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Plant-based cheese mixing Equipment

Industrial mixing equipment is used to combine two or more solid, liquid or gaseous segregated ingredients into a homogenous single product. The choice of mixing technology depends largely on the physical state of the ingredients and the desired final product. But the sensitivity of the ingredients, the process temperature, and pressure requirements are also critical factors. All these parameters result in a wide range of industrial mixers.

Mixing

Cheese is the most demanding food in the entire dairy family to emulate using non-animal and dairy free ingredients. The complex physical and taste profiles of animal-derived milk products make plant-based cheese manufacturing challenging to pull off. But the growing appetite for lactose-free and non dairy products is serving alternative platters of cheese.

Plant-based cheese

An extrusion machine pushes or pulls material through a shaped die to form a continuous length of product with a preset cross-section. The extrusion process is used to produce a large number of commercial products which include plastic tubing, plastic sheets, and many food types.


<h2>Kneading, mixing and extruding in one continuous process</h2>
The Extrud-O-Mix from Hosokawa Micron is an efficient extruder that kneads, mixes, and extrudes in one continuous process; as a standalone unit or in combination with other process equipment. Perfect for mixing solids and liquids into very viscous and homogeneous pastes as well as plastic masses, and moreover it has better particle dispersion in comparison to higher pressure systems, is also less expensive to buy and less expensive to operate. The high shear mixer can be used for a variety of applications like mixing base powders with liquids to form uniform pastes, homogenizing filter cakes, blending wet material with powders or liquids, homogenizing powders with liquids into a plastic mass followed by extrusion and pre-feeding of caked masses.
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Continuous extruder for mixing solids and liquids

For products of medium viscosity and relatively consistent particle size such as honey, cremes, and some plastics, a simple, low cost mixing machine is useful to ensure even dispersion.  The most efficient production plants take advantage of such equipment in continuous production processes to minimize required floor space and serve double-duty as mixing and pumping/transfer equipment.
<h2>A basic effective mixing machine with transport pump capabilities and low cost</h2>
The lower-priced ULTRA-TURRAX UTL 1000 machines from IKA are particularly multifunctional and are used for the mixing, dispersing (emulsifying/suspending) and homogenizing of solid and liquid substances up to viscosities of several thousand mPa·s, such as honey, plastic masses and crèmes. The mixing components are fed into the machine at the inlet connection. The materials are mixed, homogenized and then discharged from the machine via the outlet connection. The economic dispersing machine does not have automatic suction, but does have a conveyor height of up to 20 meters.  Units are available with flow rates from 4.800 to 125.000 liters per hour.

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Economic dispersing machine for emulsions and suspensions

For the small and medium food industry, economical use of time, space and human resources is critical whilst still maintaining product quality. This industrial sauce pan may be just the solution for you.


<h2>Cook and mix automatically in programmable bratt pan</h2>
Cucimix by Firex is a truly versatile, compact all-in-one multi-functional industrial sauce maker. Without requiring constant attention from kitchen staff, the electric tilting bratt pan has direct heating and a built-in mixer with full monitoring and electronic control throughout the process. With a 70 liter capacity pan, yet only occupying less than 2 cubic meters of kitchen space, the Cucimix is available in electric and gas versions.

Industrial sauce pan

From laboratory scale to large volume food or cosmetic production, it pays to have all-around equipment that can effectively cut, mix, emulsify, and even heat your products. Whether producing chocolates, processed cheese or beauty creams, a robust system that is flexible enough to handle products from different industries simplifies production steps while increasing overall productivity without compromising quality.


<h2>All-in-one processing system with direct or indirect heating of products</h2>
The Stephan Universal Machine from ProXES is an all-in-one processing system that includes cutting, mixing, emulsifying, and heating functions for food and cosmetics applications. The system is available as a tabletop or floor-mounted unit with frequency-controlled knives and with or without direct steam injection. Direct steam injection allows quick heating of products, like processed cheese, up to 95⁰C or 125⁰C, depending on the model. Various models are available for laboratories, R&amp;D, and industrial scale production with maximum batch sizes of 2.5 liters up to 170 liters. Finished products are discharged through a discharge valve or by tilting the bowl up to 90 degrees for highly viscous products. Various specially shaped tools and high-speed knives ensure quick mixing and cutting of products, making them ideal for most product applications. The system is equipped with either a soft touch keyboard or a touch panel for easy operation with an option of data recording via a USB stick.

Complete cutting, mixing, emulsifying and heating system

Texture and consistency are critical to foods with delicate compositions like dressings and fruit juices. But the base ingredients do not always mix into a homogenous recipe, especially in the case of emulsions such as mayonnaise.


<h3>Disperse the components uniformly into the mix</h3>
The Standard Production Plant (SPP) from IKA is a high-shear mixer for fine foods and beverages, including ketchup, plant-based cheese, and hummus. The system incorporates a two-stage unit that blends the ingredients and, secondly, disperses them homogeneously across the medium.

A rotor-stator solution achieves dispersion with a narrow particle size distribution, ensuring stable emulsions and suspensions with the longest possible shelf-life. Meanwhile, the dispersing chamber produces a vacuum to maintain a constant flow rate regardless of viscosity level.

The SPP is available in batch volumes from 25 to 4,000 liters and is equipped with spray nozzles for quick and easy clean-in-place without additional pumps.

Homogenization and emulsifying system for fine foods

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Caboc? Nope. Crowdie? Nope. Lanark Blue? Nope. Bonchester cheese? Nope. Oh, wait… Did we say Scottish cheese?

We meant the Scottish Sheese!



