Plant-Based Milk Equipment

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Plant-based milk
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With the right processing machines, almonds, cashews, pine nuts, hemp, coconut, oat and soy can be processed into healthy plant-based milk. To produce it, grind the raw materials, screen, soak and mix them till you obtain a milky white liquid.

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High-speed shrink wrap packers

High-speed shrink wrap packers

Keeping your products safely contained while boosting your marketing requires solutions that a…

Combined wraparound and shrink-wrap packer

Combined wraparound and shrink-wrap packer

With a combined system you can help free up valuable real-estate, optimize your …

Laser guided vehicles

Laser guided vehicles

Loading your products safely and efficiently is essential when you need to keep your stock moving and co…

End of line system for bottling plants

End of line system for bottling plants

As your businesses grow and you’re looking to reduce costs, a highly flexible, end o…

Level and flow meter fillers for beverages

Level and flow meter fillers for beverages

Whether your beverage is best filled with a level filler, a flow meter or with a…

Robot palletizer for liquid containers

Robot palletizer for liquid containers

With ever shorter product life-cycles, varying packing sizes, batch manufacturing and…

Empty bottle height sorting system

Empty bottle height sorting system

An empty bottle sorting system that uses the light barrier technology. It detects bottles…

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Empty bottle shape, colour and size sorting system

Empty bottle shape, colour and size sorting system

Accurate bottle sorting system that differentiates between the bottles …

Versatile bottle sorting system

Versatile bottle sorting system

Quality bottle sorting machine and inspection system which can be put to use not only after y…

High-end empty bottle inspection system

High-end empty bottle inspection system

If you are looking for a system with empty bottle inspection; base, residual liquid,…

High-frequency fill level controller

High-frequency fill level controller

In terms of high-frequency technology, the fill level detection is considered a standar…

Optical fill level controller

Optical fill level controller

Accurate fill level inspection for transparent, opaque and foaming liquids, that makes sure the…

X-ray fill level controller

X-ray fill level controller

For containers that are difficult to see through, such as cans or cartons lined with aluminium, a…

High-precision X-ray fill level controller

High-precision X-ray fill level controller

High-speed, high precision X-ray system to inspect containers that are difficult…

Nut and cheese grater

Nut and cheese grater

Smearing, clumping and crumbling are common problems when cheese and other soft textured foodstuffs are …

High-speed unscrambler for large bottles

High-speed unscrambler for large bottles

Large volume plastic bottling plants need high-speed unscramblers suitable for larg…

High-speed unscrambler for small bottles

High-speed unscrambler for small bottles

Large-scale production of smaller volume bottled product needs a gentle, accurate y…

Flowmeter filler

Flowmeter filler

For larger production runs of food, non-food and cosmetics industries, where accuracy and volume of filling is…

In-line monoblock linear filler & capper

In-line monoblock linear filler & capper

In many food, chemicals and cosmetic industry processes it is vital to have a …

High pressure pilot homogenizer

High pressure pilot homogenizer

Biotech and pharmaceutical development programs often require a mixing method that achieves b…

High pressure industrial homogenizer

High pressure industrial homogenizer

For any industrial pharmaceutical process that relies on high pressure homogenization i…

High pressure electric laboratory homogenizer

High pressure electric laboratory homogenizer

It’s vital that small units for experimentation can scale up with 100% accur…

Pilot high pressure homogenizer

Pilot high pressure homogenizer

For maximum value, a high-pressure homogenizer that’s suitable for both laboratory and pilot…

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Vibrating sieve for liquid solid separation

Vibrating sieve for liquid solid separation

Many industrial processes require the efficient separation of solids from a slu…

Air knife dryer for bottles

Air knife dryer for bottles

When filling glass bottles during beverage production, the cleaning and filling processes often l…

Shell and tube heat exchanger

Shell and tube heat exchanger

Heating, cooling and tempering are important processes in the production of many products acros…

Beer pasteurizer

Beer pasteurizer

Contamination and cross-infection by microorganisms is a major risk in the production of foods and beverages. …

Small scale linear sieve for nuts

Small scale linear sieve for nuts

Removing dust and grading grains is an important part of producing a high quality chopped …

Metal detector for bottles

Metal detector for bottles

For metal contamination detection in finished products that are bottled, traditional solutions req…

Tunnel pasteurizer for beverage

Tunnel pasteurizer for beverage

In the beverage industry, beverages need to be pasteurized in order to destroy pathogens, and…

Flash pasteurizer for beer

Flash pasteurizer for beer

The food and beverage industry are faced with constant challenges. Contamination and cross infecti…

CIP system for beverage

CIP system for beverage

Clean-in-place operations are a mandatory part of food and beverage processing which cannot fail. Howe…

Craft Beer Pasteurizer

Craft Beer Pasteurizer

Pasteurization of craft beers in breweries is very important to ensure the maintenance of taste and ext…

Air knife system for bottling lines

Air knife system for bottling lines

Wet containers are unacceptable and can be problematic in the food and beverage industry…

Industrial bottle sterilizer

Industrial bottle sterilizer

Sterilization is an important process in the beverage industry to kill microorganisms. It is imp…

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Using alternative milk processing machines

Plant-based milk is nutritional as well as being rich in both flavour and texture. The search for healthy dairy free milk is increasing in the US and other countries, as it is lower in calories and saturated fat than cow milk. Plant based milk in US is expected to reach $21.52 billion in 2024, and it is growing at an annual growth rate of 10.18%.

You can create pure dairy-free milk, or you could blend it with dairy products such as cow milk. If you want it pure, grind the nuts, starch or legumes and water in a colloid mill, then filter the milk with a mesh sieve. Lastly, use a sterilizer to remove bacteria from the milk and fill it into bottles. For the blended version, mix cow milk with the nuts before grinding.

Emulsifiers like sunflower lecithin help the milk to stay well dispersed, giving the milk a consistent texture. A peeling machine helps you to separate the nut kernels from the skin, while a milk maker crushes the nut to extract the milk. This apples to all different types of nuts such as almonds, cashews, pine nuts and hazelnuts.

The importance of sterilizing plant-based milk

Sterilization is essential in plant milk production because it kills the microorganisms that are present in the milk. So when you package the product, it can stay for up to 6 months on the shelves.

There are some precautionary actions you need to take to sterilize the plant-based milk. If your product is made from nuts, you first need to ensure that you are not using rancid or contaminated nuts. Always use fresh nuts. To keep the nuts fresh for up to 3 months, store them in airtight containers.

Secondly, you need to ensure that the nuts are washed with filtered water before grinding. Next, sterilize the milk by heating it in sealed containers continuously at 115° C for at least 15 minutes.

Effect of plant-based milk production on the environment

In the last 5 years, the production and sales of almond milk have grown 250% to more than $894.6 million. This means that these types of milk have become a popular choice for both vegans and those that want to reduce carb intake. Milk alternatives from plants, such as soy milk, are nutritious, low in calories and don’t raise blood sugar. Commercial production is contributing a lot of people choose a healthier lifestyle.

The only downside of plant-based milk production is that it is taking a toll on the environment. It takes 16 gallons of water just to produce 16 almonds, making almonds a water-intensive crop. Micro irrigation is now used as an alternative to reduce the amount of water used for almond production. Additionally, the pesticides used for the commercial production of almonds contaminates the limited water sources and toxifies drinking water for people in farming communities.

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