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      • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Draining, Cheddaring & Mellowing
      • Draining, Forming & Mould filling
      • Draining, washing & blending
      • Liquid filled cheese
      • Whey handling
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      • Brining
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Home Solutions Processing Equipment ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Draining, Cheddaring & Mellowing
draining cheddaring mellowing

DRAINING, CHEDDARING AND MELLOWING

When making cheddar or pasta filata, the whey is removed from the curd using a whey screen and a draining belt. This is called draining. The curd bed is then moved along in a solid mass allowing for acidification i.e. cheddaring and mellowing.

Draining, cheddaring and mellowing equipment​ for cheese

Tetra Pak offers a completely unique processing system for cheddar and pasta filata cheeses - the world’s only continuous production system for such products. This allows producers to achieve very precise salt and moisture content, and a high pH accuracy. A two-belt version is available for pasta filata and a four-belt version with salt dosing for cheddar varieties.

Our draining and cheddaring machines are fully integrated with the up and downstream equipment, ensuring optimum transfer with, for example, overlapping pump-outs.

The alternative, and more common way of draining and cheddaring cheeses is batch production. Tetra Pak also offers processing equipment for this method – which is more suitable for the production of artisanal, low capacity cheese making. In this case, the mellowing and salting are done manually in open finishing vats.

​​​​​​​​DRAINING, CHEDDARING AND MELLOWING EQUIPMENT​

Tetra Pak Draining Matting Conveyor 2

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Draining, cheddaring and mellowing equipment​ for cheese

Tetra Pak Draining Matting Conveyor 2 is custom designed to meet the specific requirements of your individual plant.

Tetra Pak Draining Matting Conveyor 2⁠
Tetra Pak Salting Mellowing Conveyor 2

Tetra Pak Salting Mellowing Conveyor 2

The Tetra Pak Salting Mellowing Conveyor 2 provides the most effective method for achieving and retaining the required amount of salt in the curd.

Tetra Pak Salting Mellowing Conveyor 2⁠
Tetra Pak Cheddaring machine 5

Tetra Pak Cheddaring machine 5

The Tetra Pak Cheddaring 5 machine is designed for continuous production of fused and stirred Cheddar and pasta filata cheese types.

Tetra Pak Cheddaring machine 5⁠
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