Wire Belt Company of America INGREDIENTS, EQUIPMENT Compact Grid is a new belt engineered specifically to han- AND SUPPLIES dle smaller, more delicate prod- ucts such as snack foods, while providing a lighter weight, open-mesh belt design. It has Bradman Lake Inc. Compact Grid 70 percent open area for opti- The Bradman Lake mum cleanability and is ideal for high-speed cooling and Racetrack Cartoner is drying operations. Stainless steel construction. an automated system for Tel: +1 (603) 644 2500 www.wirebelt.com flow-wrapping, collating and packing confec- Aasted-Mikroverk ApS tionery bars into end- ChocoAssort, a direct load cartons. The Race- placing method that track Cartoner collates combines a Frozen- product, then erects, Cone cold-pressing loads and seals endload Racetrack Cartoner platform with a robot cartons at speeds of 260 bars per minute, with an option system, is a complete to increase to 310 ppm. The integrated installation packs concept from Aasted- single pieces or multiple counts of 6, 8 and 12. It can be Mikroverk for mould- used to pack cereal and health bars. ing differently colored ChocoAssort Production System Tel: +1 (704) 588 3301 www.bradmanlake.com and shaped articles in the same pressing operation and subsequently transferring them in the same order direct- Tate & Lyle PLC ly into the boxes. Traditional handling and intermediate Meritab is a new direct compressible dextrose designed storage are eliminated. This method minimizes the risk for use in confectionery products, including candy of blooming, reduces production and cleanup time, and tablets, mints and energy tablets, and pharmaceutical makes zero wastage possible. and nutraceutical applications such as vitamin-enriched Tel: +45 4434 8000 www.aasted-mikroverk.com tablets. Meritab allows tablet manufacturers to stop using wet granulation processes, thus offering a cost-effective Baker Perkins and simplified production process. Its improved mixing Baker Perkins has added properties allow easy, uniform blending with colors, fla- two dual-function sys- vors or other ingredients. It has a clean, cooling taste. tems to its range of Ser- Tate & Lyle has also recently introduced two improved voForm confectionery sieved dextrose grades, Meritose 220 (medium) and depositing equipment. Meritose 300 (coarse). Sieved dextrose is easy to handle The Duo Cooking and performs well in many applications. It tends not to and Depositing System lump and has reduced dusting, better dispersion and less produces hard candies demixing. Applications include confectionery, fondants, and lollipops on a single ServoForm Dual Depositing System tableting, bakery mixes and sports drinks. line. It features a single Tel: +44 (20) 7977 6143 6217 www.tateandlyle.com Microfilm cooker, rapid interchangeability and an auto- mated stick-feeding unit for lollipops. The Universal Depositor provides hard candy and tof- Annual AACT Technical Seminar fee flexibility. Two sets of moulds are supplied, aluminum September 18–20, 2006 moulds for hard candy and flexible rubber moulds for tof- fee. The same depositing head is used for both, with Lincolnshire, Illinois, USA quick-release mould fittings for simple changeover. American Association of Candy Technologists Tel: +44 (1733) 283 000 www.aactcandy.org www.bakerperkinsgroup.com/confectionery

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