From the beautiful Isle of Bute in Scotland, <a href="https://www.buteisland.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bute Island Foods</a> was the first company in the UK to produce vegan cheese alternative Sheese in 1988. The company’s first vegan cheese was a cheddar style soya-based cheese alternative.

Made with coconut oil and without hydrogenated fat or palm oil, Sheese products are gluten and lactose-free.

Winning is hard work and determination, and that’s why, with over 30 years of experience, the company received more awards than you can imagine. One of the latest examples was the victory of Smoked German Style as the Best Vegan Cheese 2019.

Over the years, the company increased its range of Sheese blocks, Creamy Sheese, Grated Sheese, and Sheese slices with different formats and flavors.

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#Changemaker: From Scotland, the award-winning vegan cheese that is taking the market by storm

Food

Drying meat was the prevalent method of conserving meat cuts when food could not be chilled. But dried meat products developed into delicacies and remained a culinary mainstay long after the functional need for preservation was answered with refrigeration. The ancient techniques have been replaced by dried meat processing equipment, but the time-honored recipes remain unchanged.

Dried meat

In Greek mythology, the people of ancient Attica chose Athena as their patron after the goddess gifted them the first olive tree ever.

The Athenians quickly discovered the multiple uses of the oily berry. But olives held more secrets yet. After years of research, <a href="https://polyhealth.gr/en/">PolyHealth</a> developed a way to extract molecules from the fruit and turn them into natural preservatives for foods.


<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/effie-lada-8b2099182/">Effie Lada</a> gave us a primer on the company’s ingenious method at the Free From Fair.

The result is a biological substitute for synthetic preservatives, ideal for delicate foods such as cured meats or plant-based spreads.

The flagship product, Medoliva, prevents oxidation and microbial growth without altering the natural flavors of products.

Thank you, PolyHealth, for this ground-breaking innovation. And thank you, Athena, for planting the first olive tree.

#Changemaker: A divine alternative to synthetic preservatives

Edible oils are fats that you can extract from various plants and animal tissues. The most popular sources are olives and sunflowers. You can use them for different cooking techniques, such as frying, baking, and other methods. Manufacturers are now finding ways to extract oils with a higher natural fat content efficiently using edible oil extraction machines.

Edible Oil

Essential oils are known as the liquid gems of nature. The sweet-smelling essences impact not just our senses but also our biochemical and cellular make-up. Besides aromatherapy, the products of an essential oil extraction system found applications in pharmaceuticals and foods.

Essential oil

Our food chain starts in the soil, growing crops and livestock. But between the fields and the stores, there is a line of industrial food processing equipment. Processes may be as minimalistic as cleaning fruit and as complex as homogenizing milk alternatives made from pressed legumes. In each case, processing technology is an important link in the food production chain.

Ancient civilizations discovered that plant extracts were useful for the treatment of pathologies. The origin of plant extraction cannot be specifically verified, but we can infer that the earliest attempts at plant extraction were more intuitive than scientific. Today, the extraction of compounds is a precise process with plant extraction systems complimenting traditional knowledge.

Plant extracts

ProXES machines and process lines are used to produce and process liquid and semi-liquid foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products. ProXES together with its clients co-creates first ideas, develops tailor-made processing concepts and accompanies them until go to market.

New recipes are often created on kitchen counters. This is also true for innovative vegan specialties: They frequently go back to unique recipes developed by a single cook or kitchen team.

But translating a small-scale recipe, developed in a food lab environment, into an industrial product without altering the formula is a challenge. A manufacturing plant introduces a whole set of variables absent in kitchen-counter production.



<strong>Letting the processing experts chew on it</strong>

This is when Jens Thiele and his technology experts at ProXES come in. They help producers chart new processing terrain by designing commercial-scale manufacturing lines that keep the original recipe intact.

In the case of an artisanal producer of vegan cheese, the engineers designed custom solutions for milling the raw material, such as cashews or almonds, into fine particles. This approach gave their customer greater control over the base structure, enabling them to create the exact textures they envisioned.

“We determined the ideal particle size for the customer’s specific product type – down to a minimum of 30-40 microns,” explains Thiele. Anything smaller produces a clumpy mouthfeel, while a coarser grind leaves a gritty sensation.

<strong>Playing with water to define texture</strong>

But food texture is not dictated by particle size alone. Moisture content is another critical factor. Water regulates particle interaction: whether they can hold together and what pressure breaks them off.

Moisture levels, though, vary per material. Distinctions exist even between the same class of ingredients. For instance, caution is advised when producers use a combination of drupes like cashews and almonds for bases. “The oily almond requires different moisture treatment from the dry cashew,” the processing specialist at ProXES points out. “Almonds can be ground into very fine pastes if the nuts are dry enough. Cashews, on the other hand, must be processed with water as they have a lower oil content.”

<strong>Expertise in ingredients and processing</strong>

ProXES combined expert knowledge of food and processing technology, to help the manufacturer grow from lab to industrial scale, co-creating  new categories of plant-based specialties along the way. The vegan cheese producer adapted the manufacturing process to obtain distinct creaminess, stretchability and bite textures.

But the true recipe for success is the delicious synergy between the food companies and the processing experts. It can transform even homemade recipes into a marketable range of plant-based foods.

From the kitchen counter to industrial production: How to master texturing of vegan specialties

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Plant-based cheese mixing Equipment

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Continuous extruder for mixing solids and liquids

Economic dispersing machine for emulsions and suspensions

Industrial sauce pan

Complete cutting, mixing, emulsifying and heating system

Homogenization and emulsifying system for fine foods

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