Debacterizing system for cocoa beans
Ensure your cocoa processing meets stringent hygiene standards with this advanced debacterization system that effectively reduces germ presence while preserving the natural flavor and quality of your cocoa nibs and chocolate products.
Debacterizes and Sterilizes Cocoa Beans Efficiently
The Debac Debacterizing System from Bühler Group offers a robust solution for cocoa processors and chocolate manufacturers seeking to meet stringent hygiene standards. This modular system specializes in high-speed batch debacterization and steam sterilization, effectively removing vegetative pathogens like salmonella while preserving the rich flavors of cocoa beans. Processing up to 4 tons per hour, it uses small batch sizes and high-pressure steam up to 5 bar for rapid germ reduction. The system’s PLC control provides seamless integration into existing production lines, ensuring full traceability and easy operation. By leveraging the cocoa beans’ shells for flavor protection, the system maintains product integrity during sterilization. Designed for energy efficiency, it minimizes treatment area, reducing energy consumption significantly. Compatible with a variety of end-products such as cocoa nibs, dark chocolate bars, and compound chocolates, the Debac system also supports customization to align precisely with your manufacturing requirements, backed by Bühler’s global engineering expertise.
Benefits
- Increases plant productivity with high-speed batch processing of up to 4 tons per hour.
- Ensures product compliance with strict hygiene standards by eliminating pathogenic microorganisms.
- Preserves the natural flavor and moisture content of cocoa, maintaining product quality.
- Enables cost-effective operations with reduced energy consumption and efficient use of steam.
- Provides flexible integration with existing systems through customizable PLC control.
- Applications
- Cocoa,Compounds,Bars,Chocolate mass
- End products
- Chocolate truffles,Chocolate couverture,Dark chocolate bars,Compound chocolate,Cocoa nibs,Chocolate-coated nuts,Milk chocolate bars
- Steps before
- Drying,Roasting
- Steps after
- Packing,Sorting,Cool and Buffer
- Input ingredients
- cocoa beans
- Output ingredients
- germ-free cocoa beans,flavor-protected cocoa kernels
- Market info
- Buhler is renowned for manufacturing advanced process solutions for food, feed, and advanced materials. They are highly regarded for their innovation in milling technology and equipment quality.
- Batch size
- Small batch sizes
- Capacity
- 4 t/h throughput
- Debacterization pressure
- Up to 5 bar
- Temperature control
- High temperatures
- Automation
- PLC control system
- Flavor protection
- Minimal impact on flavor and color
- Energy efficiency
- Significant energy savings
- Batch size
- Small
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Steam pressure
- Up to 5 bar
- Temperature control
- High temperatures
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled
- Throughput
- 4 t/h
- Energy efficiency
- Significant energy savings
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Batch size
- Small
- Modular system
- Yes
- Processing capacity
- Up to 4 t/h
- Control panel type
- Touch screen / PLC