Ingredient doser for ice cream with large inclusions
Achieve precise and uniform inclusion of fruits, nuts, and candies into your ice cream products with a system that ensures gentle handling and maintains ingredient integrity throughout high-speed operations.

Precisely Doses and Integrates Ingredients into Ice Cream
The Tetra Pak® Ingredient Doser 4000 A2 is expertly designed for ice cream and liquid product applications, providing precise dosing and integration of ingredients like fruit pieces, nuts, and cookie dough. With a capacity handling up to 10,000 liters per hour, this doser utilizes a loss-in-weight control system and optimized auger selection to ensure accurate and repeatable ingredient distribution, achieving a dosing deviation of less than 3%. Its compact footprint facilitates easy integration into existing production lines, while the lamella pump ensures gentle handling, maintaining the integrity of inclusions. Ideal for continuous high-speed operations, it features a turnable operator panel and a choice of augers to suit varying product types. CIP capabilities ensure quick and thorough cleaning with minimal downtime, optimizing efficiency and production continuity. Suitable for dairy producers, ice cream manufacturers, food processing companies, and beverage operations, it supports seamless operation and integration with downstream equipment to minimize operator intervention and reduce waste.
Benefits
- Ensures precise ingredient distribution, minimizing ingredient wastage and costs.
- Maintains high product quality with gentle handling of inclusions.
- Enhances production efficiency with compact design for easy line integration.
- Minimizes operational intervention with automated system communication.
- Reduces cleaning time and contamination risk with CIP capabilities.
- Applications
- Whole biscuits,Fruit pieces,Candy,Viscous products,Liquid products,Nuts,Ice cream,Cookie dough
- End products
- Strawberry ice cream with real fruit chunks,Biscuit ice cream sandwiches,Vanilla ice cream with caramel swirls,Choco chip ice cream,Chocolate ice cream with fudge pieces,Pistachio ice cream with nuts,Cookie dough ice cream,Ice cream with candy inclusions
- Steps before
- Ingredient preparation,Mixing,Cooling
- Steps after
- Freezing,Packing
- Input ingredients
- fruit pieces,nuts,candy,cookie dough,whole biscuits,liquid products,viscous products
- Output ingredients
- ice cream mix with added ingredients,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
- 100 to 1200 l/hr (throughput of ingredients)
- Product flow
- Up to 10,000 l/hr
- Accuracy
- Standard deviation of less than 3%
- Dosing method
- Continuous and accurate injection
- Footprint
- 0.9 m²
- Automation
- Loss-in-weight control system
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- CIP/SIP
- CIP capabilities
- Energy efficiency
- Low energy consumption
- Changeover time
- Fast changeover
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Loss-in-weight control system
- Accurate dosing
- Gentle product handling
- Yes
- Patented hopper design
- Minimizes clumps
- Abrasion resistance
- High
- Biological compatibility
- Yes
- Cleanability
- Easy CIP/SIP
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Moderate
- Density/particle size
- Suitable for viscous products
- Viscosity
- Liquid / Viscous
- Inclusion type
- Fruit pieces,nuts,candy,cookie dough,biscuits
- Heat sensitivity
- Yes
- Machine footprint
- 0.9 m²
- Compact design
- Maximizes space efficiency
- Hopper lid
- Flips up from right to left
- Turnable operator panel
- Swivel base for adjustable viewing
- Control panel type
- Turnable operator panel
- Integration capabilities
- Line integration with communication package
- Auger selection
- Variety of augers available
- Hopper design
- Patented hopper design for gentle handling
- Options for inclusion size
- Ventilated lamellas for large inclusions
- Safety feature
- Magnetic grill for food safety
- Hopper insulation
- Insulated hopper
- Footprint
- Compact design,0.9 m2