ARIC: research and innovation from idea to application

We develop new products, improve existing ones and explore technologies for processing and modifying renewable raw materials. Our research covers food and technical markets, and it addresses three questions: how a product behaves in use, how efficiently it can be manufactured and how the process itself can be improved.

We can reproduce many production steps at laboratory or pilot scale –assessing technologies, optimizing processes and generating the data needed for scale-up.

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Research does not stop at the laboratory. Application testing shows how ingredients and technologies behave under realistic conditions and how they hold up in customer and production environments.

Our teams combine product development with application testing and support customers through implementation, in food and technical markets alike.

ARIC also works on agricultural questions around AGRANA's plant-based raw materials: variety trials, soil and raw material analysis, and research into crop health, cultivation practices and raw material quality.

As a state-accredited laboratory, ARIC conducts official yield andquality testing of sugar beet.

Our analytical capabilities support research at every stage of development. In-house, we cover instrumental and chemical analytics, microbiology, application testing and sensory evaluation.

Our trained sensory panel assesses appearance, aroma, taste and AGRANA ingredients and finished products. These findings link measured data with the way a product is perceived in real use.

Innovation also draws on perspectives from outside AGRANA. ARIC works with universities, researchers, startups and other innovation partners, combining external ideas with our own research and technology know-how.

Direct access to AGRANA's value chains and production expertise lets us test promising concepts for practical viability and future application.