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Food Seasoning Equipment and Coating Machines

Coating cashews with seasoning using electrostatic technology

Electrostatics Provides a Dramatic Reduction in Seasoning and Powder Usage (15-45% Savings)

These food coating and seasoning machines use electrostatic technology to evenly coat foods with seasoning and flavorings.  Apply powders, flavors, coatings, vitamins, spices, and oils to a wide range of food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural products like seeds.  Design and implement a complete food coating system using custom and specific vibratory feeders, screw feeders, tumbling drums / enrobers, bag filling machines, conveyors, and palletizing systems. All food coating and seasoning machines are manufactured to food grade industry standards.

Benefits:

  • Dramatic reduction in amount of powder necessary for coatings
  • Improved product consistency
  • High energy efficiency with less dust and a cleaner working environment
  • Quick return on investment using a reliable proven technology
Peanut Coating Machine Uses Electrostatics to Add Seasoning
Coating peanuts with seasoning using electrostatic technology
How Coating Foods Using Electrostatics Works

Our method of seasoning application is unique compared to traditional methods because we disperse the seasoning into a cloud, while incorporating the electrostatics into this process. We are able to provide a very uniform application to the food products over a large area because we actually fluidize a cloud of seasonings that is projected into a negatively charged ion field. This allows the particles to become negatively charged while airborne, causing them to be attracted to the food particles and towards the wall of the drum. If this were done without the electrostatic generator, it would result in some amount of the airborne seasoning drifting outside the drum. Airborne seasoning results in a housekeeping challenge and even a safety hazard for the workers.

The secondary advantage to the seasoning particles taking a negative charge is the attraction to the surface of the food particles. The difference in polarity or charge attracts the seasoning to the surface of the food products very quickly. This is similar to the use of electrostatics in the powder coating process of painting metal objects. We apply the seasoning in the last 12" to 18” of the enrobing drum. We find that any further tumbling of the food products will knock off seasoning. The electrostatics get the seasoning to the surface of the food, allowing the binding agent to keep it adhered to the surface of the food. This has proven to reduce the seasoning consumption by 10-30% over traditional methods, while providing an extremely uniform coating on the surface.

Traditional methods of application rely on a gravity drop of seasonings from a scarf feeder or auger feeder. This method applies the seasonings in a very small area in a concentrated amount. It then relies on the product tumbling on the drum to dispense the seasoning to the remaining uncoated surface. However, the more tumbling of the food product, the more seasoning you knock off.

electrostatic seasoning systems vs other powder coating technologies


Cashews coated with dill pickle seasoning
Cashews coated with dill pickle seasoning


Seasoning fresh corn inside a coating drum using an electrostatic wand
Seasoning fresh corn inside a coating drum using an electrostatic wand and feeder


seasoned corn using coating drum and electrostatics
Seasoned fresh corn kernels


evenly coating frozen vegetables with topical seasoning using electrostatics
Frozen vegetables lightly seasoned using electrostatics


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Seasoning potato chips using an electrostatic seasoning system

How to Reduce Seasoning Loss During Snack Food Processing

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seasoning tortilla chips using electrostatics

Seasoning Tortilla Chips and Potato Chips Using Electrostatics

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cashews with dill pickle seasoning

Seasoning and Coating Nuts using Electrostatics

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Powder Coating Cereals with Flavoring Using Electrostatics

Cereal and Snack Food Coatings

Electrostatic technology flavors and coats breakfast cereals such as flakes, granola, oats, and nutty and crunchy cereals. It is also used to flavor snack foods such as pretzels, chips, popcorn, nuts, seeds, puffs, and cookies. The benefits of using electrostatic coatings for these types of food production processes include:

  • Up to 98% coating of all cereals and snacks
  • Less powder usage and reduced input costs
  • Less dust released into the production facility
  • Easy to change product lines
  • Ideal for liquid and powder flavorings and coatings
remove starch powder build up cheese processing line

Cubed and Shredded Cheese Coatings

Electrostatic systems can also be used to almost completely remove the buildup of starch powder in cheese processing lines. It also reduces the amount of powder in the air during the application process. This results in a 100% product coating with less waste.

The two most popular cheese coating systems are designed to atomize dry spices and create an electrostatic charge on the powder as it leaves the vibratory tray feeder, which is angled and pointing toward the cheese products that are being coated. It is typically used to add powder onto grated cheese, as well as to add dry flavorings onto cubed cheese.

add flavoring to pet food dog food biscuits

Pet Food Seasoning

Electrostatic equipment and coating machines are also being used to evenly coat dry pet foods with seasonings and powders. This is being applied to pet foods such as cat food, bacon, dried meats, dog treats, and pelleted feeds. As with the cereal and snack food coating processes, this results in up to 98% coating of all products with less powder usage. It is ideal for powder enhancer applications applied to biscuits, dry pellet foods, and pet chews.



Try before you buy! Product testing is available.

Contact us today to set up a test to see how electrostatic food coating technology can reduce your production costs and increase product consistency.

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Call: (979) 217-1480

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