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Vacuum Band Dried Products Vacuum band dried extract differs from spraydried by being very coarse.
 Band dried products are made by introducing a liquid malt extract onto a slowly moving band passing through the vacuum drying oven. Drying occurs after the circulation of hot air through this moving bed of material. The vacuum allows evaporation to happen at a lower temperature and aids the extract to 'bubble up'.
 The resultant honeycomb of material is milled into a coarse powder prior to packing.
 Band dried extracts offer many of the benefits associated with Spraymalts. They also contribute to the following characteristics:
- all non-diastatic
- coarse powder
- more easily soluble than Spraymalts
- additional flavour derived from 'cooking' process
- inclusion of other ingredients like milk powder, fat, sugar, whey is possible
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