Mozzarella cooker stretcher for continuous production
Experience continuous mozzarella production with steam injection technology, eliminating bath cook water to preserve protein and fat while providing flexibility for ingredient addition, ensuring high-quality cheese outcomes.

Cooks and Stretches Mozzarella Continuously
The GPiCS from the Natec Network is a revolutionary mozzarella cooker and stretcher designed for dairy producers and cheese manufacturers, enabling high-capacity continuous production without utilizing water baths. By employing direct steam injection, it ensures consistent heating and stretching of the curd while retaining essential proteins and fats. With a throughput of up to 6,000 kg/h, this machine significantly minimizes ingredient waste and optimizes product quality. It is ideally suited for producing mozzarella blocks, strings, and pasta filata cheese varieties, as well as cream cheese spreads and vegan alternatives.
The GPiCS offers flexibility through its ability to add ingredients during processing and features a hygienic, fully enclosed system with Clean-In-Place (CIP) capabilities, ensuring product safety and easy maintenance. This unit seamlessly integrates into high-speed continuous operations, utilizing a PLC-controlled system to allow remote monitoring and precise process control. Constructed from materials meeting stringent food industry standards, it guarantees compliance with USDA requirements while supporting customization based on specific operational needs. The GPiCS not only enhances production efficiency but also offers significant energy benefits, reducing overall operating costs for cheese production facilities.
Benefits
- Enhances product consistency and quality by eliminating water bath processes.
- Reduces ingredient waste, retaining up to 3.5% more proteins and fats.
- Maximizes production uptime with fast Clean-In-Place capabilities.
- Offers flexible production with customizable parameters for diverse cheese specifications.
- Minimizes operational costs due to efficient direct steam heating.
- Applications
- Meat products,Soups,Sauces,Mozzarella,Pasta filata,Specialty food,Pet food,Fruits,Plant-based,Processed cheese,Cream cheese,Dressings,Vegetables,Vegan,Baby food
- End products
- Mozzarella cheese blocks,Cheese-based dressings,Pasta filata cheese varieties,Vegan pasta filata alternatives,Cheese-based sauces,Mozzarella cheese strings,Cream cheese spreads,Vegan mozzarella alternatives,Sliced processed cheese,Shredded processed cheese,Cheese-based soups
- Steps before
- Curd Preparation,Ingredient Addition
- Steps after
- Cooling,Packaging,Brining
- Input ingredients
- mozzarella curd,pasta filata curd,steam,ingredients for mozzarella,ingredients for pasta filata
- Output ingredients
- natural mozzarella,pasta filata varieties
- Market info
- Hochland Natec is known for manufacturing innovative engineered-to-order equipment and solutions for the dairy and food processing industry, specializing in cheese production and processing technologies, with a strong reputation for quality and innovation.
- Capacity
- 500 - 6,000 kg/h (1,100 - 13,230 lb/h)
- Run time
- Up to 30 h
- Heating temperature
- Up to 70°C (158°F)
- Cleaning method
- Fully enclosed,CIP able
- Steam injection
- Low pressure direct steam
- Operating cost
- Low,fast ROI
- Protein/Fat wastage
- 0% (vs. 2%-3.5% in older tech)
- Working mechanism
- Direct steam injection
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- CIP principle
- Fast CIP,clean-in-place
- Integrated steps
- Cook,Stretch
- Changeover time
- Fast
- Energy efficiency
- Steam technology
- Run time
- Up to 30 h
- Cleanability
- Hygienic fully enclosed design
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Meets food industry requirements
- Biological compatibility
- USDA approved
- Enclosure Design
- Fully enclosed,hygienic
- Control panel type
- HMI/PLC
- Integration possibilities
- Fully enclosed and CIP compatible
- Add ingredients
- Dry ingredients addition system / Liquid dosing system
- Heating system
- Direct steam injection
- Brine type
- Circulating brine,no bath cook water