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The Need for Speed

Written By: Bjarne Buchert, General Manager, Admix Europe Many food & beverage processors turn to Admix seeking a mixer that is better at handling hard-to-disperse powders. While this is an important goal that Admix equipment is superior at accomplishing, SPEED is also of prime importance to nearly every processor we talk to.  Batching teams are ultra-focused on

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Got Pain?

Tell us… Where does it hurt?  If you answer Yes to any of these questions, then you need pain relief! Does your batch tank have undissolved ingredients in it after it’s been emptied? Does your inline strainer capture unmixed ingredients that should be in your finished product?   Do your application nozzles keep getting clogged?  Is your

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Meat & Poultry Series: Retrofit that old OES

Over the years, brine and marinade ingredients have evolved. Starches, carrageenans, and soy proteins are more common today. They tend to be harder to fully dissolve and increase viscosity levels. When brine and marinade ingredients were typically just made of a water, salt and phosphate mix, original Admix powder induction systems equipped with eductor technology

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Improved Process for Manufacturer of Ice Cream Toppings

Written By: Patrick Lakin, Regional Sales Manager How would your bottom line improve if you could make more batches per day? Or if your batching process were made easier?   What If the quality of your products improved?  Or if your batching process were made safer for your operators?  What if you could do all of

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In-plant audits: a key part of your manufacturing operations

Ask yourself: When is the last time you did any routine maintenance work to your Admix mixers?  Are your mixers beginning to show some age?  Are you continually working on one or more of your mixers?  Depending on your answers to these questions, you should consider having Admix visit your facility to do a complete

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“Clean label” is king!

Today’s health-conscious consumers are driving end products in a big way, and manufacturers are being held accountable to simplify their ingredient lists. As a result, granulated sucrose is making a comeback as it is all natural. Unfortunately the amount of sucrose required in many of today’s products, particularly beverage products, is often high. If your

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Putting the “fun” in functional beverages

From adding vitamins and minerals, proteins, raw fruits and vegetables, or herbs to our drinks, consumers want healthy options and the market for functional beverages continues to grow.  Unfortunately, some of these ingredients are difficult to effectively wet and disperse, and not very FUN to deal with. Guar gum, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, pectin,

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Save money with an mixer rebuild

Your machinery is an asset and keeping it running at peak performance is critical to cost-effective operation. So if you answered “YES” to any of the below questions, keep reading. Is performing preventative maintenance on your equipment something you rarely (or never) do? Do you have a fixed/variable maintenance line item in your budget? Is

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Fastfeed case study: fast, efficient powder induction

The Admix Fastfeed has helped hundreds of processors improve their operations. One such success story came from a beverage manufacturer that wanted to improve their batching processes. The challenge The processor’s protocol required carrying and dumping hundreds of pounds of powders from 50-pound bags. These ingredients were dumped into a conventional “premix” in a tank

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Ready to eliminate foam in your process?

For years, pharmaceutical processors have been using Admix equipment for rapid mixing and to minimize foaming in their formulations.  Two culprits that have been used together are various grades of Methocel® (Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose/HPMC, or Hydroxy Propylcellulose/HPC) and polyvinylpyrrolidone/PVP including the trade names Kollidone®, Povidone® and Plasdone®.  These two powders are used separately or in conjunction

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