Breakfast cereal manufacturing equipment

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Cereals are also defined as breakfast food made from roasted grain and typically eaten with milk or yogurt. Cereal grain is a small, hard, and dry seed, which mainly harvests for human or animal consumption, like wheat, maize, or rye. Processed from the edible components of the grains, breakfast cereals contain rich nutrients and usually serve as the main course during breakfast meals. Different cereal manufacturing equipment allow various options to appear on the market, ranging from cereals, granola, and muesli. Granola and muesli can be converted into cereal bars. The healthy, on-the-go snack bar shows a growing trend due to its nutrient content and convenience.

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Kiln and cooler for oats and fatty cereals

Kiln and cooler for oats and fatty cereals

Grains such as oats and parboiled rice have a high fat content and must be stabi…

Entry-level cereal bar making machine

Entry-level cereal bar making machine

Cereal and grain bars are increasingly popular, both as snack foods and as functional …

Entry level cooker for cereal bar production

Entry level cooker for cereal bar production

The creation of high-quality, flavourful crunch bars, brittles and similar pro…

Entry level cereal bar cutting table

Entry level cereal bar cutting table

The small-scale manual production of crunchy cereal bars, brittles, and similar product…

Pilot extruder for cereals and snacks

Pilot extruder for cereals and snacks

Small batches of product using high value ingredients are not economical or practical …

Benchtop extruder for cereals and snacks

Benchtop extruder for cereals and snacks

Extruded products are very popular in the breakfast cereal and snack sectors. It is…

Laboratory scale cereal cooker

Laboratory scale cereal cooker

When developing new breakfast cereal products it is expensive and time-consuming to take your …

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Colour-change system for extruded cereals

Colour-change system for extruded cereals

The traditional approach to multi-coloured extruded breakfast cereal and snack pr…

Pre-conditioner for breakfast cereals

Pre-conditioner for breakfast cereals

Extruded breakfast cereal products are a popular and lucrative product class. In cases…

Extruder for large-scale production of breakfast cereals

Extruder for large-scale production of breakfast cereals

Shaped and filled extruded breakfast and snack products are extre…

Fully-automated syrup cooker, mixer and coater for cereals

Fully-automated syrup cooker, mixer and coater for cereals

Coating cereal products adds variety, interest and value to br…

Consistent cereals toaster and dryer

Consistent cereals toaster and dryer

In order to produce the very highest quality flaked cereal, shredded grain or hot air e…

Cooked cereals shredder

Cooked cereals shredder

By shredding cooked cereals, innovative breakfast and snack products can be created, including single-…

Batch cooker of cereal foods

Batch cooker of cereal foods

Controlled steam cooking of whole or milled grain products is the best way to ensure best textur…

Entry-level automatic cereal bar machine

Entry-level automatic cereal bar machine

Start up your manufacturing of cereal bars or produce smaller batches to test and t…

Top load Case Packer For Food Products

Top load Case Packer For Food Products

If you want to pack your food cartons, doy packs and pouches into regular cases, a sm…

Intelligent Continuous Food Cartoner

Intelligent Continuous Food Cartoner

Fully automated robotic packing solutions enable larger-scale food producers to pack al…

Fluidized bed drier/cooler for grains

Fluidized bed drier/cooler for grains

Processed grains absorb moisture throughout the production line. Lowering that water c…

Color sorting machine for grains

Color sorting machine for grains

Detecting impurities in processed grain becomes more challenging as the output increases. Be…

Pillow bag vertical packing machine

Pillow bag vertical packing machine

When packaging products such as seeds, cereal, snacks, candies, nuts, tea, dried fruits …

Continuous vertical cartoner

Continuous vertical cartoner

When producing cereals, it is paramount to stay on top of market trends. New packaging forms can…

Recirculating batch dryer

Recirculating batch dryer

Drying can be the most energy and time-consuming process in the food industry. This can have an eff…

