Dutch Structuring Technologies
- Type
- Technology Company
- Location
- Maastricht, Netherlands
- Industries
- Alternative proteins, New food processing techniques, Food ingredients & products, Food processing robotics & machinery, Food reformulation, Clean label
- Domains
- Processed food products, Meat alternatives, Fish, Animal based primary products, Proteins, Ingredients, Fungi, Plant based primary products
- Technologies
- Shear-cell technology, Texturising / texturing, Process automation, Processing, Robotics & Automation, Platform technology, Platform & Service technologies
About Dutch Structuring Technologies
Dutch Structuring Technologies (DST) develops and supplies the patented Sheartex technology for manufacturers that want to produce next-generation fibrous and advanced protein textures at industrial scale. The company focuses on continuous protein structuring for plant-based, hybrid, and other protein formulations, with an emphasis on clean-label potential, ingredient flexibility, and textures that are difficult to achieve with extrusion.
DST positions itself as a technology partner for food manufacturers, ingredient companies, innovation teams, and co-manufacturers. Based in Maastricht and Wageningen in the Netherlands, DST combines engineering, food technology, and process expertise to support development, testing, and scale-up from pilot to industrial production.
Core Values
- Innovation: DST focuses on redefining protein structuring through a patented continuous process that expands what manufacturers can make beyond conventional extrusion-based textures.
- Process control: The Sheartex platform emphasizes independent control of shear, throughput, temperature, and residence time to deliver stable, reproducible results.
- Flexibility: The technology is designed to work with soy, pea, blends, fungi, concentrates, and isolates, and to create multiple texture types without changing the machine.
- Operational efficiency: DST highlights easy operation, hygienic design, CIP capability, and lower operating costs as core advantages for industrial users.
- Collaboration: The company supports customers through demonstrations, training, technical service, and product development assistance, reflecting a hands-on application-oriented approach.
Unique Aspects
- Patented continuous structuring approach: Sheartex uses unidirectional high shear plus DST-engineered cooling dies to create fibrous structures that the company says are not achievable with extrusion.
- True industrial CIP capability: DST presents Sheartex as the first protein-structuring technology in its class to combine high-moisture fiber formation with true industrial clean-in-place cleaning.
- Broad texture range: The platform is designed to produce long meat-like fibers, layered slices, shredded fibers, tuna-like flaky structures, whole cuts, and chunk structures from the same machine by changing recipe and setpoints.
- Pilot-to-industrial pathway: DST offers both the compact Sheartex 30 and the industrial Sheartex 300, giving customers a clear route from formulation work to full-scale production.
- Global partner network: DST states that it works with partners and agents worldwide to bring Sheartex technology to manufacturers globally.