SPECIALISTS FOR THE SWEET LIFE

D&F Sweets is a development and training company specialising in chocolate and confectionery production. We are known worldwide for our excellent technical skills, practical abilities and many years of experience in the confectionery industry.

Since 1986, our focus has been on the production of confectionery, the compilation of information and the transfer of knowledge. Initially built up by Henri Drouven and Ivan Fabry, D&F Sweets is now owned by Norevo GmbH from Hamburg.

Our experienced team of multilingual technicians offers the following confectionery and chocolate development services:

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

  • Subject-specific seminars according to your specifications (internal/external)
  • Open seminars and training programmes with participants from different companies worldwide
  • Closed, individual seminars on special topics for employees of the commissioning company

ADVICE AND TECHNICAL TIPS

  • Purchase of confectionery machinery and equipment
  • Commissioning of new machines
  • Solving technical problems
  • Cost optimisation
  • Improving process efficiency
    and product quality

PRODUCT MANUFACTURE AND PRODUCT OPTIMISATION

  • Production of small quantities related to the specifications of our customers
  • Support in the development of new products
  • Provision of our laboratory and pilot plants for trials
  • Development of new products and their recipes
  • Provision of raw material specifications
  • Sample production for product presentations, product marketing, evaluation and advertising campaigns

RAW MATERIAL AND PRODUCT TESTS AND ANALYSES

  • Gel strength and gelatin or agar-agar viscosity
  • Residual moisture according to “Karl Fischer”
  • Water activity and equilibrium moisture
  • Viscosity and yield point e.g. of chocolate
  • Storage and shelf life tests
IN ADDITION, OUR PARTNER COMPANY, drouven CLE GMBH, DISTRIBUTES LABORATORY MACHINES AND PILOT SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL-SCALE MANUFACTURING.

OUR CURRENT WEBINARS

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Comprehensive and effective: Our webinars not only provide information but are also extremely entertaining and enjoy great popularity. Anywhere in the world. In real time.