Breaker for baked granola sheets

Breaker for baked granola sheets

Once baked in large sheets, granola needs to be processed into a final product. For premium …

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Consistent processor of corn, bran and multigrain

Consistent processor of corn, bran and multigrain

The production of high quality flaked breakfast cereal requires accurate…

Mpac Alisio casepacker for food

Side Load Case Packer For Packaged Food

Accuracy is a primary concern for case-packing pre-packaged foods such as milk or pr…

mixer for tea blending

Gentle mixer for tea blending

The blending process is critical to the flavor quality of tea. But the physical impact of the m…

Flaking roller mill for oats

Flaking roller mill for oats

Consistent flake size is one of the main contributors to processed oat quality. But producing a …

Drum groat cutter for baby oats

Drum groat cutter for baby oats

Used as food thickeners and toppings, baby oat flakes must adhere to a consistent size. But c…

Table separator for grains

Table separator for grains

Imprecise sorting of oats and other grains brings down the yield. To avoid wastage, hulled and unh…

Gentle polisher for oats

Gentle polisher for oats

The fine fluff covering oat grains complicates the cleaning of processing equipment. The hair-like fi…

Impact huller for oats

Impact huller for oats

Hulling technology risks breaking oat grains if the system is not adjustable to fragile materials. Aggr…

Gentle de-awner for grains

Gentle de-awner for grains

Husking is a fundamental step in grain processing, but it lowers the yield if it’s not carefully …

Capping machine for plastic lid oatmeal tins     

Capping machine for plastic lid oatmeal tins     

Some products ask for a plastic reusable lid after the can has been seam…

Can filling equipment

Can filling equipment

Having separate equipment for different process steps like filling and closing, can put a brake on growi…

Seaming machine for infant formula cans

Seaming machine for infant formula cans

Packaging of food products, but especially those for babies, like infant formula, is…

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Breakfast cereal is one of the most popular meals to eat in the morning around the world. Cereals go through a vast production line. They are usually processed from raw materials such as cereal corn, oats, wheat, and rice. After harvesting, the grains will be crushed to remove the outer layer or ground into flour. To prepare the grains ready to be shaped, they are sent into a rotating pressure cooker and a drying oven. When the grains are grounded into flour, they’ll then be cooked in a cooking extruder, which mixes the flour with other ingredients such as water, vitamins, or flavorings.


After stabilizing the moisture content of the grains, they can be further processed into desired forms ranging from flaked, puffed, shredded, or other special forms of cereals. Granolas and mueslis involve mixing grains with nuts or fruits and cooking them on a conveyor belt through an oven.


Different types of breakfast cereals

Cereals can be made in various forms and shapes through extruders and pellets. Gone are the days when there were only breakfast cornflakes. Nowadays, there are so many different varieties of breakfast cereals. Special forms of cereals, such as circles or shapes of alphabets, can also be achieved by adding a die to the end of the extruder to form a ribbon which will later be cut.

Granolas are processed by baking the grains until crispy, coating them with honey, and sometimes mixed with dried fruits or chocolate chips. On the other hand, muesli keeps the most nutrients since the grains are directly flattened and mixed with dried fruits or other ingredients.

Producing cereal bars and snacks - way more than cornflakes!

In the healthy snacking sector, cereal bars and cereal-based snacks play a large part in the demand for healthier eating due to the nutrient content and convenience factor. To process cereal mix to cereal bars, accurate feeding of major ingredients and molding are quite essential.

First, the cereal mix should be mixed evenly with the binder, which is usually agglutinate syrups. After the mixture is laminated and dried, it can be cut into a bar shape and fed into a flow wrapper for packaging.

Packing your cereal products


While some cereals, such as shredded wheat, are pretty resistant to moisture and stored directly in cardboard boxes, some cereal products need to be placed in an airtight and waterproof bag to protect them from being damaged. Resealable, flexible, and stand-up pouches have shown a growing trend in cereal packaging. At the same time, as the off-to-go snack bar has become more popular, single-serve packing also shows its potential.


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