Metal Detection Solutions Support Superfood Success

The Bury Black Pudding Company manufactures and sells the finest quality black puddings, serving the UK and International food markets. Despite the company’s international success it still maintains a local presence at the market stall in Bury, England where it all began. In 2016, black pudding was named as a ‘superfood’ thanks to its high concentrations of iron, zinc,

Food Solution Food potassium, calcium and magnesium.

Made using a family recipe that dates back over 100 years, the award-winning company vigorously protects its reputation for high quality and consistent taste. As a British Retail Consortium (BRC) “A Star” certified manufacturer selling to major supermarkets, speciality

With no artificial ingredients, preservatives, processed meat, suet or minced fats, Bury Black Pudding products have earned their reputation as a premium quality superfood.

The Bury Black Pudding Company Metal Detection Profile Advantage HDS Pipeline Food Solution Food

An HDS Pipeline system easily integrates with the Handtmann vacuum The HDS Pipeline system is fully stripped down for cleaning in between filler, inspecting pumped black and white pudding products immediately product changeovers. prior to vacuum filling.

retailers and restaurants, it is “As the UK’s market leading HDS Pipeline system chosen for essential that the company’s producer of black puddings in ease of integration equipment also complies with clipped sleeve and traditional, The Bury Black Pudding the very latest global food safety natural skin formats, we are very Company’s first experience standards. keen to ensure the product we with METTLER TOLEDO product send out is of the highest possible inspection equipment was an Metal detection systems quality,” explained Peter Winkler, HDS metal detection system. High are essential Marketing Manager. levels of detection sensitivity and The company is committed to equipment stability combined with producing premium speciality He continued “METTLER TOLEDO ease of use to allow the solution to products using only the finest Safeline metal detectors help us be fully integrated with the existing ingredients. protect our brand, increase our Handtmann vacuum filling machine productivity and maintain high on the production line. It uses metal detection systems to quality standards which are maintain compliance with the latest essential for keeping our BRC “A The HDS system can be fully international food safety standards, Star” standard.” stripped down and is sealed to protect its consumers and maintain IP69K, making it ideal for the harsh it’s brand reputation. METTLER Choosing the right systems for the washdown conditions that it is TOLEDO Safeline metal detectors different production applications subjected to during each product play a key role in the process, ensures that The Bury Black changeover. ensuring all products produced Pudding Company maximizes are free of metal contaminants, productivity and operator efficiency Profile Advantage offers superior safeguarding the welfare of the throughout its facility. performance in challenging consumer and the business. applications An HDS Pipeline system inspects Increasing demand to supply trade clipped black and white pudding customers with traditional black products prior to filling. pudding rings led the company to build a brand new production line A bespoke Profile Advantage specifically for these products. conveyorized system inspects packaged products including large pudding rings and frozen slices where the applications are more challenging. HDS Pipeline System

2 Traditional pudding rings are weighed and packaged in net bags before being inspected by a Profile Advantage metal detection system.

Unlike the smaller vacuum-filled It can detect irregular shaped Meeting Retailer Codes of clipped sleeve products, the metal contaminants up to 50 Practice traditional pudding rings needed to percent smaller in such challenging The Profile Advantage metal be inspected after final packaging. applications, making it an ideal detection system incorporates a The company also had a need to choice for food manufacturers in a large pusher style reject device, inspect frozen products to meet the variety of sector applications. lockable reject bin and customized demands of new export customers. tunnel guards. These, along with Having been impressed with a number of failsafe confirmation Both characteristics - size and the product trials of the Profile sensors, visual indicators and frozen state - can present a Advantage system, The Bury audible alarms ensure the potential challenge for traditional Black Pudding Company ordered company is able to meet the code metal detection technology due to a a bespoke conveyorized system of practice requirements set out by phenomenon called ‘product effect’. incorporating a Profile Advantage the retailers it supplies. metal detector with a Series 80 Product effect occurs when the conveyor. The hygienic, open frame design product’s own characteristics minimizes the potential for dirt inhibit the ability of the product “We are really impressed with traps, and makes cleaning simple inspection equipment to perform the Profile Advantage system,” - essential elements of any Hazard optimally. Products that are wet, praised Richard Morris, Production Analysis and Critical Control point hot, chilled, cooling, or packed Director at The Bury Black Pudding (HACCP) based framework. in metallized film exhibit product Company. “It just works. Product effect, so inspection by a metal changeovers are quick and simple. detector can prove challenging. It’s very reliable and easy to use.”

However, using Multi-Simultaneous Frequency and Product Signal Suppression technology, Profile Advantage is able to overcome product effect.

Profile Advantage S80 metal detection system 3 A range of products produced by The Bury Black Pudding Company for the UK and Peter Winkler, next to trays of Black Pudding International markets. rolls

More than just an assurance of About the Company www.mt.com/md-bbpc product quality The Bury Black Pudding Company In addition to ensuring all products is a rapidly growing, global produced are free of metal brand. In addition to supplying contamination, METTLER TOLEDO all major UK supermarket chains, Safeline metal detection systems the company also exports to also support the company’s aim to France, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, minimize production costs. Switzerland, UAE and New Zealand.

Exceptional reliability and ease of It maintains full traceability of all use ensure maximum production ingredients and all suppliers are line uptime, so the company BRC accredited or higher. can deliver orders on time to its customers. “We are a growing local business and employ many local people. By virtually eliminating false As the only black pudding rejects, METTLER TOLEDO Safeline’s manufacturer based in the town metal detection systems also help we consider ourselves to be the to minimise unnecessary product custodians of this great northern waste and the costs associated delicacy. Our black pudding is a with investigating potential sources very traditional product, one which of contamination. is a part of our town’s heritage, and we take this responsibility very seriously,” commented Managing Director Debbie Pierce.

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