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