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Taste of gold: EFKO ingredients received top awards at PRODEXPO 2024

13.02.2024
Taste of gold: EFKO ingredients received top awards at PRODEXPO 2024
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"The Best Product" and "Innovative Product" — EFKO Oils and Fats Division returned from PRODEXPO 2024 with gold medals in two competitions. Summarizing the results of participation in the international food exhibition.

More than 2 thousand participants from 40 countries and nearly 70 thousand visitors. Dozens of meetings, negotiations and presentations of novelties. The International Exhibition of Food Industry PRODEXPO — 2024 has ended in Moscow.

Technologists and managers of the EFKO Group worked at the stand of the Oils and Fats Division — they advised representatives of confectionery, bakery and dairy companies on the choice of ingredients and development of new recipes.

Participating in the exhibition is another reason to see our dear partners with whom we have been working for many years. And, of course, an opportunity to meet new producers and introduce them to our ingredients.

One of the most important events at PRODEXPO are the Best Product and Innovative Product Competitions. Producers always compete for these awards, which are among the most prestigious in the food industry.

Three of our products received the "Best Product" award at the same time: the novelty of the year 2024 — confectionery fat "Econat 4704-35" for fillings and pastes, MT margarine "Ecouniversal 3003-32" for flour confectionery products and fat for lubricating molds, which prevents dough from sticking to molds and baking trays.

Confectionery fat "Econat 4704-35" is a unique fat in the premium segment. Thanks to the use of shea butter in its composition, it enhances the flavor of nuts and dairy ingredients, gives finished products a delicate creamy consistency and ensures easy spreading of pastes in a wide temperature range. All this allows manufacturers not only to improve the current assortment, but also to create completely new candies that have never been on the market before.

Margarine "Ecouniversal 3003-32" helps to make perfect crumbly shortbread, puffy muffins, soft gingerbread and fluffy cookies. All this is due to its high aeration properties and stable texture. We have achieved these properties by using high-tech methods of fractionation and blending of vegetable oils.

Fat for lubricating the molds completely solves the problem of dough sticking.

“Char is a problem that every baker is familiar with,” explains Svetlana Babicheva, Chief Technologist of the EFKO Group. — At the baking temperature of 220-270°C, oil burns out — baking molds and baking trays get covered with a dark film. This leads to deformation of bread, hinders unloading of molds, worsens heating and increases the time of baking. Our fat for lubrication works as a non-stick and release agent. It reduces the adhesive force between the dough piece and the mold and prevents sticking. A thin layer of the product is enough — the product will be easier to take out of the molds and remove from the baking trays. The aroma and taste of the baked goods will not change and the baking molds and trays will last longer”.

Our margarine "Ecopie 1903-38" for shortbread dough won the highest prize in the "Innovative Product" competition. It has proved its worth in the production of shortbread cookies on mechanized lines. Its use allows to obtain elasticity of the dough — it can be rolled to extremely thin thickness, as well as achieve rich creamy taste and aroma.

"The exhibition is an opportunity for us to meet our partners, discuss results and plans, and find new ideas," said Alyona Surkova, Director of the Confectionery Department in the Oils and Fats Division of the EFKO Group. — It is thanks to our partners' requests that we develop and create innovative products".

We, in turn, enjoy receiving feedback from them.

"The main share of our production is sugar-sweetened oatmeal cookies, as well as a small segment of wafers and marshmallow soufflés. EFKO has established itself as a reliable partner, a supplier of ingredients with stable quality," said Konstantin Ledovskikh, Deputy General Director for Quality at the Sladkaya Sloboda plant.

"We use EFKO's ingredients to make our legendary Chocopie and Chocoboy cookies," said Jong Ken Seok, Orion's procurement manager. — The company is currently our most important partner, and thanks to their high-quality ingredients, we are able to produce products that our customers love.

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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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