Multi product confectionery capability
Date: 18 April 2007
Depositing provides production flexibility
Baker Perkins has developed new technologies to enable the production of multiple confectionery products on a single line to match a variety of rapidly emerging consumer demands.
As understanding of the links between health and diet grows, research shows that discerning consumers are positioning products against specific consumption occasions involving diet, health and indulgence.
There is considerable potential for confectionery companies with a product portfolio meeting all these distinct sectors.
Multi-component one-shot depositing is the key to production flexibility: it allows rapid changeover times between products, and makes short runs economic.
This technology has the crucial ability to enable chewing or bubble gum, toffee, chocolate, jam or paste, to be surrounded by single- or two-colour striped candies and lollipops.
There is huge scope for colour, flavour and texture diversity.
For the health conscious, products can all be made in sugar-free versions.
Functional products for the health/medicinal sector can include volatile flavours such as eucalyptus and menthol, typically providing a base for nasal congestants and throat soothing confectionery.
Gum centres have positive dental associations, and plant extracts such as guarano are marketed as energy supplements.
For pure indulgence, today’s confectionery can include richer fillings such as fruit or chocolate, in a vast array of exotic flavours.
A decisive factor is the consistent high-quality mouth-feel and attractive appearance of deposited confectionery – crucial for high added-value products.
The ability to rapidly change products with Baker Perkins depositing technology is particularly valuable for limited editions and seasonal variants that add interest and variety in the market place.
Key to this new opportunity is the functionality of the range of Baker Perkins’ ServoForm depositors that bring infinite flexibility in terms of product formats and profiles.
Plant upgrades are also available to produce multi-component candies on existing depositing lines to enable customers to expand their product range.
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