Ingredient doser for ice cream products
Ensure precise and consistent addition of ingredients like fruit pieces or cookie dough into your ice cream or yogurt, achieving an even distribution without compromising product integrity.

Accurately Doses and Integrates Inclusions into Viscous Products
The Tetra Pak® Ingredient Doser A3 is engineered to seamlessly integrate into ice cream and dairy production lines. It excels in accurately dosing and gently incorporating various inclusions such as fruit pieces, candies, and cookie dough into viscous products. Its efficient operation is powered by a loss-in-weight control system, ensuring precise dosing while maintaining the integrity of inclusions. This doser supports continuous, high-speed processing, enhancing throughput from 100 to 3,500 liters per hour, depending on the model. With a compact design that maximizes space efficiency, it fits effortlessly into existing production systems. Built with stainless steel and equipped with a magnetic grid, it adheres to stringent food safety standards and is easy to clean. The unit is designed for customization, offering options like ventilated lamellas and dual hoppers to suit specific production needs. Whether improving efficiency or product quality, the Ingredient Doser A3 is a versatile solution for food and beverage manufacturers committed to innovation and excellence.
Benefits
- Ensures consistent product quality with precise and gentle ingredient incorporation.
- Optimizes production efficiency by accommodating a wide range of inclusion sizes and types.
- Reduces ingredient waste and costs due to highly accurate dosing.
- Facilitates easy integration and flexibility in production lines with a compact footprint.
- Enhances operational safety and hygiene, meeting 3A and EHEDG standards.
- Applications
- Whole biscuits,Fruit pieces,Viscous products,Liquid products,Ice cream,Candies,Cookie dough
- End products
- Milk-based beverages with viscous fruit purée,Ready-to-eat pudding with biscuit fragments,Ice cream with cookie dough chunks,Ice cream with whole biscuit pieces,Ice cream with fruit inclusions,Custard with added fruit pieces,Milkshake with candy inclusions,Dessert sauce with cookie crumbles,Ice cream with candy pieces,Fruit-flavored yogurt with fruit chunks
- Steps before
- Ingredient preparation,Mixing,Homogenization
- Steps after
- Freezing,Packaging,Quality control
- Input ingredients
- fruit pieces,candy pieces,cookie dough,whole biscuits,nuts,almonds,liquid products,viscous products
- Output ingredients
- ice cream with inclusions,liquid products with inclusions,viscous products with inclusions
- 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
- 2000 to 3500 litres/hour
- Throughput of ingredients
- 10 to 700 litres/hour
- Maximum ingredient size
- 12 mm to 20 mm
- Compact footprint
- 1.1 m²
- Accuracy
- Standard deviation dosing rate of less than 3%
- Compliance
- 3A approved,EHEDG designed
- Working mechanism
- Continuous and accurate injection
- CIP/SIP
- Automatic CIP front cover
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled
- Gentle handling
- Lamination pump system
- Hopper Design
- Hopper grid and lid for safety
- Abrasion resistance
- Yes
- Biological compatibility
- Food-grade
- Cleanability
- CIP compatible
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Stainless steel
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 10–20 mm
- 3A Sanitary Standards
- 3A approved
- EHEDG certification
- Designed according to EHEDG
- Machine Footprint
- 1.1 m²
- Frame Material
- Stainless Steel
- Mobility
- Mounted on Wheels
- Hopper Access
- Backwards Opening Lid
- Hopper Safety
- Safety Grid Included
- Pump Type
- Lamella Pump
- Control panel type
- PLC-controlled
- Mobility
- Mounted on wheels
- Upgradeability
- Upgradeable from 2000 to 3000 model
- Auger options
- Variety of different augers available
- Additional doser integration
- Possible to add auxiliary doser
- Dual hopper option
- Dual hopper for ingredient doser 3000
- Insulated hopper option
- Available for maintaining inclusion shape