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EDME Limited - A producer of natural cereal based ingredients

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General aerial view of Edme site and River Stour

- A producer of natural cereal based ingredients

by Bryan McGee, a milling industry consultant and contributing feature writer

EDME Limited
from cereal grains and are converted by natural or physical processes without any synthetic or chemical means. Several of them are made in accordance with the Soil Association organic standards.

British malting industry is the fourth largest in the world. David Amos, managing director and current president of The Association of Bakery Ingredient Manufacturers (www.abim.org. uk), commented; The current international emphasis on wholegrain and healthgrain products has created a renewed recognition of the benefits of such long established products whose excellence is based upon being manufactured from the finest available cereals, seeds and spices. I have had the interesting task of transforming a formerly family business in a recessionary period into a modern organisation without losing the small company ethos of personal customer contact. We are members of not only our trade associations but also the relevant scientific bodies who can advise our technologists. Edme is striving to raise all its standards by not only investment in equipment and systems but by education and training of its workforce to optimise the use of these investments.

Products
The malt flakes and kibbles from wheat, rye, oats and barley are manufactured to maximise flavour, both sweet and acidic and to reduce enzyme activity. They are sold primarily to bakers for enhancing their baked goods.

The mixes are designed as concentrates to be added to flour in the bakery. These mixes are constantly being developed and some include a range of seeds, for example pumpkin and sunflower as well as chopped sun dried tomatoes and herbs. Alternatively, an interesting aspect of the business is the option of adding ingredient blends to a customers flour in controlled conditions on Edmes premises. In this activity the customer delivers his consignment of flour in bulk for loading into a storage silo bin on the Edme site. The flour then enters a system where the selected ingredients are introduced in precise amounts and blended prior to packing off. The bags are palletised and marshalled in the new warehouse system prior to despatch. This operation ensures that the ingredients are added in optimum condition and obviates the need for the customer to handle and store these high value components in his own premises. This provides a very effective means to work in close partnership with customers and to develop bespoke blends for them. The malt flour range has expand-

EDME - Key Dates

1884 1887 1890 1903 1906 1923 founding of The Condensed Wort and Brewing Company name changed to The English Diastatic Malt Extract Company, later shortened to Edme. Crisp Maltings founded prize winning recognition of Edme at International Bakers Exhibition Inland Revenue approval of Diastatic Malt Syrups Vacuum Pan Evaporator installed

1930s new buildings and plant installed. Sales expanded overseas. 1952 1971 1976 1978 drum maltings and band drying equipment installed Crisp Maltings Group formed. Major expansion of product lines. Anglia Maltings (Holdings) formed expansion of product range including production of malted wheat flakes and wholemeal flours disposal of the malt extract business and concentration on malted flakes and malt flours for the milling and baking industries acquisition of a complementary bakery mix manufacturer Anglia Maltings Group acquired by Ragleth

1999

2001 2005

dme Limited (www.edme.com) and its sister company, Crisp Maltings, form the Anglia Maltings Group who are owned by Ragleth, a group of private investors. Edme have long been well known for the production of natural cereal based products derived from raw materials, which are largely sourced in their own locality. The manufacturing plant is located in Mistley, Essex on the banks of the River Stour up river from Harwich. This places it ideally to source the bulk of its raw material cereal requirements from the highly productive East Anglia region where some of the consistently best quality wheat, barley, rye and oats are grown. Edmes core products are ingredients for the milling and baking industries and which fall into the categories of firstly, flaked and kibbled malted cereals, secondly, concentrated bakery mixes and, thirdly, malt flours diastatic and non diastatic, roasted and crystal, to provide flavours and natural colour modification to baked goods. Throughout its long history all Edme products have originated

The ingredients can be used to enhance the taste and appearance of baked goods without the negative perceptions of some other health grain components which children in particular are reluctant to consume. Recent research by the company has highlighted the additional health benefits of the beta glucan in the oat and barley products and independent research has demonstrated a threefold increase in antioxidant capacity in the materials due to malting and that this increase survives the baking process into the final product. Behind their historic faade Edme Limited have recently installed modern facilities for intake, milling, blending and distribution of their wide range of cereal-based ingredients. The company has a turnover of about UK16 million and employs 85 personnel on a 1.5ha site located across the railway tracks from one of the grain malting facilities of sister company, Crisp Maltings. It is they who Edme Management team supply the malted raw materials Left to Right: Paul Thompson, commercial manager; to Edme for further processing. Jason Powell, engineering manager; James Smith, Note: Barley, in particular, has sales director; David Amos, managing director; Simon Wooster, technical director; Eric Leggett, production and been malted for over 3000 years warehouse manager; Karen Smith, financial controller for a variety of purposes and the
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Manufacturing investments
Satake AlphaScan colour sorter ed from the basic historic types widely used by the milling industry to include those made from a variety of cereals which, by differing techniques, can give varying intensities of colour, flavour and enzyme activity to a finished baked product. The flavours of malt products can be modified to cover a wide range with a profile described as sharp roasted- roasted caramel- burnt toffee- baked toffee- sweet caramel- sweet biscuit. Although Britain and Ireland remain the base and to new partners across the world; the main targets being Eastern Europe and Asia. As these regions become more westernised in their diet and look for healthy, natural and functional ingredients in their foods, we will be able to offer our current range of ingredients and develop bespoke solutions to meet this developing market need. There are exciting times ahead. Touring the plant one is struck by the amount of new equipment in the production lines and laboratories. The Test Kitchen facility was recently established to improve new product development for bakery and non-bakery applications, fault diagnosis and joint workshop projects with customers. Cleaning and grading of incoming grain is of enormous importance especially for the flaked and whole grain products. There is, therefore, a near zero tolerance of foreign or discoloured material before onward processing. Much of the new intensive seed cleaning equipment is supplied by Westrup and is supplemented by existing destoners and the latest Satake AlphaScan colour sorting machine performs a final check for any discoloured contaminants. The plant includes four flaking and three kibbling lines as well as the milling and blending facilities.

