Miratorg Gelatin

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2024: Gelatin supplies to pharmaceutical companies

Miratorg has begun supplying gelatin to key pharmaceutical companies in Russia. The first shipments of products produced at a specialized plant in the Kursk region took place in August 2024. Miratorg invested more than ₽4 billion in this project, which made it possible to create a full-cycle enterprise specializing in the production of gelatin from domestic raw materials.

According to the press service of Miratorg, the plant for the deep processing of animal by-products has become the first and only enterprise in Russia that fully meets the needs of the pharmaceutical industry in gelatin necessary for the production of drug capsules. Until recently, all products of this type were imported from Brazil, China and other countries, which created dependence on external supplies. Now, thanks to the launch of a new plant, Russian pharmaceutical companies have the opportunity to purchase high-quality gelatin of domestic production.

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The enterprise in the Kursk region, which has no analogues in the CIS countries and neighboring countries, is equipped with modern equipment, including the largest gelatin filtration plant. This equipment combines the functions of ultrafiltration and diafiltration, which ensures maximum purification of the product from the smallest organic particles and low molecular weight impurities, as well as a stable concentration of dry substances throughout the processing process. The quality and safety of finished gelatin is controlled by 20 different indicators, which allows you to meet the strict requirements of the pharmaceutical industry.

The press service stressed that the provision of its own raw materials, modern technologies and a full production cycle allow Miratorg to maintain high quality standards at all stages. The plant uses pork skins from the company's robotic meat cooler, the largest in Europe, which ensures stable supplies and independence from imported raw materials.^[1]

2023: Launch of gelatin production for the pharmaceutical industry for 4.4 billion rubles

In early December 2023, Miratorg launched a gelatin production enterprise in the Kursk Region. 4.4 billion rubles were invested in this project.

According to the press service of Miratorg, the agricultural holding is going to produce 6 thousand tons of gelatin per year as a result of processing pork skin (by-products of animal origin), as well as food fat and feed protein. It is planned that in the future the capacity of the enterprise may be increased, and collagen peptide may also be produced on it.

Miratorg launched a gelatin production enterprise in the Kursk region

It is noted that the raw materials will come from two robotic meat coolers of the company. The capacity of one of them is 4.5 million heads per year, "which guarantees the stability of supply."

The construction of the enterprise started in 2021. Its launch made it possible to create 100 new jobs for residents of the Kursk region and will provide about 420 million rubles a year in additional tax contributions to the regional budget after production reaches full capacity in 2025, the statement said. By this time, as predicted in Miratorg, the volume of gelatin consumption in the Russian Federation will be measured 12 thousand tons of gelatin per year, and the plant will produce about half of the demand of the Russian market.

The plant will be the first industrial production of gelatin in the country from fully domestic raw materials and corresponds to the import substitution strategy supported by the Russian government. If earlier the main suppliers of gelatin to the country were Brazil, China, the EU and the CIS countries, now thanks to the launch of the plant it is possible not only to satisfy the need of the Russian market, to increase the country's food security, but also to export a demanded product with high added value, - said the President of Miratorg Viktor Linnik, whose words are quoted by the press service of the holding.[2]

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