Food Mixing Systems

Why is Greaves the right choice for Food & Beverage mixing?

  • 40 years collaborative working with leading F&B manufacturers
  • Laser focus on delivering cost effective solutions to industry specific challenges
  • Innovative approach in applying learning from speciality foods and other demanding sectors – pharma, healthcare , consumer and industrial chemicals
  • R&D support and trial production faciility to thoroughly test alternate mixing technologies.
  • Well established product base and aftercare support

Client Spotlight

Manufacturer of Frozen Ready Meals

Have enjoyed high growth supplying frozen food retailers with ready meals which include…

Aware that the current production setup is not efficient , particularly transferring cooked product from kettle to cooler and onward for packaging.

Now looking to create a more efficient workflow to reduce cycle time and increase capacity for further growth in volume and product range

Client quote:-

We needed to upgrade our production process to create extra capacity within the existing footprint and our current set up was not ideal.

We have known Greaves for 20 years through other projects and believed they would be the best people to help us arrive at the right solution because of their understanding of our processes. They are well respected in food and they have good knowledge of other industries with similar problems.

Overall, Greaves delivered all we expected and more. We now have a much more efficient cooking process with rapidly heating kettles that reduce cooking time. Cooked product is directly transferred to inline coolers that are far quicker and more efficient than our previous vacuum coolers. Cleaning time has been reduced by a new CIP system so the overall process time is ??

Previously we could produce ?? meals a day. Now we have the capability to produce ?? meals a day in the same time.

We improve the manufacture of:-

  • Ready meals
  • Sauces and Dressings
  • Dips
  • Soups
  • Condiments
  • Confectionery
  • Baked goods
  • Distilled spirits and liquers incl. new blends
  • Dairy
  • Pet Foods
  • Gums & Thickeners

And deliver:-

  • Less waste – time, labour, material & energy
  • Improved Health and safety
  • Increased productivity
  • Batch integrity, hygiene and biosecurity
  • Reliability and ease of maintenance hence more uptime
  • Product consistency and shelf life
  • Reduced operator input through system design and automation
  • Compliance with industry standards

By providing:-

  • Food kettles
  • Systems offering rapid heating, cooling and cleaning
  • Automated systems
  • CIP cleaning
  • High shear mixers
  • Rapid cooling systems
  • Flexible batch mixers
  • Pre-mixing “difficult to mix” powders
  • ATEX variants of all equipment

Food & Beverage Mixing FAQ’s

  • Dispersion of low bulk density (fine) powders, e.g. Garlic, pectin, sorbitol, flour, starch
  • Rapid product chilling without loss of moisture
  • Rapid product chilling whilst retaining texture
  • Mixing combustible dusts e.g. flour, sugar
Industrial mixers for :-

  • Ice cream
  • Desserts
  • Chocolate
  • Cheese
  • Oat milk
  • Yoghurt
  • Spreads
Industrial mixers for :-

  • Chocolate
  • Filling mass
  • Gum pre-mixing
Industrial mixers for :-

  • Ice cream
  • Cakes and fillings
  • Sauces and toppings
Industrial mixers for :-

  • Humous
  • Jams
  • Chutneys
  • Sauces
  • Salad dressings
  • Marinades
  • Syrups
  • Low Fat Cooking Spray
  • Ketchups
  • Mayonnaise
Industrial mixers for :-

  • Crumpets
  • Cake mixes
  • Toppings and fillings
  • Biscuits & Crackers
Industrial mixers for :-

  • Ready meals
  • Soup
  • Pate
  • Spreads

Industrial mixers for :-

  • Breakfast cereals
  • Flavoured rice
  • Soup
  • Tea
  • Pet foods
  • Sugar
  • Snack food
Industrial mixers for :-

  • Xanthan gum
  • Pectin
  • Starch
  • Garlic powder
  • Milk powder
  • Sugars and sweeteners
  • Spray Dry Flavourings
  • Sorbitol
  • Thickening agents
  • Oil emulsions
  • Cooking oil spray
  • Mixed vegetables
  • Seafood
  • Edible fats and oils
  • Flavourings
  • Guar gum
  • Oats
  • Diced fruits
  • Colourings
  • Spices and seasoning
Industrial mixers for :-

  • Oat milk
  • Non-dairy milk alternatives
  • Carbonated drinks
  • Smoothies
  • Slush
Industrial mixers for :-

  • Irish cream
  • Flavoured Gin
  • Whiskey
  • Cider
  • Beers