GLUTEN FREE lines

Product catalog summary

Introduction
Italpast s.r.l. is a company that specializes in producing gluten-free, functional, and legume-based pasta. Initially aimed at individuals with coeliac disease and gluten intolerance, gluten-free pasta is now considered a healthy option for everyone.

Market Trends
The gluten-free product market is expanding due to the use of alternative raw materials such as rice, corn, oats, millet, buckwheat, quinoa, and amaranth. These ingredients are appreciated for their high protein, fiber, and mineral content. There is a growing interest in organic and healthy foods, leading to increased demand for legume pasta, multigrain pasta, and pasta enriched with vitamins and minerals.

Raw Materials
Key raw materials include red lentils, corn, rice, spelt, peas, quinoa, and buckwheat. The shift from traditional rice and corn to these alternatives is driven by their superior nutritional profiles.

Technological Innovations
Italpast employs advanced technologies in gluten-free pasta production, such as pre-gelatinization of flours and specialized mixing and extrusion processes. The ITALPAST PREGEL TECH system provides a flexible solution for gelatinizing raw gluten-free flours, addressing issues like treatment inhomogeneity and high energy consumption. This system uses steam-injection cooking with precise control over gelatinization, ensuring energy efficiency and reduced maintenance costs.

Production Process
The production process includes unique water/flour hydration methods, specialized mixing basins, and ITALPAST HACCP Inox Design compression groups. These systems feature high-performance compression screws with independent temperature control, enhancing the extrusion phase. Drying cycles are tailored for gluten-free materials, and the entire process is managed by PLC systems that integrate with customer management systems via dedicated software.

Specifications
The production system includes an extruder with a steam device for dough gelatinization, capable of producing up to 800 kg/h. It features a pre-mixing centrifuge for raw materials and a tank for mixing emulsifiers or fibers dissolved in water. The system is designed for gluten-free pasta production using non pre-gelatinized raw materials like corn, rice, and starches.

Innovations
The Italpast PREGEL TECH system offers a flexible solution for the gelatinization of raw, gluten-free flours. It uses a steam-injection cooking basin with precise control over the gelatinization degree, ensuring energy efficiency and reduced maintenance costs.

Test Laboratory
Italpast provides a test laboratory for pasta factories to experiment with innovative technologies, test pre-gelatinized raw materials, and produce new pasta shapes. The lab includes an extruder and dryer for both short-cut and long pasta, equipped with advanced features for testing and optimizing production parameters.

Conclusion
Italpast's innovative technologies and focus on alternative raw materials position it as a leader in the gluten-free pasta market, catering to the growing demand for healthy and organic food options.

Catalog excerpts

quinoa red lentils lentilles rouge buckwheat sarrasin corn & rice maïs et riz peas pois spelt épeautre Innovative solutions for the production of gluten-free pasta, functional pasta and legume pasta Solutions innovantes pour la production de pâtes sans gluten, fonctionnelles et à base de légumineus

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Gluten-free pasta, initially designed specifically for coeliac and gluten-intolerant people, has now become the synonym of healthy nutrition for everybody, both from a nutritional-physiological and organoleptic point of MARKET ANALYSIS view. Today the market is in a position to offer even more gluten-free products thanks to use of alternative ANALYSE DU MARCHÉ raw materials, such as rice, corn, oats, millet, buckwheat, quinoa, amaranth, and others, by virtue of their nutritional properties (more proteins, fibres and mineral antioxidants). The attention of companies, especially those aiming at...

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Technology for the production of dry, gluten-free pasta by pre-gelatinization system Technologie pour la production de pâtes sèches sans gluten par unité de gélatinisation ITALPAST GLUTEN FREE process technologies enable pasta production either using flours that have undergone previous thermal treatment (pre-gelatinization) or raw flours obtained directly from the raw material. ITALPAST Compared to conventional plants the main technological differences are mostly related to the water/flour hydration method, use of mixing basins equipped with special shafts and to the innovative ITALPAST HACCP...

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ITALPAST TEST-LABl TEST LABORATORIES ITALPAST TEST-LABl LABORATOIRES EXPERIMENTAUX La Presse, qui est disponible en differents modeles, est equipee de cuve de pre-melange et hydratation, de bac d'extrusion avec dispositif sous-vide et pompe correspondante montee sur la machine, de vis d'extrusion a geometrie variable en acier inoxydable AISI 304 et de groupe coupe-pates a vitesse variable. L'Extrudeuse speciale avec cuve de gelatinisation, fonctionnant a la vapeur est specifique pour l'experimentation des farines non pregelatinisees. Le Sechoir est con^u pour tester des cycles de sechage de pates...

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Our partners / References Nos partenaires / Références Italpast s.r.l. Via G.B. Della Chiesa, 10 43036 Fidenza (PR) ITALIA Tel. +39 0524 524450 Fax +39 0524 523468 [email protected] www.italpas

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