Brining system for semi-hard cheeses
Achieve consistent salt uptake and quality control in semi-hard cheese production with this automated brining system, designed to enhance efficiency and maintain product integrity through precise brine management.

Automates Brining and Handling of Semi-Hard Cheeses
The Tetra PakĀ® Rack Brining System is engineered to streamline the brining process for semi-hard cheese varieties like Gouda, Edam, and Maasdam. This fully automated system integrates continuous loading and unloading operations, ensuring precise salt uptake and enhancing product quality through consistent brine circulation and traceability features. With a capacity range of 20 to 130 tons per day, the system adapts to various plant layouts and production scales. Its hygienic design, coupled with an integrated CIP station and brine microfiltration unit, elevates food safety and reduces downtime during maintenance. The robust girder crane and flexible layout options accommodate diverse cheese formats and production environments, while the advanced control system provides real-time batch tracking. Tailored to suit industry-specific needs, this system supports cheese producers and dairy manufacturers in optimizing their production line efficiency and product quality.
Benefits
- Ensures consistent product quality with precise salt uptake, reducing variability in cheese characteristics.
- Adapts to various production capacities and layouts, offering flexibility for future expansions.
- Enhances food safety through hygienic design and integrated CIP, minimizing contamination risks.
- Improves operational efficiency with fully automated processes, reducing labor dependence.
- Enables quick issue resolution with comprehensive traceability, limiting product recalls and waste.
- Applications
- Semi-hard cheeses,Cheese processing
- End products
- Gouda cheese,Maasdam cheese,Edam cheese
- Steps before
- Curd preparation,Cheese pressing,Cheese molding
- Steps after
- Cheese maturation,Cheese packaging,Quality control
- Input ingredients
- semi-hard cheese,cheese blocks,brine solution
- Output ingredients
- brined semi-hard cheese,consistent quality cheese
- Market info
- Tetra Pak is renowned for providing innovative packaging solutions, specializing in carton packaging for the food and beverage industry. It is esteemed for high-quality, sustainable, and efficient processing and packaging equipment on a global scale.
- Capacity
- 20-130 tons of cheese per day
- Automation
- Fully automated
- Brine circulation
- Continuous
- Brine microfiltration
- Integrated
- Process control
- Carefully controlled brining process
- Traceability
- Real-time and historical batch tracking
- Integration steps
- Automatic loading,brining,unloading
- CIP/SIP
- Integrated CIP station
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Brining process control
- Consistent salt uptake
- Brine circulation
- Continuous circulation for uniform quality
- Automation level
- Fully automated
- Traceability
- Batch tracking system
- Customizability
- Adaptable to plant layout and production needs
- Cheese Type
- Semi-hard
- Brine basin size
- Customizable
- Rack size
- Variable,based on cheese format
- Automation level
- Fully automated
- Loading method
- Automated rack loading
- Hygienic design
- Yes,enhanced food safety
- Capacity
- 20-130 tons/day
- System Layout Adaptability
- Adaptable to plant space
- Production Capacity Customization
- 20-130 tons/day
- Cheese Format Handling
- Multiple cheese formats
- Brining Environment
- Wet/Dry cheese loading
- Brining Process Control
- Traceability system
- Rack Loading System
- Multi-format,gentle loading
- Hygienic Design
- Customizable CIP system