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Our company was featured in the blog of LIFE PEPPER Co., Ltd., titled "Introducing the Appeal of Companies Exhibiting at the Japan Food Export EXPO! Those who couldn't attend can also download materials and brochures!" The blog highlights our appeal regarding our participation in the "Japan Food Export EXPO," held at Makuhari Messe from November 27 to 29, 2024. Please take a look. *For more details, please refer to the related links or feel free to contact us.*

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Alpha Tech Co., Ltd. will be exhibiting at the "28th Fabex 2025 Rice Future Exhibition." This exhibition provides an opportunity to create new demand aimed at expanding the consumption of "rice and rice products," which support Japanese dietary habits. New dessert creations will also be available for tasting this time. We hope you will come and visit us. 【Exhibition Overview】 ■ Dates: April 15 (Tuesday) - 17 (Thursday), 2025, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (common for all three days) ■ Venue: Tokyo Big Sight ■ Our Booth: East Hall 2 F-F33 ■ Admission Fee: 5,000 yen (tax included) * Admission is only for industry professionals; entry with an invitation ticket and pre-registration is free. * For more details, please refer to the related links or feel free to contact us.

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Cellulose is the main component of wood and herbaceous biomass. By eco-friendly amorphization with Amorfast, it is expected to expand the types of available biomass. When converting biomass into fuels or plastics, amorphizing cellulose is effective in enhancing enzymatic reactivity and chemical processing efficiency. However, conventional amorphization methods consume vast amounts of energy or generate waste, limiting the opportunities for utilization. *For detailed content of the article, please refer to the related link. For more information, feel free to download the PDF or contact us.*

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At Amorfast, we do not use any chemicals such as acids or alkalis, and since solvents and dispersants are also unnecessary, there are no waste liquids or by-products generated from the amorphization process. Amorphization can be achieved solely through grinding, making it an environmentally friendly biomass treatment compared to conventional methods. *For more detailed information, you can view the related links. For further details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.*

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Cellulose has a molecular structure very similar to that of starch, and this technology allows for the amorphization of cellulose "without water and in an instant," just like starch. Unlike conventional methods, it does not use harsh conditions such as "high temperature and high pressure," which reduces energy consumption and enables low-cost processing. *For more detailed information, you can view it through the related links. For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.*

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By using Amorfast with rice, we can expand the opportunities for rice utilization and promote local production for local consumption. This can also contribute to improving self-sufficiency rates. For example, rice flour dough lacks stickiness, making it difficult to create 100% rice flour bread, but by using Amorfast rice flour, you can easily make fluffy 100% rice flour bread. In addition to bread, the versatility of rice flour expands to include noodles, pasta, dumpling wrappers, and thickening agents. *For more detailed information, please refer to the related links. For further details, you can download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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Amorfast starch material has high digestibility and can be turned into a porridge/paste with water. Therefore, it is convenient for meals in situations where cooking is difficult and as an easily prepared care food. Amorfast processed products have low moisture content, are lightweight, and maintain a high alpha state (high digestibility) for a long time, making them suitable for long-term and bulk storage. Additionally, a variety of ingredients such as grains, tubers, and beans can be alpha-processed, expanding the variety of items available. *For detailed information, please refer to the related links. For more details, you can download the PDF or feel free to contact us.*

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Amorfast starch material has good dispersibility in water and also shows emulsifying properties, functioning like a thickener, stabilizer, or emulsifier. While being a natural material, it plays the role of a food additive, contributing to the improvement of clean label food quality and the expansion of product diversity. *For more detailed information, you can view the related links. For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.*

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Starting with rice flour, the starch material that has been alpha-treated with Amorfast can be made sticky simply by adding water, allowing it to be stretched like wheat flour or shaped into balls. Due to this property, it can be used as a substitute for wheat and gluten. Additionally, it can be applied in allergen-free foods by using Amorfast starch material instead of allergens such as milk and eggs. *For more detailed information, you can view it through the related links. For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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Grains that have been alpha-processed with Amorfast become viscous simply by adding water. By acting as an alternative to feed binders such as dextrin, it improves the durability of pellets. Preventing the powdering of pellets enhances the yield of feed. It is also expected to reduce the energy consumption of animals due to feeding behavior and to mitigate respiratory diseases caused by dust. *For more detailed information, you can view it through the related link. For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.*

