Veos converts animal blood into drinkable water

Veos, producer of animal proteins for the food industry, is investing 2 million euros in a new water treatment plant that will filter up to 150 cubic meters of animal blood daily into drinkable water. This investment is part of the growth and sustainability objectives of the company, which has already invested heavily in solar panels and heat exchangers.

Veos' production process requires a lot of water to clean the tanks in which the animal blood is stored. Until now, the company only used groundwater pumped from the neighborhood for this purpose. To give its sustainable ambitions additional impetus and to keep the groundwater up to standard, Veos went in search of an alternative to pump up less water in future and still have sufficient water for the expansion of production.

Veos found that alternative in a new water treatment plant that provides an additional 150,000 liters of potable water from blood every day. During the production process, blood is thickened for later vacuum drying. During that process, water vapor is released from the blood. That water is purified thanks to the new water treatment plant so that it can be used circularly in the production process. In this way, Veos uses up to 40% less groundwater, 45,000,000 liters of water on an annual basis.

With annual sales of around 140 million euros per year, 12 production sites and 240 production plants, Veos is doing very well. The company plans to continue growing in the future from Zwevezele, where it has been based since 1974. Robert Slee, co-CEO of Veos, emphasizes the importance of sustainability and local anchoring. The company is therefore very pleased to be able to expand sustainably like this.

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