes in your food application or would like to learn more about Biocatalysts please visit their website at www.biocatalysts.com or email enquiries@biocats.com |
