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“Flexibility, stability and warmth.” Summing up the oil and fat conference

08.09.2023
“Flexibility, stability and warmth.” Summing up the oil and fat conference
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More than 15 years ago, the fat and oil division of EFKO Group of Companies started a tradition of holding a conference for its partners from different industries once a year. The event will allow you to stop for a couple of days and look around, expanding your professional horizons. This year was no exception!

- What awaits the vegetable oils market and what is the news on the food ingredients market?

- What changes have occurred in regulatory regulation?

- What is in the consumer basket today?

- “The ideal shelf” – what is it?

These questions were answered by market experts, analysts, specialists from marketing and research agencies.

Discussions about the future of food are of traditional interest. This time, the neurobiology of taste and the effects of fat and sugar on the body were examined under the microscope of modern science.

Can we today make food become like medicine? Scientists are unanimous in their opinion that this is possible. One of the steps along the way is reducing sugar consumption, which will help fight the spread of non-communicable diseases.

Delicious and healthy sweets are already a reality. The participants were able to verify this during the tasting of products prepared using EFKO food ingredients with reduced sugar content and sweet protein.

“Sweet protein has great promise as a healthy alternative to sugar. This protein is sweeter than glucose and is very effective from the point of view of the modern consumer,” emphasized neurophysiologist, professor at Moscow State University Vyacheslav Dubynin.

Guests tried coconut and coffee candies, creme brulee-flavored waffles, the fillings of which had a 50% reduced sugar content.

“The EFKO line of ingredients allows you to create a wide variety of sweets. But it is important for us that the consumer not only enjoys the taste, but also receives benefits. Therefore, one of the key projects of our R&D center is the creation of innovative recipes using sweet proteins,” noted Elena Ulezko, Deputy Director of the Oil and Fats Division for Innovation. “Today’s tasting showed that we were able to create products that taste no different from traditional ones, but at the same time their sugar content is significantly reduced.”

On the second day of the event, everything was baked and sizzling. In the culinary studio, guests cooked with their own hands and then tried Adjarian khachapuri and chocolate tortino!

The secret of these dishes is that the traditional ingredients in them were replaced with EFKO ingredients. Margarines instead of butter, cocoa butter equivalents in glaze, mozzarella based on a milk fat substitute instead of suluguni.

High quality confirmed!

And finally, a few quotes from our guests, from which it becomes clear that over many years our events have formed a professional community of like-minded people who look in the same direction and develop together.

 

Mikhail Varganov, General Director of Sparta-Export LLC:

“We have been working with the company for almost 20 years, and this is my first time participating in such a master class. The format of communication and presentation of information is relaxed and very interesting. And it’s just great if there are more similar ideas.”

 

Ruslan Polukhin, technical director of Morozko LLC:

“We met the EFKO company more than 10 years ago, at one of these seminars. From that very moment we not only began to work closely together, but also became friends. Today we are one of the largest consumers of specialized margarine for puff pastry. "EFKO" is stability, flexibility and sincerity! The speed of your managers' reaction to the situation is always excellent. Technological support is of particular importance to us; company specialists constantly support our existing and new projects on puff products. When working with you, I, as a manufacturer, do not have a headache about the quality of the finished product. Consistency of quality is one of the main qualities of EFKO.

 

Boris Bashilov, General Director of Osnova Agro:

“We have been working with the company for more than 13 years. I have already lost count of how many such events I have attended. For us, this is a global exchange of experience, this is an opportunity to expand the regional information field. We produce dry mixed products, products based on vegetable oils and fats, and milk-containing products, and this is one of the main healthy lifestyle trends today. EFKO food ingredients help us create such lines.

 

Alexander Kizhuk, Deputy General Director for Development and Economics of Kommunarka JSC:

“In 2025, EFKO and I will celebrate the 20th anniversary of cooperation! 50% of our assortment is sweets and chocolate with fillings; in these products we use EFKO ingredients. And per year we produce 30 thousand tons of confectionery products. Over the past five years, we have grown in volume and have plans to increase our candy production capacity by almost 1.5 times over the next four years. All new lines and subsequent innovative formulations will be in synergy with the EFKO company. In addition, we see how fast the company is developing. We get our dividends from this!”

