Leading in pulses processing

There is a large variety in pulses processing, either for staple food or protein concentrates and isolates. We plan, install, and automate complete lines to meet your specific market needs. Dehulled chickpeas, grinded mung beans, bean concentrate, pea isolate, or the extruded burger patty – how can we help?

 

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Leading in pulses processing

There is a large variety in pulses processing, either for staple food or protein concentrates and isolates. We plan, install, and automate complete lines to meet your specific market needs. Dehulled chickpeas, grinded mung beans, bean concentrate, pea isolate, or the extruded burger patty – how can we help?

 

We have been working in milling for more than 160 years and know that different grains need to be treated differently. Pulses are versatile, sustainable and rich in important nutrients such as protein. Therefore, they are valuable ingredients that can be processed into a wide variety of food and feed. Whether you are interested in the production of whole pulses and flour, pulses protein concentrates/isolates or meat and dairy substitutes: We offer solutions and trials for the entire value chain - from plant to plate.
 

The Bühler process

Efficient in every step of production

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Pulses

Intake and pre-cleaning

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The foundation of good milling

Pre-cleaning is key for an efficient and safe milling process. Pulses and all natural commodities contain impurities and foreign materials. By removing these before storage, you extend the service life of your machinery and provide hygienic storage conditions for your product.

Storage and drying systems

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Gentle drying

We have developed storage and drying systems especially for all types of pulses. These are gentle and reduce thermal stress on the pulses. This helps to improve quality and reduces loss during processing.

Cleaning, grading and sorting

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Cleaning, grading and sorting

A proper cleaning is crucial for high quality products, removing contaminants and impurities from pulses. Our machines are optimized to handle pulses and cover the whole value chain, including cleaners, but also graders, and optical sorters.

Dehulling

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Machines designed for all types of pulses

We offer dehulling for all types of products and requirements, everything from dry dehulling to dehulling with water and oil addition, tempering and drying steps, as well as impact dehulling and enzyme deactivation of oil crops like soy. Our expertise and machinery produce the products fit for each market requirement at the highest yield.

Drying and splitting

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Drying during the dehulling process

Drying pulses after dehulling results in high quality splits. Drying can also be used for enzyme deactivation of pulses before the dehulling step.

Optical sorting

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Remove even subtle impurities

Our SORTEX optical sorters remove foreign material, damaged crops, unhulled pulses, and allergens. You can even sort based on shape.

Grinding

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Pre- or fine-grinding of pulses

Pulses can be ground into different kinds of flours or be pre-grinded for an adjacent protein concentration. Depending on the end product we can use hammer mills, roller mills, or fine grinders.

Protein concentration

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Fractionation with fine grinding and air classification

We provide integrated solutions for protein concentration with fine grinding and air classification as well as the full protein isolation process. With strong knowledge of the whole process we create high quality raw materials, be it protein or starch concentrate, protein isolate, pulses starch and fiber.

Protein concentrate and starch fraction

  • Web based operating system

  • Use on your phone, tablet or computer 

  • Graphical interface 

  • Configurable dashboards

  • IoT connectivity

  • Integrates sales data with data on raw materials, energy use, storage and shipping

     

  • Web-based operating sytem
  • Intuitive user experience
  • Simple and easy-to-use process control system

Customer Stories

See how PURIS uses Bühler solutions to create their market-leading plant-based products and ingredients.


Müllers Mühle is one of the largest brands in Northern Europe for the processing of pulses. With Bühler and Hosokawa as partners, Müllers Mühle started up a plant for processing pulses and protein flours.

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Switzerland