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CCFRA has substantial food processing facilities and a comprehensive multi-disciplinary product development service. Our process areas cover over 3000m2 of purpose-built process halls, with an additional 100m2 of controlled temperature storage. This webpage provides a summary of some of our
food and drink processing equipment.
Fruit and vegetable processing
- Steam and carborundum peelers
- Fruit mill and tomato press, hydraulic press, pulping plant
- Blanching facilities
Soft and alcoholic drinks
- Beverage carbonator filler with facilities for a full range of bottles and beverage cans
- Citrus multi-juicer
Meat processing
- Sausage fillers, meat slicers, range of bowl choppers
Comminuting
- Food processors - grater and mixer
- Bowl choppers, mincer
Mixing
- High shear mixers (benchtop and industrial)
- Continuous aerator for production of foams and mousses
- Ribbon blender
Homogenisers
- Laboratory single stage homogeniser
- Batch mixers, colloidal mills
Centrifuging and filtering
- Centrifugal separators
- Plate filter
Frying
- Deep fat fryers (domestic and catering)
Heat processing
- Steam jacketed pans from 15 litres up to 250 litres
- Temperature controlled pasteurisation and exhaust tanks
- Steam, water and raining-water retorts
- UHT pilot plant and scraped surface heat exchangers
- A wide range of pilot scale retorts, rotary and static
- A wide range of heat exchangers for pasteurisation up to UHT, including tubular plate and scraped surface
- Associated temperature monitoring equipment
Chilling and freezing
- Air blast chillers and freezers
- Cryogenic chiller and freezer
Drying and evaporation
- Freeze dryer
- Vacuum cooker and cooler, steam jacketed or direct - for production of preserves, pastes and concentrates
- Hot air tray dryer
Bakery
- Mixers (planetary, high-speed, pressure-vacuum)
- Dough processing (moulders, sheeters, bread lines)
- Ovens (deck, reel, travelling, rack convection)
Cereals milling
- Mills (Buhler, Chopin, Vario and Kek)
- Flour blenders´ Russell-Finex redresser
- Wheat preparation and cleaning (dockage testers, sample splitters, mixers, moisture meters)
Product development kitchen
- Refractometers, food processors and balances
Microwave and conventional cookers
- Electric, gas and fan assisted ovens
- Domestic and food service microwaves
Emerging technologies
- High pressure processing vessel and ultrasound continuous flow cell
- Microwave pasteurisation tunnel
Packaging equipment
- Can seamers (with atmospheric and steam flow close facilities, change parts for most sizes of cans)
- Seam assessment service - controlled temperature packing area (temperatures controlled from 10-20OC)
- Glass capper
- MAP bag and tray sealers
- Multivac pouch sealer
- Burst testing equipment
- Gas analysers
Controlled temperature storage facilities
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