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Food Processing
Our food processing systems cover everything from pilot scale applications to large commercial systems.
Exclusivity
VR Food Equipment, Inc., is the exclusive North American distributor for Bertocchi and we are the United States Distributor for the Alfa Laval Aseptic & Non-Aseptic Filling Equipment.
Expertise
VR Food Equipment, Inc., offers an experienced mobile team for installation, startup, and on-site service. The company is capable of creating custom processes to meet its customer’s specialized needs.
VR Food Equipment, Inc., Sells New And Reconditioned Equipment To The Food Processing Industry.
We Specialize In:
Extraction
The Bertocchi EOS TT is a Tube-in-Tube Enzymatic Deactivation System that is designed for production of High Quality puree for all your fruits & vegetables.
Aseptic Filling
Alfa Laval Astepo HS-LA linear bag-in-box filler is suitable for high acid (pH <4.5) and low acid products (pH >4.5), such as juices, beverages, concentrated juices, purees, and dairy products like soft ice mix and flavored UHT milk
Non-Aseptic Filling
Alfa Laval Astepo Grande non-aseptic bag-in-box filling systems are in widespread use all over the world for filling bags with liquids such as wine, water and other shelf-stable products, dense sauces such as mayonnaise and tomato ketchup, post-mix products, syrups and vegetable oils.
There are also special versions available for production set-ups with particular hygiene standard requirements, and particular flexibility needs.
There are also special versions available for production set-ups with particular hygiene standard requirements, and particular flexibility needs.
Sterilization
The aseptic heat exchangers with filling machine are available in different types of configurations, depending on the characteristic of the product to be processed.
The Tube-in-Tube Sterilizer (LP) constitutes the core of fully integrated processing lines. The Tube-in-Tube Sterilizer Line (LP) is mainly composed of a Tube-in-Tube Heat Exchanger section, aholding section (sterilizing) and a cooling section that is connected to a filler machine.
Peeling
The PDS/R has the ability to automatically feed and align the apples, peel, core as well as the cut in various style such as wedges, slices with seed cell cleaning, rings and chunks. The process itself can also be interrupted to the simple coring leaving the apple whole.
Capping Solutions
The automaic capping machine is suitable to close under vacuum, by steam injection, in the head space, glass containers usingT.O. (Twist Off) metal caps and P.T. (Press-on Twist -Off) type. With specific devices, it is possible to handle cap sizes from Twist-Off 27-28, 43-89, and 11-110 as well.
Shearing & Cooking
The ProCut has been designed with the ability to obtain an finished product, starting directly from raw materials while using a single piece of equipment in a single working cycle. You can cut, mix, and cook at temperatures as high as 120C degrees Celsius while under vacuum.
Ethylene Removal
The Bio Turbo uses a four stage process to Remove Ethylene, Eliminate Mold and Fungi, Kill Bacteria & Viruses, Decrease Odors, and Extend Product Shelf Life.
THE EXPERTS IN THE FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY
VR Foods Equipment provides industrial food processing equipment to get from fresh… to fresh!
Food Processing Capabilities
Food processing capacities range from 1 to 200 tons per hour for juice extractors in the production of purees, slurries, sauces and pastes.
Aseptic filling applications range from 1/2 gallon bags to 50 gallon drums and 1000 liter bag in bin.
Our Story
VR Food Equipment, Inc., was established in 1987 by Steve Von Rhedey to meet the food processing needs of fruit and vegetable processors across the USA.