Cream cheese production - all you need to know 

Today, spreadable cheese is so much more than just a spread. Cream cheese can be a cake topping, an on-the-go snack, a cooking condiment, or even a topping for green tea. It can be chilled or ambient, high or low-fat, and made with fresh milk or recombined powders. But whatever the spreadable cheese products in your cream cheese production portfolio, to taste success you’ll benefit from our unique combination of market insights, technical knowhow, and expertise in the product itself.

Processing lines for spreadable cheese

Spreadable cheese line for Tetra Pak® A1

Only highly flexible and lean lines can handle multiple recipes with large variations. Combining your unique know-how with our expertise in the cornerstone technologies of mixing, heating and ultra-filtration enables you to produce a wide range of appealing products – from classic cream cheese to spreadable processed varieties made from cheese blocks or powder recombination.

Best-practice lines for spreadable cheese

Best-practice Continuous line for spreadable cheese

This line produces spreadable processed cheese from recombined ingredients, supported by fast mixing and optimized product transfer that enables minimum product losses. This allows you to tailor-make recipes of consistent quality. Our line produces a wide product range – from fermented to directly acidified varieties. All with high versatility and food safety. The end-products can be hot filled for chilled distribution or aseptically packaged for ambient shelf life.

Best-practice lines for spreadable cheese

Best-practice Batch line for spreadable processed cheese

This multifunctional, all-in-one line handles mixing, heating and cooling in a single unit. It is a highly efficient, lean option whose ultra-compact design requires limited floor space. Our line flexibly processes cheese blocks, powders and liquid ingredients and possesses heating capability of up to 140°C. All with high versatility and food safety. The end-products can be hot filled for chilled distribution.

Best-practice lines for spreadable cheese

Best-practice Line for classic cream cheese

This line produces classic cream cheese from fresh milk. Steps include standardization of the fat-to-protein ratio and fermentation of the base. Our line handles full-fat and low-fat varieties, using cold or warm concentration. All with high versatility and food safety. The end-product is hot filled for chilled distribution.

Best-practice lines for spreadable cheese

Best-practice Line for recombined cream cheese

This line produces cream cheese from recombined ingredients. It supports high-yield production and allows you tailor-make recipes approaching the freshness and softness of classic cream cheese. Our line produces a wide product range – from fermented to directly acidified and low-fat to full-fat varieties. The end-products can be hot filled for chilled distribution or aseptically packaged for ambient shelf life.

Best-practice lines for spreadable cheese

Equipment for spreadable cheese

Tetra Pak High Shear Mixer - Batch unit

Tetra Pak® High Shear Mixer Batch unit

Tetra Pak® High Shear Mixer Batch unit

Tetra Pak® High Shear Mixer provides mixing and emulsification of high and low viscous food products and dissolving of powders, in a single process.

Storage tank

Tetra Pak® Storage tank

Tetra Pak® Storage tank

Storage of liquids, particularly in food processing and manufacturing.

Tetra Pak Indirect UHT unit PFF with coiled heat exchanger

Tetra Pak® Indirect UHT unit PFF

Tetra Pak® Indirect UHT unit PFF

Continuous, gentle indirect UHT treatment unit with coiled heat exchanger for high viscous products, with or without particles.

​​​​​Tetra Pak Aseptic Tank

Tetra Pak® Aseptic Tank for intermediate storage

Tetra Pak® Aseptic Tank for intermediate storage

Tetra Pak® Aseptic Tank is a fully automated unit used for the buffering (intermediate storage) of liquid food products under aseptic conditions.

Tetra Pak Standardization unit

Tetra Pak® Standardization unit

Tetra Pak® Standardization unit

Unit for automatic in-line standardization of the fat, protein, total solids and solids-non-fat in milk and cream directly after a separator

Tetra Pak Pasteurizer D

Tetra Pak® Pasteurizer D for dairy pasteurization

Tetra Pak® Pasteurizer D for dairy pasteurization

This pasteurizer is a dairy pasteurization unit designed for continuous processing and pasteurization of cheese milk and other dairy products.

