Ketchup production line
Optimize your sauce production with advanced equipment designed to ensure consistent blending, precise dosing, and effective pasteurization, catering to diverse recipes from smooth ketchups to chunky salsas.
Processes and Blends Tomato and Vegetable Sauces
The ketchup and vegetable sauce production line equipment from Bertuzzi is engineered to meet the diverse needs of food processing companies, especially those specializing in tomato and vegetable-based products. This equipment stands out with its ability to handle both cold-fill and hot-fill processes, employing integrated blending, dosing, homogenization, and pasteurization technologies. It’s equipped to manufacture a variety of end products, including smooth tomato paste, chunky tomato sauce, and preservative-free ketchup. The line supports high capacity operations through advanced automation, allowing seamless integration into existing production systems with precise PLC-controlled dosing and mixing. Its robust design includes stainless steel construction options, ensuring corrosion resistance and compliance with international hygiene standards. The inclusion of a fully automatic CIP system aids in consistent and thorough cleaning, minimizing downtime and contamination risk. Customization features cater to unique recipe demands, supported by engineering expertise to tailor system components like deaerators and heat exchangers for optimal processing efficiency.
Benefits
- Enhances production flexibility with customizable blending and dosing options.
- Minimizes contamination risks through integrated CIP system for efficient cleaning.
- Increases operational efficiency with high-capacity and automated processing.
- Ensures product consistency with advanced homogenization and pasteurization.
- Reduces maintenance downtime with robust, corrosion-resistant materials.
- Applications
- Ketchup,Fruit purees,Vegetable sauces,Sauces with dices,Tomato products
- End products
- Cold-fill vegetable ketchup,Fruit concentrate base,Preservative-free ketchup,Hot-fill ketchup,Diced tomato sauce,Starchy ketchup,Tomato salsa,Chunky tomato sauce,Spiced vegetable puree,Flavored fruit puree,Smooth tomato paste
- Steps before
- Tomato paste dilution,Process water heating,Sugar dosing and syrup preparation,Salt dosing and brine preparation,Starch,thickeners or preservatives dosing,Aroma,flavours or spices dosing,Vegetables rehydration and pasteurization,Fruit purees dosing,Ingredient loading and dosing
- Steps after
- Pasteurization,Cooling,Filling,Dicing,Cleaning
- Input ingredients
- tomato paste,process water,sugar,salt,starch,thickeners,preservatives,aroma,flavours,spices,vegetable intermediates,fruit intermediates,vegetable pieces,concentrated fruit purees
- Output ingredients
- ketchup,vegetable sauces,ketchup with solids,sauces with dices,tomato dices
- Market info
- Bertuzzi is known for designing and manufacturing industrial equipment for the fruit and vegetable processing industry, specializing in producing machinery for juice and puree production, with a reputation for quality engineering and innovative solutions.
- Automation
- Fully automated
- Batch vs. continuous
- Batch
- Paste Thickness
- Approximately 20 brix
- Mixer Type
- Horizontal mixing tanks
- Homogenization Pressure
- High pressure
- Heating Temperature
- Deaerating temperature
- Filling Temperature
- Cold or hot temperature
- Pasteurization
- Included
- Ingredient Dosing
- Automatic or semiautomatic
- Blending Time
- Shortened batch time
- Capacity
- High capacity plant
- Oxidation Control
- Deaeration
- Particle Size Reduction
- Homogenization
- Shear Mixer Option
- Available for shine glaze effect
- Dicing Machine Size
- 14,16,or 18 mm
- CIP System
- Fully automatic CIP
- Working mechanism
- Batch blending with horizontal mixing tanks
- Integrated steps
- Preparation,blending,deaeration,homogenization,pasteurization
- CIP/SIP
- Centralized and fully automatic CIP
- Automation level
- Fully automated with PLC control
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch processing
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Variable
- Tank shape
- Horizontal
- Discharge method
- Automatic
- Control panel type
- General control panel
- Compact footprint
- Yes,customizable
- Feed method
- Automatic / Manual
- Control panel type
- General control panel with advanced dosing system
- Integration possibilities
- Fully automatized system for flexible and reliable recipes
- Customization of ingredient preparation groups
- Based on available recipes
- Temperature control
- Cold or hot filling temperature
- Dosing system customization
- Automatic or semiautomatic dosing
- Blending system
- Special horizontal mixing tanks
- Ingredient handling options
- Automated dosing and injection systems for solid and liquid ingredients
- Pasteurization group
- Integrated pasteurizer for syrup and ketchup
- Shear mixer option
- Available for shine glaze effect
- High capacity plant automation
- Automatic tomato paste drum unloading system