Fresh-Cut and Leafy Green Processing Lines
Lines for lettuce, spinach, rocket and other leafy greens, and broccoli and cauliflower florets: coring, washing, chilled sanitizing, spin drying and packing for a longer shelf life.
- Pallet box dumper and automatic lettuce corer and halver
- Two-stage vortex washing with insect and snail trap
- Chilled sanitizing water system with filtration
- Spin drying, multihead weighing, bagging, checkweighing and metal detection
Line flow
How the line works
Bins are tipped gently by a pallet box dumper into an automatic corer and halver. Halved heads are inspected and trimmed, then sliced; florets bypass the slicer. Product is washed in a two-stage vortex washer with an insect and snail trap, then pumped by an offset-volute food pump through a chilled sanitizing pipeline.
A dewatering feeder delivers product to continuous spin dryers. Dried leaves are weighed by a multihead weigher into pouches with gas flushing, checkweighed and metal detected, then packed for the cold store.
Questions
Which products does this line handle?
Leafy vegetables such as lettuce, rocket, lollo, chicory, cress and spinach, and florets such as broccoli and cauliflower.
How is shelf life extended?
By gentle handling, two-stage washing, immersion in chilled sanitizing water, thorough spin drying and packing with gas flushing, followed by cold storage at 0 to 2 °C.
Can it pack for foodservice?
Yes. Bulk bag-in-bin weighing, filling, gas flushing and sealing can be supplied for central kitchens and catering.
Related: Leafy greens & florets · Leafy green drying line · Packaging
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