Nutraceutical paste drying handles thick, sticky masses such as crystallised curcumin wet cake, plant sterol cake, fermented biomass paste and herbal paste formulations. These pastes cannot form an airflow-permeable bed and pass through a gluey phase as they dry. Batch vacuum or contact drying keeps temperatures low and contains residual solvents where present.
To dry nutraceutical pastes, GEM recommends the Rotary Vacuum Dryer. Paddle Dryer, Single / Double Drum Dryer and Freeze Dryer / Lyophilizer are used when the feed or site calls for it. Every project starts with a pilot trial on your own sample.
A rotary vacuum dryer agitates the paste in a sealed, jacketed shell under vacuum, lowering boiling point to protect actives and recovering solvents. Paddle dryers suit continuous, larger volumes; drum drying suits aqueous pastes; freeze drying suits the most sensitive products.
| Recommended dryer | Rotary Vacuum Dryer |
| Alternatives | Paddle Dryer, Single / Double Drum Dryer, Freeze Dryer / Lyophilizer |
| Application area | Herbal, Botanical & Nutraceutical |
| Industries | Nutraceuticals & Herbal |
Drying pastes into stable powders enables standardisation, longer shelf life and easier formulation, and sealed drying recovers solvents and meets safety requirements for regulated buyers.
Plants searching for a nutraceutical paste dryer or comparing a vacuum paste dryer usually need three answers: which dryer fits, what it costs to run, and how fast it pays back. For Nutraceutical Pastes, we start from your throughput, current moisture and the target, trial a sample on the Rotary Vacuum Dryer, and return a sized recommendation with a budget quotation for your nutraceuticals operation.
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We trial your material in our pilot facility before any equipment decision, then size the dryer from real data.
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