Plate and frame ultrafiltration unit

Tetra Pak® Plate and frame ultrafiltration unit

Tetra Pak® Plate and frame ultrafiltration unit

Concentrates a yoghurt or a fermented cream cheese to achieve the desired composition and texture.

Fermentation tanks

Tetra Pak® Fermentation tank

Tetra Pak® Fermentation tank

Customized design to enable optimal conditions for fermentation of milk and buffering of yoghurt.

Tetra Pak CIP unit P

Tetra Pak® CIP unit P cleaning-in-place system

Tetra Pak® CIP unit P cleaning-in-place system

Our CIP unit P is an advance automatic cleaning-in-place system for cleaning process equipment such as filling machines, pasteurizers, tanks and more.

Tetra Fino Aseptic carton pouch

Tetra Fino® Aseptic carton pouch

The Tetra Fino® Aseptic carton pouch is a low-cost packaging solution for keeping food safe. It’s easy to pack, stack and store, and hold and drink from.

Tetra Classic Aseptic carton package

Tetra Classic® Aseptic

A design icon since its introduction in the 1950s, the unique Tetra Classic® Aseptic is a flexible affordable package that’s convenient for busy on-the-go lives

Trends

Explore growing trends in Spreadable Cheese

Download Tetra Pak’s report to explore how food manufacturers can take advantage of increasing demand for spreadable cheese. The report covers:

  • Key consumer trends that are driving growth
  • New product development opportunities
  • How to maximise success in the spreadable cheese market by partnering with Tetra Pak
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Naigai - tea with cream cheese

Adding cream cheese to tea - naigai tea - is a huge trend in China that’s catching on in Europe, too.

Watch the film now for the full story

Naigai - tea with cream cheese

Adding cream cheese to tea - naigai tea - is a huge trend in China that’s catching on in Europe, too.

Watch the film now for the full story

Spreadable cheese insights

Spreadable cheese in a bowl

A fresh look at spreadable cheese

We have been exploring the production of spreadable cheese for years. Now we’d like to invite you to start thinking of your spreadable cheese processes in a new way.

Science of mouthfeel

The science of mouthfeel

The right texture is crucial to how consumers experience cheese spreads.

cream cheese sandwich

Your optimal solutions based on proven technology and units

We believe that your optimal solution is one that matches your specific production needs today and for the future – to make you more innovative, more effective and more competitive.

Insights

Diversify your product portfolio in spreadable cheese with Tetra Pak

Explore how Tetra Pak can support you in creating high-quality, healthy and great-tasting, ambient spreadable cheese products. Download our infostory to explore:

  • A step-by-step visual guide showcasing our end-to-end capabilities
  • Smart packaging solutions that enable smart cost savings
  • How to successfully fast-track your product to market with Tetra Pak’s support
spreadable cheese infographic
Insights

Achieving the lowest possible total cost of ownership (TCO)

Learn why it’s crucial to think beyond the price tag and to consider the total cost of ownership (TCO) before you invest.

Insights

Achieving the lowest possible total cost of ownership (TCO)

Learn why it’s crucial to think beyond the price tag and to consider the total cost of ownership (TCO) before you invest.

Cheese categories

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Semi-hard cheese processing

Semi-hard cheese processing

Our technologies and semi-hard cheese processing knowledge can help you achieve a product of uniform quality, with consistent weight and moisture levels.

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Pasta Filata cheese production equipment

Pasta Filata cheese production equipment

The key to your pasta filata cheese production is getting the functionality right. Our equipment is designed to limit the influences of variables.

Fresh cheese Varieties

Fresh cheese production technology

Fresh cheese production technology

Fresh cheese production applications for​ cheese varieties; cottage cheese, fresh cheese, ultra filtration and liquid filled cheeses, cream cheese and quark.

Cheddar cheese

Cheddar production - reliable equipment

Cheddar production - reliable equipment

Our cheddar production lines give you all the reliability and efficiency you need, while our sophisticated technology also deliver a qualitative product..

Whey Powder

Whey processing and production

Whey processing and production

Tetra Pak supports customers with expertise and equipment in whey processing, such as protein-extraction fractionation evaporation, drying, and powder handling

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