Spice making equipment
The word spice refers to any dried part of a plant other than the leaves, and is used for seasoning and food coloring. Spices are made from dried barks, roots, berries and twigs, while green leafy parts of plants are considered herbs. Well known examples include cinnamon, chilies, star anise, ginger, turmeric or pepper as well as pre-mixed blends such as Masala, Five-Spice Powder or Old Bay.
What spices equipment do you need?
Pillow bag vertical packing machine
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Flexible chocolate tablet wrapping machine
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Freeze drying system for berries
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Vacuum belt dryer for instant drinks
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Vacuum cabinet dryer for functional foods
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Milling and drying machine for fine powders
When you need to produce ultra-fine powders, the milling and drying process em...
Flash drying grinder for powders
Drying and grinding can be an important feature when trying to process products such as raw...
Metal detector for spices
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Infrared rotating drum dryer
Traditional drying methods are often slow and can actively damage ingredients, reducing the fin...
Grinder for spices and coffee
Gentle grinding of coffee down to all grades from coarse to fine requires high precision proce...
Entry level HFFS Machine for flat sachets
Traditional horizontal form fill and seal sachet machines for lower volume lines...
High-Speed Pouch Packaging Machine
For large scale production of powders and liquids in a wide range of industry sectors, a...
Medicinal plant extraction machine
Traditional methods for extracting active compounds from medicinal plants or herbs use h...
Blow off system for containers
Packaging powders into plastic or glass containers often leaves a residue that needs to be re...
Continuous vacuum belt dryer
For gently drying liquid concentrates into granulates or powders, a vacuum drying solution is t...
Evaporation plant for the recovery of extracts
Bespoke evaporation plants using the latest plate evaporation technology ca...
Extraction plant for natural ingredients
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Pilot evaporation plant for the recovery of extracts
For development of concentrates of extracts based on water or ethano...
Pilot extraction plant for natural ingredients
Before purchasing a full-scale extraction plant you need to exactly determi...
Continuous belt freeze dryer
Freeze drying is the most gentle and aroma protective method of drying, widely used in the coff...
Infrared rotating drum steriliser
Sterilisation of foodstuffs is vital to maintain uncompromising standards of hygiene and ...
Compact shrink sleeve applicator
Adding tamper prevention to product packaging can be expensive and difficult to set up. Thi...
Shop coffee bean grinder
Do you want to grind your beans on-site at your coffee shop, but are you limited for space? Bench-to...
Destoner for coffee beans
When you are roasting and grinding your own coffee beans, destoning is an essential step to gain f...
Hammer mill for coffee beans
Being able to obtain an on-point grinding is easily achievable with these hammer mills, from co...
Stone mill for coffee beans
Traditional milling of coffee beans or seeds, with a stationary bedstone and a turning runner st...
Small batch filter press for oil seeds
Getting a high-quality oil filtration can be a challenging task, with a filtration ...
Nut roaster
Nut roaster that guarantees a high-quality roasting of nuts and seeds with a batching capacity of 40 and 120 kg, d...
Cold oil press for seeds
With a cold oil press, you can optimize the process of extracting oil from a wide variety of oil see...
Basic mixer for granular foods
Straightforward blending solution for mixtures of beans, nuts, berries & powdered foods, ...
Laboratory zigzag classifier
An up-stream classifier that separates different compounds with any precision of cut in the ran...
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What are you making?
When producing spices for export compliance with various legal requirements on food safety, hygiene, traceability and control are essential. Due to continuing problems with high levels of pesticides, aflatoxins and food additives, as well as salmonella contamination, it is likely that controls will become stricter in the future.
Production processes involved in making spices
Gentle drying or dehydration methods, like infrared drying or microwave vacuum drying, are used to reduce moisture content and ensure shelf life, while maintaining aromas, volatile oils, and colour. Classification, cutting, and grinding processes are challenged by temperature changes, wear and explosion risks. Cryogenic grinding techniques with nitrogen or conditioned air, help to minimize loss of essential oils while grinding at sub zero temperatures. Spice mixes and blends require gentle mixing and homogenization to create dust-free, uniform, free flowing batches but also blend up liquids such as oils, fat and other extracts.
Producing Cinnamon
Cinnamon is the dried inner bark of the tree species from the genus Cinnamomum, and is known for its brown colour and sweet aroma and flavour. Shoots are first scraped with a semicircular blade and then rubbed with a brass rod to loosen the bark, which is split with a knife and peeled. The peels are telescoped one into another, forming a quill. After this, they are left to dry naturally for 4-5 days. However, true cinnamon thrives in a warm, wet climate thus it is necessary to use a mechanical dryer to complete the drying process.
Sterilization of Peppercorns
Peppercorns are the unripe fruit of the piper nigrum plant. Collected fruits are immersed in boiling water for about 10 minutes, which causes them to turn dark brown or black in an hour. The softened outer coating is then removed by washing and rubbing or trampling. The whole peppercorns, when ground, yield black pepper. To reduce microbial load on peppers, such as TPC, E.coli, salmonella, yeast, mold, Infrared drying technology can be used for sterilization while avoiding overheating and loss of essential oils.
Filling, dosing and spice packaging technology
Powder characteristics such as particle density, flowability, dustiness and segregation tendency will determine the type of dosing and filling systems suitable for your product. Uniformity of a final blend or mixture is needed to guarantee the ingredient ratio. Whether you would like to pack your spices into small stick-packs, stand up pouches, containers or jars, it’s important to find a solution that matches your production process and scale. Apart from different form fill and sealing or bagging solutions, our partners also have interesting solutions for quality control, labeling and transport.
Spice making equipment in action
Sterilization and drying of chili peppers
Steam sterilizer for spices and food explained
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