If that’s not enough, you’re also dealing with further ingredient expenses and product wastage, brought on by additional demand. You’ve little control over your rising ingredient costs, but you can’t always raise your prices as you still need to remain competitive with other producers.

Here are some tips to how you can optimize your production capacity while lowering operational expenses with depositing and decorating machines.

1) Consider using portion-controlling depositors.
A depositor can help manage ingredient costs as it reduces product waste through precision depositing accuracy; and frees up staff for other production activities.

Additional benefits include bypassing the strain of repetitive hand depositing as the machine can handle depositing of any flow-able product whether sauces or batters. Choosing a depositor that’s just right comes down to a number of variables including deposit range, batch sizes, desired production rates, floor space among others.

2) Incorporate transfer pumps.
Not only can a transfer pump remove the danger of lifting heavy bowls, they can also help keep your production flowing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When shopping for a transfer pump, look for one that simulates gentle hand scooping, maintains the integrity of products and is equipped with an optic product sensor to ensure precise hopper levels.

3) Look into fast & easy cake decorating machines.
Squeezing a pastry bag all day, every day creates issues such as muscle fatigue and inconsistency in ingredients and decorating. Today, there is equipment available that can ice a cake in 1.3 seconds, apply top and bottom decorative borders and offer you the flexibility of a compact design for many other decorative options.

Unifiller offers depositors, transfer pumps, filling machines and cake decorating equipment for various budget and production volumes for the food and baking industry. For more information or for easy leasing options, check us out at www.unifiller.com.

Sonia Bal
Unifiller Systems Inc.
604-940-2233
soniab@unifiller.com

According to Jamie Bobyk, a former executive chef, “working with a reputable bakery equipment supplier can help provide you the expert knowledge to the questions you need answered.” When choosing bakery depositors, it’s important to take some key points into consideration:

1. Does the depositor manufacturer understand your needs?
Many bakeries run into the challenge of inconsistent filling weights, which ultimately affects the taste, the look of their products and profits. The right equipment provider will “fine-tune” the depositor for a customer’s ideal recipe configuration.

2. Does the manufacturer provide value-added services prior to a purchase?
The right provider understands that the purchase of a depositor can be a business-critical decision for a bakery — that’s why they offer bakeries the option to test the depositor with “real” products before they buy.

3. Does the equipment require extensive training or setup?
From portioning pie dough, to transferring and depositing fillings, a Unifiller depositor offers so many options. Deposit just the right amount every time.

Stay tuned for more tips for choosing the right depositor.

Sonia Bal
Unifiller Systems Inc.
604-940-2233
soniab@unifiller.com

Delta, BC – Oct 19, 2011 – Unifiller Systems, a food and bakery equipment manufacturer announces the new Mini-Dopositor, a depositor/extruding system. An advanced extruder designed for a wide range of products including chocolate chip cookies, scones, brownies, sugar cookies; and food products such as meatballs and meat patties.

Martin Riis, Product Specialist at Unifiller says, “We’ve seen a need in the marketplace for a machine capable of making standard, gourmet, gluten-free cookies and cookies with inclusions, but one that also fits the budget and space requirements for smaller bakeries trying to grow their business.”

“Quality and consistency, as provided by the Mini-Dopositor, are key drivers to growth, and vital to a bakery’s reputation and its ability to stand out in a highly saturated market.” says Stewart MacPherson, Unifiller’s VP of Sales & Marketing. “We think the Mini-Dopositor truly serves this market – it offers bakers simple installation and the ability to control their ingredient costs through portion control, while helping increase their production levels. Essentially we’ve designed this machine, with FME, to help bakers roll in the dough.”

Riis also highlights a key benefit of using the Mini-Dopositor versus the traditional method of “ice-cream scooping” or “hand-scooping” which is lowering the risk of personal injury like musculoskeletal disorders due to repetitive action.

The Mini-Dopositor produces up to 3600 deposits per hour – just fill the hopper and press the start button. One operator can deposit up to 5 sheet pans per minute. Other benefits include

• Product consistency – no overworking of the dough
• Easy to setup and disassemble for cleaning
• Compact design
• Multiple nozzles and die shapes available
• 3 options – PLC control, manual control and conveyor option

For more information about the Mini-Dopositor extruder go to http://www.unifiller.com/bakery-machines/dopositor.

About Unifiller: Unifiller, a global provider of depositors and cake automation equipment, helps streamline production operations by providing solutions for achieving higher output, greater weight accuracy and better product integrity with an extensive range of single piston depositors, transfer pumps, multiple head units and fully and semi-automated production systems.

Sonia Bal
Unifiller Systems Inc.
604-940-2233

soniab@unifiller.com

Delta, BC – Unifiller Systems is pleased to announce the launch of their new pizza spraying technology, a unique and innovative flocker that lets pizza producers sauce pizzas within seconds.

“We’re excited to unveil our new flocker which will allow pizza producers accurate portion control when saucing their pizza, eventually lowering ingredient costs, speeding production rates and positively impacting the bottom line” said Stewart MacPherson, the VP of Sales & Marketing at Unifiller. “The flocker provides options for hand spraying and automated line spraying for large volume producers. Additionally, the flocker allows for quick and consistent spraying of a variety of sauces, including gluten-free or particulate sauces like pesto.”

Whether you produce fresh or frozen pizza, the flocker is an ideal machine for your production line.

To view our pizza spraying video, click here

Sonia Bal
Unifiller Systems Inc.
604-940-2233
soniab@unifiller.com

One of the great advantages to Section 179 is that equipment that was once financially unfeasible can now be purchased and put into production in 2011 to significantly impact tax savings, labor costs and the overall bottom line. In choosing a machine for the deduction, business owners should consider Unifiller’s Hopper Topper (HT). The HT is a unique product transfer system that is specifically designed for the baking and food industry. It provides an innovative solution to the many challenges faced by small to mid size bakery and food producers today.

1. Challenge: Fluctuating Deposit Weights

Solution: Precise Portion Control – Equipped with an optic product sensor, the HT maintains precise hopper levels which help eliminate fluctuating deposit weights.

2. Challenge: Rising Ingredient Costs

Solution: Reduce Product Waste - By ensuring depositing accuracy and consistency, producers can streamline and control their ingredient costs. Additionally, the HT is gentle on all types of product since the pumps are designed to simulate hand scooping which doesn’t compromise the integrity of your product

3. Challenge: Refilling Your Hoppers

Solution: Efficient Use of Production Time – When used correctly, a HT can keep production running smoothly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This way, teams are focused on other production activities. Additionally the HT is much faster than hand scooping.

4. Challenge: Workplace Injuries

Solution: Ergonomics & Safety – A HT offers ergonomic advantage by completely bypassing the risk of physical strain that come from the heavy lifting of bowls. The standard HT has a unique tilt mechanism that allows for easy changing of mixing bowls without strain. Alternatively, the Powerlift HT allows producers to quickly lower or raise the HT as needed with the flick of a switch.

Other benefits of the hopper topper include:

• Quick assembly and tool free disassembly for easy clean up
• A flow control to adjust pump speed for different types of products
• Optic product sensor that monitors and maintains precise hopper level

Common Applications include:
Batter for cakes, muffins, filling for pies and pastries, icings, frostings & toppings, jams and jellies, creams, custards and mousse.

For more information about Hopper Toppers or to view a video, click here

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Unifiller is a global provider of depositors and cake automation equipment. Unifiller helps streamline production operations by providing solutions for achieving higher output, greater weight accuracy and better product integrity with an extensive range of single piston depositors, transfer pumps, multiple head units and fully and semi-automated production systems.