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The temperature-controlled grinding technology Amorfast instantaneously gelatinizes grains, such as rice, corn, and wheat, which are used as raw materials for livestock feed, without using water. This is expected to enhance the digestibility of the grain raw materials and, in turn, improve feed efficiency. Since it is more energy-efficient compared to conventional methods, it enables sufficiently high gelatinization at a cost appropriate for feed production. *For more detailed information, please refer to the related links. You can download the PDF for more details or feel free to contact us.*

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The temperature-controlled amorphization grinding system, Amorfast, enables the amorphization of cellulose while controlling the temperature during grinding. It employs a dry grinding process that does not use solvents like water or stirring media, resulting in high grinding efficiency and very short processing times. Since no chemicals are used, there is no harmful waste produced. This is an environmentally friendly, high-efficiency biomass pretreatment technology. Laboratory tests have confirmed that even cellulose-based biomass ground to the same particle size shows different saccharification rates of cellulase depending on whether amorphization has occurred. *For more detailed information, please refer to the related links. For further details, feel free to download the PDF or contact us directly.*

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Cellulose is the main component of wood and grass, and it has a very strong crystalline structure. This makes wood useful as a construction material. However, when upcycling biomass, this durability becomes a hurdle for processing. This is because enzymes and chemicals have difficulty acting on the strong crystalline structure. Therefore, to convert cellulose-based biomass into plastics or fuels, pretreatment is necessary to increase the conversion efficiency. A representative example of pretreatment is breaking down the crystalline structure, that is, amorphization. By breaking down the strong crystalline structure, the reactivity of enzymes and chemicals is enhanced. *For more detailed information, please refer to the related links. For further details, you can download the PDF or feel free to contact us.*

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Starch that has been amorphized with Amorfast is highly digestible, allowing it to be consumed as is. In addition to its digestibility, Amorfast significantly improves water absorption and dispersion in water. It can also add emulsifying properties. For example, regular rice flour does not dissolve in water. It is powdery like cornstarch mixed with water and separates over time. However, gelatinized starch dissolves well in water and remains stably dispersed for a long time. Additionally, by adjusting the moisture content, the viscosity can be modified from a highly fluid state like porridge or cream to a sticky state like mochi. *For more detailed information, please refer to the related links. For further details, feel free to download the PDF or contact us.

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AlphaTech's amorphization technology, Amorfast, instantaneously amorphizes starch without using water by crushing it while controlling the temperature. Since there is no need to heat water, it achieves energy-saving amorphization. Its ability to amorphize in an instant also makes it highly productive. This technology is named Amorfast because the transition to the amorphous state is very fast: Amorphous + fast. *For more detailed information, please refer to the related links. For further details, you can download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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Starch, which is abundant in grains and tubers, is an important nutrient as a source of energy in the form of carbohydrates, but it is difficult to digest when raw. This is because raw starch is in a hard and sturdy crystalline state, making it difficult for digestive enzymes to penetrate. Humanity has learned to effectively utilize starch as an energy source by heating it with water, as exemplified by cooking rice and baking bread, which loosens the crystalline structure of starch and increases its digestibility. *For more detailed information, please refer to the related links. For further inquiries, feel free to download the PDF or contact us.

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"Amorfast" is a technology that instantaneously amorphizes cellulose without the need for water. Amorphization refers to the transformation of raw, hard cellulose into a soft and highly reactive state. The Amorfast treatment, which performs amorphization simultaneously with grinding, shows a higher cellulase digestion rate compared to grinding alone, even at the same particle size, thereby increasing the efficiency of the enzymatic saccharification reaction and contributing to improved productivity and cost reduction. 【Eco-friendly and Highly Efficient Biomass Pretreatment】 Compared to conventional pretreatment methods that use harsh conditions such as acids, alkalis, high temperatures, and high pressures, Amorfast operates "without chemicals, at temperatures below 120°C or at room temperature," achieving low environmental impact and high economic efficiency. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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"Amorfast" is a technology that instantly gelatinizes grains without the need for water. Gelatinization refers to the process by which raw, hard starch transforms into a soft and easily digestible state. There are rice flour products that utilize Amorfast rice flour, which has characteristics such as the ability to make delicious bread, noodles, and baked goods using only rice flour, without the use of emulsifiers or stabilizers, thus supporting clean label requirements. 【Characteristics of Amorfast Rice Flour】 ■ Excellent dispersibility, does not clump ■ Quick water absorption ■ Produces stickiness with just water ■ Viscosity can be adjusted by the amount of water added ■ Strong emulsifying power ■ Delays starch retrogradation *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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