Bioreactors for Food & Beverage

Bioreactors enable more specific and controlled cultures, ensuring higher product quality, increased yields, and therefore greater added value in the production process. The precise control of parameters (pH, temperature, oxygenation, nutrients) also ensures high reproducibility and a safer, standardized process.

Solaris Biotech supports Food & Beverage innovation by providing advanced fermenters and bioreactors designed for the cultivation of microorganisms at every scale - from laboratory R&D to industrial production. These technologies enable the development of:

• Ingredients, flavors, and fragrances
• Yogurt/cheese/wine starters
• Meat preservatives
• Cellular agriculture applications
• Plant-based meat substitutes
• Low-carb and fermented beverages
• Veterinary vaccines
• Animal feed supplements
• Nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, and food additives
• …and many other biological solutions

Product range:

1. IO (Lab Scale, 200 mL–1 L)
   Ideal for early R&D, screening, and initial process development.
2. Jupiter (Lab Scale, 2–10 L)
   Designed for R&D, process optimization, and advanced development work.
3. M-Series (Pilot Scale, 30–200 L)
   Perfect for process optimization, scale-up, and small-scale manufacturing.

Yes. Several resources showcase the results achieved by our clients in various Food & Beverage applications using Solaris Biotech bioreactors. You can explore scientific publications and case studies here, including:

“Adding Probiotics and Prebiotics to a Stable Obese Microbiota In Vitro Alters Microbial Composition.”

Scalability ensures that innovations developed at the laboratory level can be reliably reproduced on an industrial scale for real Food & Beverage applications.
Unlike the pharmaceutical sector—where batch volumes are smaller and products have high added value—the Food & Beverage industry requires cost‑effective production of large volumes such as cultures, starters, enzymes, and fermented ingredients.

With its complete range of lab, pilot, and industrial bioreactors, Solaris Biotech is the ideal partner to support customers from early R&D through full‑scale manufacturing, ensuring process consistency, efficiency, and product quality at every stage.

Yes. Our lab‑scale bioreactors are designed to offer maximum flexibility and can be easily adapted to batch, fed‑batch, and continuous processes.
Pilot and industrial‑scale systems, thanks to their high level of configuration/customization, can be configured to match the specific process requirements of Food & Beverage applications.

From lab development to industrial scale, all Solaris Biotech bioreactors can support multiple cultivation modes - such as batch, fed-batch or continuous - ensuring optimal control, productivity, and reproducibility across the entire process chain.

Yes. Solaris Biotech bioreactors are engineered to maximize cultivation performance for a wide range of microorganisms commonly used in the Food & Beverage industry, including yeast, bacteria, filamentous fungi, and microalgae. Multiple configurable options, impellers, sensors, vessel geometry, aeration strategies allow users to fine‑tune the system and significantly increase the yield and efficiency of their bioprocess, regardless of the organism type.

Yes. All Solaris Biotech systems are designed according to hygienic design standards and built using food‑grade, high‑quality materials, ensuring safe and compliant production for Food & Beverage applications. For customers requiring additional certification, our bioreactors can also be supplied in cGMP‑compliant configurations, supporting validated and regulated production environments.