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Dear partners!

In order to improve EFKO products and quality of service, as well as to better meet your needs, we ask you to answer a few questions.

In the Alekseevskaya Sloboda of the Belgorod province, where in the late 1820s, sunflower oil was produced for the first time in the Russian Empire, and the first oil mill in Russia was built.

During the years of the First World War, and then the Civil War, production was completely stopped. The restoration of the plant began only in 1923. The main focus of its work remained the processing of coriander and anise. In 1936, the second oil extraction plant in all of Russia was built in Alekseevka. Later, both enterprises were merged into one of the largest essential oil extraction complexes in the Soviet Union.

During the Great Patriotic War, the complex was almost destroyed. Restoration work, which began in 1943, continued until the end of 1948. In the post-war period, comprehensive reconstruction was carried out on many sections using the latest technological advancements. By the 1970s, the Alekseevsky essential oil extraction complex produced up to 80% of the world's coriander oil. For its achievements in production development, the development and implementation of advanced technology, by decree of August 14, 1972, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR awarded the plant the Order of the Badge of Honor.

Unfortunately, in the 1990s, the enterprise that brought fame and wealth to the people of Alekseevka fell into decline and practically collapsed. The revival of the enterprise began in 1994 with the arrival of a new team and the creation of the EFCO Group.

The enterprise underwent large-scale modernization of production and established a new management system. The company decided to return to its roots and resume the production of sunflower oil. Later, EFCO expanded the range and volume of products.

In 2002, a new business direction was opened, and the most modern plant for the production of specialized fats and margarines for the food industry, EFCO Food Ingredients, was launched in the city of Alekseevka, Belgorod region. A scientific and production laboratory was established at the plant, equipped to control product quality at all stages of production and conduct in-depth scientific research.

In 2002–2003, EFCO technologists mastered the most environmentally friendly process of vegetable oil processing – the 'dry' fractionation method, applied the technology of physical refining of oils and fats, and managed to create Russia's first cocoa butter substitute 'Ecolad,' milk fat substitute 'Ecolact,' solid confectionery fat 'Ekond,' soft confectionery fat 'Ekonfe,' universal margarines 'Ecouniversal,' frying shortenings 'Ecofri,' and the first domestic fats with minimal trans-isomers content – confectionery fats 'Econat.'

In 2005, the R&D center of the fats and oils division was created based on EFCO Food Ingredients, consisting of the Applied Research Center and the Pilot Plant Department. The center’s specialists are engaged in developing and testing fat products for healthy eating lines and innovative recipes, taking into account the needs of manufacturers.

In 2006, the company was the first in Russia to successfully pass an audit for compliance with the quality and safety requirements of the BRC (Global Standard for Food Safety) and the International Food Standard (IFS). Is this information relevant?

In 2008, the second plant for the production of specialized fats and margarines was launched in the port of Taman in the Krasnodar Territory, and the only deep-water sea terminal for food cargo in Russia was built.

The following year, the plant successfully passed certification for compliance with the quality and safety requirements of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the International Food Standard (IFS). International auditors awarded the company the highest compliance level – Grade AA. Is this information relevant?

In 2014, the company’s technologists created the first domestic equivalent of cocoa butter.

In 2015, the EFCO Group launched a project to create a unique fats and oils cluster in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Thanks to production modernization and the transfer of global technologies, the production of specialized fats and margarines meeting the highest international standards was established in a short time.

In 2016, EFCO opened its fourth site for the production of specialized fats and margarines at the Evdakovsky fats and oils plant in the Voronezh region.

In 2021, production capacity at the Taman port facility was increased – launching the world's first 'million-ton plant' for the production of specialized fats and margarines. Do we need this?

In 2023, the company launched the only shea nut processing plant in Russia.

Thanks to R&D and significant investments by domestic producers in developing their own infrastructure, primarily by EFCO, the share of imported producers in the Russian food ingredients market has decreased from 49% to 9% over the past 15 years and continues to decline.

Almost 200 years later, Alekseevka remains the largest center for vegetable oil processing in the country.

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