Raw materials
There is an ever-increasing emphasis on the provenance of foodstuffs right through the chain from grower on to merchant, processor and finally the consumer product. The quality and characteristics of the cereals used as raw materials are clearly of great importance. In most harvest years the wheat and barley requirements can be sourced from traders in the surrounding area to meet the stringent specifications. A longstanding relationship with merchants Dengie (www.dengie-crops.com) has proved invaluable for the supply and quality management of many of these grains, while Masstoch Arable UK (www.masstock.co.uk), who have a primary cleaning facility, provide some cleaned naked oats which are difficult to source. Edme, with its expertise in cereal science, keeps a close watch on plant breeding to identify the best varieties for their purposes. Those cereals destined for malted products are first processed by Crisp Maltings who have a dedicated plant to meet the complex requirements for the food industry. The raw malted grains are then transferred in bulk to Edme for further intensive cleaning prior to flaking or milling. To complement the core cereal grains Edme procure a wide range of materials,

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By remaining true to their founding technical and operating philosophy and by incremental investment in know-how, personnel and equipment Edme has evolved and prospered since its founding in 1884
principal market for Edme, for over 20 years the company has had customers abroad in territories as diverse as Australia, Germany, elsewhere in Europe and more recently the Middle East and Asia. For the export markets the plant site is conveniently close to the busy port of Harwich, which offers frequent shipping facilities across the North Sea to the Continent. James Smith, the recently appointed sales director stressed, With the inherent flexibility and strong supplier relationships which Edme have with merchants and growers, I am confident that we will pioneer new products to open up markets with existing and new customers both at home and abroad. One of my initial targets is to reinvigorate the Edme brand to our existing customer
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Two of the most interesting production lines are those which pass the cleaned cereals through vertical cookers where live steam is used both to soften the kernels for flaking and also adjust their alpha amylase activity before entering the heavy-duty Turner flaking rolls. The flaked grains then pass into horizontal micronisers where gas fired infra red radiators, as well as drying them further, adjust the amylase activity and develops the product colour and flavour characteristics. A dedicated blending area is earmarked for production of special powder blends, which are potentially allergen sensitive. A growth in this product range has seen products such as gluten free blends being developed, which seem to be destined to increase in importance over the coming years. There are various means of particle size reduction, but the fine micron products are mostly reduced to the required particle size on impact mills by Baumeister GmbH. Simon Wooster, technical director, commented; We are continuously challenging our processes by using existing and new raw materials to enable innovations which further develop the technological focus of the business. A number of collaborative projects with industry research associations have allowed us to explore the nutritional and functional aspects of malt and grain ingredients, providing commercially valuable insights. From a quality perspective, our relationship with merchants and growers, both at home and abroad, for supply of raw materials has provided a further level of product security to our customers and ensures that we maintain the highest level of food manufacturing quality accreditation.

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brown and golden linseed from domestic growers and those which cannot be sourced in Britain for climatic reasons from diverse sources abroad; milled linseed from Canada, millet from the USA, sunflower seeds from the USA, Argentina, Hungary and Turkey, sundried tomatoes from turkey, dried onions from Italy and poppy seeds from Hungary. In addition, tested and certified GM-free maize grits are obtained from France and Argentina for gluten free products.

Microniser processing cereal flakes

and prospered since its founding in 1884. The company has continued to develop and produce ingredients for the milling, baking and food sectors derived from the highest quality cereal grains and seeds, which are modified or processed by entirely natural means. Based on the sound foundation the company has established of supplying products, which accord with the growing interest in wholegrain, healthgrain and natural processes it is with confidence that they now seek to widen their markets both in terms of products and geography.

James Smith, sales director, EDME Limited

Simon Wooster, technical director, EDME Limited More

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Conclusion
By remaining true to their founding technical and operating philosophy and by incremental investment in know-how, personnel and equipment Edme has evolved

Bryan McGee, a milling industry consultant may be contacted at

bryan@bcmcgee.co.uk

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