“We use our own residual flow as raw material for a new thickener”

Gerald van Engelen, general manager Biobased Experts at Cosun, has been working on biobased innovations in recent years: extracting added value from agricultural crops. Such as sugar beet, for example, from which Cosun is able to extract the natural thickener Betafib. Thanks to the MIA\Vamil scheme, the company can also apply this innovation in the factory locations yet to be built. Betafib is a 100% natural…