Kuppies Cake From Dr. Oetker

 

Dr . Oetker is  one of the  world leading food manufacturer  with products like  wine , cakes , dessert and pizza  and is present in 50 countries world wide ,

Established in 1891 Dr.Oetker  is German based food  manufacturing giant . It established Indian operation in  year 2007 by taking over Fun Foods Pvt Ltd. Fun Foods has since become market leader in  Mayonnaise, Sauces ,Spreads , Cake mixes , Dessert Toppings  and waffles . It has 

Now  very well established in Indian food market  with products  like 

Mayonnaise

Pizza and  Pasta Sauces

Cakes and waffles 

Peanut Butter 

 Entered  bakery market  with their  brownies cake   in cups  and sliced bars . Major competitor  for Dr.Oetker  are  Britannia , Parle , Cremica , Heinz , Nestle  .

 I can fondly  remember my innings with Fun Foods Pvt Ltd where I worked as Technical Trainee in year  1992  ,looking after production and maintenance  at its  Safdar jung factory   , Delhi  factory . A small  unit with  few mixers and chillers manufacturing yogurts for  various airlines .   Fun foods pvt ltd  have been taken over by Dr.Oetker  a Germany based  food manufacturing giant .

Seasoning Cube Manufacturing

Seasoning ( spices ) in cubes are prevalent in many countries , Seasoning   have distinct advantage of  savings on preparation time  for  household ,Various packaging  options such as   cubes /bars/sachets   makes  consumer  happy  in preparation of  food. Popular in European /Asean/ African  countries .

Popular  taste  available  are

Tomatoes 

Chicken

Spices

Shrimp

Cubes  manufacturing stages  are  mentioned  below 

Pre mixing

Major  ingredients  for  seasoning  are   salt , sugar , starch , maltodextrin ,  veg spices powder , flavourss and colors . All  these items are  transferred  into   storage  silos   through pneumatic  conveying . Roots blower are used as  primary  equipment  for pneumatic  conveying . Other  ingredients are added manually into mixer .  Major  ingredient handling system manufacturer is Guerin system /Tetra Pack 

Mixing 

Mixing times vary from 30min to 45 min as per  recipe .  Horizontal mixers are widely used for large scale production .   Mixers have horizontal arms witth blades .

Maturation  

Seasoning batch  prepared  is then transferred into bucket conveyor s .These have long travelling time to  mature  seasoning  product . Maturation plays important role  for  product to be packed in cubes .  . Average  maturation time varies from 180 mins to 240 mins ,

Cube - Tablet making 

Seaoning powder after  maturation   are fed into  tablet making equipments  where   these powder  are compacted into  cubes  through  pistons . Major tablet making manufacturers are  Ramco Kilian / Bonal 

Packaging - 

High speed cube packing  machines are  used for  seasoning cube packaging . Speed varies from  800 ppm to 1000ppm . Packed into  cartons .

Popular hfw packing machines are   Theegarten-pactec. Senzani 

Cubes are then packed into cartons for  dispatches  to retailers . Other  popular  method of packing spices are  sachets/cartons  

Popular  international player into  seasoning cubes manufacturer are Nestle ,  Patisen