Purchasing equipment for your food processing facility is an investment — one you hope is being made with a level of expertise and insight into your challenges and needs.
You need this equipment to solve a specific problem, produce a specific outcome, and integrate seamlessly into your operations.
If you are in the meat processing business, you know that cooking and smoking meat is an essential step in producing high-quality products. But when it comes to choosing the right smokehouse, the options can be overwhelming.
One of the biggest decisions in this regard is whether to opt for a single-wide or double-wide oven.
Most larger processors immediately opt for a double-wide oven — double the capacity means you’ll make more product, faster, right?
Not necessarily.
There are other factors to consider, such as the difference in throughput, labor, and yields between a single-wide and double-wide oven.
Often, a double-wide oven is going to slow production and decrease yields.
We’ll explain why that is in this article.
Beef jerky has become a staple product in the American diet.
According to research done by the Simmons National Customer Survey (NHCS) in 2019 and the U.S. Census, approximately 50% of the U.S. population, which is nearly 160 million people, eat meat snacks and beef jerky regularly.
This is mainly due to the taste, texture, convenience, and long shelf life of beef jerky.
One way to ensure your beef jerky is high-quality (taste, texture, long shelf life) and safe is by understanding and achieving the right water activity level.
We explain more below.
Conveyor systems are a big investment that requires regular and ongoing maintenance to ensure they run smoothly for years to come.
Most manufacturers provide instructions to inspect and maintain their conveyors. However, in most food processing facilities, those instructions get stuck in a drawer somewhere and are inaccessible to maintenance personnel.
Vacuum tumblers are an essential tool for many food processors and are used to coat and/or infuse protein products with functional and sensory-enhancing ingredients.
Their ability to achieve this task quickly and efficiently makes vacuum tumblers staple pieces of equipment in most food processing plants. Read more
Fusion Tech welcomes Nick Brown, Smokehouse Technology Manager and Food Scientist to the team.
Nick holds a Masters Degree in Meat Science from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, specializing in processed meats. He has worked as a food scientist in the cooked meats division for some of the world’s largest meat processing companies and learned under some of the best in the industry around thermal processing, product development, manufacturing, process control, and more.
The popularity of producing meat sticks is on the rise.
According to NielsonIQ, processors sold $718M worth of meat sticks in the 52 weeks ending on August 28, 2021 – which was up 3.8% from the previous 52-week time frame.
That trend continues to rise, causing meat processors to consider adding meat sticks to their production lines.
The only problem: many small to medium-sized processors don’t know to effectively and efficiently produce meat snack sticks.
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Fusion Tech, a leading manufacturer of custom engineered food processing equipment and systems located in Roseville, Illinois, made a donation of $10,000 to the Rally for Reid. In addition, donations of $5,000 will be made to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
In 2017, we started a holiday tradition that has been a customer, employee, and community favorite.
Rather than send out Christmas cards that eventually get thrown away, we take the money we would spend on printing and postage, add some to it, and donate that money to a deserving, amazing charity.
Charities are helped. Trees are saved. And lives are changed.
The best part: we let our customers, employees, and local community vote on which charity receives the donation! Read more
Meat band saws are an integral part of any portioning operation.
The ability to work with cuts of meat that are not uniform and hard to automate is why band saws are so popular.
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