New flavours and on-the-go convenience: The growing category of spreadable cheese
New flavours and on-the-go convenience: The growing category of spreadable cheese
WHAT OUR SOLUTIONS DO FOR YOU
Processing flexibility is paramount in such a diverse category, so our technology and expertise support the production of all types of spreadable cheese. Moreover, our solutions are customized to help you switch easily and efficiently between recipes. For optimum productivity, maximum effectiveness and full consumer satisfaction.
1. INNOVATION
Consumer trends – Tea-Time
Consumer trends – Tea-Time
A fresh look at spreadable cheese
2. FUTURE-PROOF PRODUCTION & TRENDS
3. LINE SOLUTIONS & KEY ENABLERS
Best-Practice Line Solutions for Spreadable Cheese
Best-practice Line Solutions
As spreadable and cream cheese is gaining popularity as a healthy and convenient snack, production solutions need to be flexible and efficient to handle a wide variety of recipes. Grow with the help of Tetra Pak's unique expertise.
Download – Best-practice lines for spreadable cheese
Batch Line for Spreadable Processed Cheese
This multifunctional, all-in-one line handles mixing, heating and cooling in a single unit. It is a highly efficient, lean option whose ultra-compact design requires limited floor space. The line flexibly processes cheese blocks, powders and liquid ingredients and possesses heating capability of up to 140°C. The end-products are heat treated and hot filled for chilled distribution with a long shelf life.
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Continuous Line for Classic Cream Cheese
This line produces classic cream cheese from fresh milk. Steps include standardisation of the milk to set the desired fat protein ratio, fermentation of the base and concentration using filtration to ensure a high protein yield. The line handles multiple recipes, full-fat and low-fat varieties, and cold and warm concentration processing. The end-product is hot filled for chilled distribution.
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Continuous Line for Recombined Cream Cheese
This line produces cream cheese from recombined ingredients. It supports high-yield production and allows you to tailor-make recipes approaching the quality of classic cream cheese. The line produces a wide product range – from fermented to directly acidified and low-fat to full-fat varieties. The end-products can be hot filled for chilled distribution or aseptically packaged for long ambient shelf life.
Download – Best-practice lines for spreadable cheese
Continuous Line for Spreadable Processed Cheese
This line produces spreadable processed cheese from recombined ingredients. It supports high-yield production and allows you to tailor-make recipes of consistently high quality. The line produces a wide product range – from fermented to directly acidified and low-fat to high-fat varieties. The end-products can be hot filled for chilled distribution or aseptically packaged for long ambient shelf life.
Download – Best-practice lines for spreadable cheeseLine Solution Key Enabler: Coiled Heat Exchanger
Tetra Pak® Coiled Heat Exchanger
Maximize versatility and efficiency in heat treatment
A new generation coiled tubular heat exchanger designed to provide efficient heating and cooling of low to high viscous and smooth to particulate products.
- Achieve unmatched product versatility
- Secure excellent product quality and particle integrity – with uncompromising food safety
- Maximize production and operational efficiency
Capacity: Product pressure up to 300 bar, media pressure up to 10 bar, media design temperature 165 deg C.
Applications: Ideal for an extensive range of products – from smooth, high viscous sauces and dairy desserts to chunky soups and jams with tasty fruit pieces up to 25 mm in diameter.
Features
• High pressure rating up to 300 bar enables high capacity of high viscous products
• Coiled mono-tube with only one inlet and one outlet connection ensure gentle mechanical treatment
• Floating end through the bottom flange secures high hygiene and easy maintenance
Options
Energy recovery feature that can cut energy consumption by up to 47%; saving up to 2,800 tons of steam, up to 2,600 megawatt hours on utility water and electricity and reduce carbon footprint up to 23% per year
Line Solution Key Enabler: High Shear Mixer
Tetra Pak® High Shear Mixer
Fast and reliable ingredients mixing
A complete mixing solution, the efficient mixing system reduces mixing time and produces homogeneous and lump-free products of superior quality, easily adaptable to a wide variety of ice cream recipes and enables quick and easy product changes.
Capacity: 5,000 – 40,000 l/hr
Applications: Perfect for all kinds of mayonnaise, cold emulsion sauces, dips and dressings.
High Shear Mixer Dedicated to Cold Emulsions
Designed to give you unprecedented flexibility, consistent quality and maximum yield, all at the lowest TCO. Our range of high shear mixers greatly increases the efficiency– saving time and energy and ensuring that costly ingredients are fully utilized. Quality parameters such as appearance, taste and mouthfeel are tightly controlled, so you can precisely replicate an existing product, and produce it at a lower cost.
Features
• Dynamic HS mixing head
Patented technology gives full control over product quality parameters allowing high and low shear mixing in the same process
• Double-shaft agitator
Ensures a homogenous end-product regardless of viscosity
• Unique mixer design
Ingredient introduction 4-5 faster than standard equipment via the main body of the mixing vessel rather than the mixing head.
• Vacuum System
Allows rapid ingredient introduction and product deaeration
Options
- Multi-Stage Head
- Twin-screw pump
- Control of ingredient inlet and product outlet
- Bin lifter
- Pressure Vessel
- Direct steam injection
- Vibrating powder hopper
4. RESOURCES
Main production challenges and how to solve them
Technologies you need for great spreadable cheese
Opportunities ahead for spreadable cheese market
