It has long been thought that a large percentage of food and beverage processing waste contains a wealth of nutritional and dietary compounds, but harvesting these compounds has be
en technically challenging and expensive. The Nexteq Advantage recognises that in order to meet future global demands, these sources need to be retained and value added. Nexteq offers a unique solution to this global challenge focusing on processing food and beverage waste to add value, reduce environmental impact and contribute to a sustainable future.
The Nexteq Advantage uses Counter Current Extraction (CCE), filtration and drying technology to remove wine and juice from pressed grape marc. The raw liquid extract is clarified and then filtered through 0.1 micrometre (1/10,000th of a millimetre) stainless steel membranes operating in a cross flow configuration and then concentrated using reverse osmosis to make a final product. The Nexteq Advantage is owned and operated by Tandou Limited and has its primary production facility in Monash, South Australia.
A small scale trial plant was operated on wine and juice recovery from grape marc during the 2003 vintage. In 2003 the project was awarded 
a $1.3 million Food Innovation Grant which was used to fund research in the area of process optimisation and commercial acceptance by Australian New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA). This grant was the second largest food grant assigned for a single project under the Food Innovations Grant Programme.
During the recent drought the team at The Nexteq Advantage turned their attention to the shortage of stockfeed. Through a complex process The Nexteq Advantage plant is able to manufacture a high value stockfeed from using winery waste products. The stockfeed product is marketed as ProVine, the product is highly sought after by intensive animal industries including beef and dairy cattle, equine and sheep industries. The process uses no additional water and yields a stockfeed with 14% protein and metabolisable energy content of 10%. Our process targets, extracts and if required concentrates many compounds and products from a diverse range of raw materials servicing the following industries:
- Wine / Juice
- Fruit / Vegetable
- Herbal
- Essences
- Functional Foods
- Cereal
- Pharmaceutical
- Nutriceutical
The Nexteq Advantage offers the food and beverage industry commercial options of extracting the functional food ingredients from their waste steams using one or all of the following processes:
- Counter Current Extraction (CCE)
- Centrifuging
- Stainless Steel Cross Flow Filtering
- Reverse Osmosis
- Drying
- Evaporation
Contact Us
- Bill Grills – The Nexteq Advantage Business Unit Manager
- +61 4 2797 4900
- Email Bill
- Download The Nexteq Advantage Brochure (370 KB)
