Types of Food Processing Equipment

1. Introduction

Food processing equipment encompasses a large variety of different machinery, tools and equipment. It starts with simple knifes (if you are interested in the different types of knifes and their uses, read this blog by the escoffier school of culinary arts.), chopping boards, which should be colour coded for different locations or uses, and ends with fully automated processing lines.

At the beginning of food processing you will often find a grading or washing line to make sure fruits or vegetabls enter the production area in a good state.

It is important to choose professional equipment that matches your processing needs in size, capacity, required strengths or gentleness, speed, etc. to meet your product specifications and to ensure sfae and easy working conditions with as little downtime as possible. In many cases it might be worthwhile to contact a smallscale equipment producer to get good advice before making the wrong purchase. To make the right choice it is also important to know how the different types of equipment work. Some major types of different equipment types will be describes in the following chapters.

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