Food Engineering

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2022 February

The February 2022 issue of FOOD ENGINEERING features tech tools, the case for track and tracing, raw pet hype or healthy, and much more.

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Supply chain

Tech tools to help processors make sense of today’s supply chain

Supply chain hurdles created by COVID-19 provide an opportunity to attack deficiencies with the latest technology
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Wayne Labs
February 7, 2022
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While we hope the COVID-19 pandemic is fading into the background, we still need to be concerned with labor shortages, transportation interruptions, political issues, weather extremes, and other peripheral circumstances that can still break critical links in the supply chain.


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Feature Articles

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Tubular drag conveyors

How to use automated material transfer effectively

Tips to help food processors assess their material transfer system and determine if automation is right for them.
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Sharon Spielman
February 11, 2022
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We wanted to learn more about automating material transfer and what food processors need to know to use it most effectively. Here, we sit down with Forrester to find out how food processors can assess their material transfer system and determine if automation is right for them.


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Pod Pack Track & Trace

The case for track and trace

Why food processors can’t afford to be without this technology in 2022
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Michael Costa
February 9, 2022
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Current supply chain woes have made nearly every aspect of processing an ongoing guessing game, from forecasting ingredient availability to ensuring finished foods arrive at their destinations on time. One way to help make sense of the situation is to invest in track-and-trace technology that can monitor every step of a product’s journey.


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Raw pet food
Raw & Fresh Pet Food Processing

Raw pet food: hype or healthy? Part 2

Raw pet food is processed only one way, but that has proven to be the right way
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Kristen Kazarian
January 24, 2022
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The raw pet food segment is expected to continue growing as it has for the past decade. Consumers are attracted to this pet diet due to the products being free from preservatives, synthetic additives, grains, fillers and any meat by-products. Raw pet food contains high-quality meat and vegetables. It is immediately frozen after it is prepared, which preserves its freshness.


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Raw pet food
Raw & Fresh Pet Food Processing

Raw pet food: hype or healthy? Part 1

Raw pet food is processed only one way, but that has proven to be the right way
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Kristen Kazarian
January 24, 2022
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The raw pet food segment is expected to continue growing as it has for the past decade. Consumers are attracted to this pet diet due to the products being free from preservatives, synthetic additives, grains, fillers and any meat by-products. Raw pet food contains high-quality meat and vegetables. It is immediately frozen after it is prepared, which preserves its freshness.


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Departments

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Caro Nut Key Technology
Dry Processing Technology

Sorting is no shell game

Caro Nut Company improves product quality, increases yield with Key Technology’s hyperspectral sorter
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Sharon Spielman
February 10, 2022
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Caro Nut Company improves product quality, increases yield with Key Technology’s hyperspectral sorter.


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Food Packaging

Increasing use in intelligent packing of fruits and vegetables to drive PBAT market

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Kristen Kazarian
February 4, 2022
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The global PBAT (polybutylene adipate terephthalate) market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.7% during the forecast period 2021 to 2031 with an end value of $2 billion, according to a report by Transparent Market Research. Fruit and vegetable intelligent packaging using PBAT-based biodegradable mulch films is used to reduce food waste. The films provide increased oxygen and water vapor transfer rates in fruit and vegetable bags.


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Michael Costa
Editor's Note

Supply Chain Strain

February 4, 2022
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We hear a lot (really, constantly) about the supply chain and the many causes for it faltering the past year: shortage of labor to move goods—especially truck drivers and dock workers—inconsistent ingredient supplies, record inflation for materials and on and on. 


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Products

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Munson Machinery Bag dump module
Dry Processing Products Focus: Mixing, blending

Munson Machinery Bag dump module

February 15, 2022
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The Bag Dump Module can be installed on the lid of bulk solid mixers, blenders, size-reduction equipment and storage vessels to contain dust generated when bulk materials are dumped manually. 


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INDCO HS-100series benchtop disperser
Dry Processing Products Focus: Mixing, blending

INDCO Benchtop dispersers

February 14, 2022
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The HS-100 and HS-300 series benchtop dispersers can mix up to 5 gallons of materials at a time—ideal for a wide range of high shear applications within labs, pilot plants and small-scale production environments.


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Volkmann Bag dump stations
Dry Processing Products Focus: Mixing, blending

Volkmann Bag dump stations

February 11, 2022
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A line of bag dump stations automatically captures bulk materials discharged from bags and stages the powders, granules, tablets and/or pellets for transfer into storage or directly into a production process.


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Cremer Multi-counter machine system
New Plant Products Focus: Cooking & frying

Cremer Multi-counter machine system

February 10, 2022
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The HQ Series is a line of compact counting and packaging machines designed for the production of assortments such as mixed chocolates, candies and coffee pods.


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THERMOLuxme is a tubular chain conveyor
New Plant Products Focus: Cooking & frying

Luxme Tubular chain conveyor with cooling

February 8, 2022
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THERMOLuxme is a tubular chain conveyor with the addition of jacketed pipes containing cooling fluid to convey and cool material from 500°F to 110°F and can save food producers money by eliminating the cost and floor space required for a separate cooling stage.


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Rapid roasting and smoking oven – Alkar
New Plant Products Focus: Cooking & frying

Alkar Belt oven

February 7, 2022
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Designed to smoke or roast products consistently, the Rapid Roasting and Smoking oven is designed to improve color uniformity with its loop air flow to ensure consistency. 


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Hollymatic’s 180A Mixer/Grinder
Dry Processing Products Focus: Mixing, blending

Hollymatic Stainless steel mixer/grinder

February 3, 2022
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Along with a heavy duty 10 HP Motor, Hollymatic’s 180A features a 200 lb. hopper with a counter-balanced safety interlocked lid to provide the best in high-speed ground meat production.


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BATCH FORMULA PRO High Shear Test Mixer
Dry Processing Products Focus: Mixing, blending

GEA 500-liter high shear test mixer

February 2, 2022
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The BATCH FORMULA PRO High Shear Test Mixer optimizes mixing and processing times for products with varying viscosities, such as mayonnaise, dressings, sauces, beverages, dairy and more.


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