Services

Blending
SternMaid America offers expert toll blending for your powdered foods and supplements.
- Ultra-modern equipment
- State-of-the-art technology
- Custom blending from concept to reality
With leading-edge equipment and technology, SternMaid America provides the full suite of custom toll blending services to leading manufacturers. We quickly and expertly take your powdered functional food ingredients, premixes and dietary food supplements from concept to reality.
Why Choose SternMaid America for Toll Blending
- We’re flexible enough to work with small and medium-sized orders.
- If your formulation is new, we offer premix and trial blending.
- Our setup and turnaround times are quick.
- We consistently deliver an unusual degree of accuracy, even when spraying in fine liquids.
- Your product goes from expert blending to flexible filling, at one location.
- Total quality assurance is part of our process. Learn more about our total quality management.
Our Powder Blending Capabilities Include:
- Semi-automated, frequency controlled blending line (the latest available)
- Batch sizes from 130 to 400 gal (500 to 1,500 liters), averaging 500 to 1,700 lbs (250 to 750 kg)
- Homogenous liquid spray additions and coatings from 0.01 to 60% of the formulation
- Cutter heads for optimal homogenization
- Computer-assisted weighing system for micronutrients and raw materials, as an alternative to automatic conveying
- Batch-by-batch documentation of setpoint/actual values in weighing
- High blending accuracy of 1:100,000
- Capacity 11 million lbs / 5.000 tons p.a. plough share blenders
- Line 1 minimum batch quantity 18 cf / 500 Liter (440 lbs / 200 kg)
- Line 2 minimum batch quantity 3 cf / 75 Liter ( 66 lbs / 30 kg)
Turnkey Services
Looking to switch contract manufacturers for your powdered products? Need to expand your capacity? SternMaid America makes the transition seamless by providing tailor-made solutions to get your product to market on time, on budget and to your exact specifications.
- Quick setup and turnaround times
- Flexible enough to work with small and medium-sized orders
- Ingredient sourcing based on your needs
- Total quality management including testing and controls every step of the way
- Ultra-modern equipment and state-of-the-art technology
- Range of packing options for customers blending in our facility or elsewhere
- Stock monitoring and administration
- Full suite of logistic services
Our Illinois plant is one of the most modern of its kind. We’re nimble enough to meet tight timelines, with the highest quality standards.
- Brand new 30,000sf facility (400,000sf expansion space)
- Pharma Grade Quality / Hygiene Standards
- Part of the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe based in Germany (www.stern-wywiol-gruppe.com)
- Group turnover $464 Mio. in 2016
- 1300+ employees worldwide
Contact us to discuss your custom food or supplement powder manufacturing project.
Regulatory Services
Label and shipping regulations are highly complex. They vary from product to product and country to country. For your products to reach their markets, compliance is essential.
SternMaid America can help you save costs and avoid mistakes with our detailed knowledge of label and shipping regulations. We offer:
- Best practice recommendations based on our international trade expertise
- Advice on regulatory requirement details for your products
- Assistance in getting products registered in the United States and abroad
- Support for procuring export permits, Certificates of Free Sale and International Trade Certificates
Our Capabilities
SternMaid America’s Illinois plant is one of the most modern of its kind. We’re nimble enough to meet tight timelines, with the highest quality standards:
- Brand new 30,000sf facility (400,000sf expansion space)
- Pharma Grade Quality / Hygiene Standards
- Part of the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe based in Germany
- Group turnover $464 Mio. in 2016
- 1300+ employees worldwide
SternMaid America can help you with:
- Precise Product Blending
- Custom toll blending
- Powder blending
- Premix, trial blending; small and medium sized orders
- Flexible Product Packaging
- Co-packing to your specifications
- Retail and industrial
- Labeling and coding
- Ingredient Sourcing, Raw Materials Expertise
- Functional food ingredients including enzymes, proteins, sweeteners and more
- Dietary food supplements to optimize powdered beverages, soups, proteins and specialty products
- Raw materials procurement
- Research and Development
- Technical expertise in nutritional ingredients, flavorings, advanced powder processing
- Leverage innovations from the world-renowned Stern Technology Center and Stern-Wywiol ‘s 12 specialist firms (www.stern-wywiol-gruppe.com)
- Total Quality Management
- FDA registered and certified by NSF International and Quality Assurance International to process and package Non-GMO, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Kosher, Halal on product-by-product basis
- State of the Art Warehousing
- Drop-ship warehousing for raw materials, intermediates or finished products
- Temperature controlled, elevated product storage
- Optional minimum stock administration
- Seamless Logistics
- B2B and B2C fulfillment
- Freight forwarding, consolidation
- Regulatory support for labeling and shipping
- Export documentation
Contact us today to discuss your contract manufacturing project.