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Products & Services
TWO-STAGE LIQUID, DRY COATING SYSTEM Using a single system from Spray Dynamics, a Heat and Control company, manufacturers can uniformly apply liquid and dry seasonings to extruded, baked and fried snacks. A Soft Flight coating drum, Mircro-Meter1 airless liquid applicator and Uni-Spense dry ingredient distributor are pre-piped and wired and include operating controls. Snack processors can choose options to suit their products and process, including USDA dairy sanitary construction, an electrostatic applicator for powders, a loss-in-weight applicator for liquids and powders, and an Easy Pull spray bar mount (800) 227-5980 www.heatandcontrol.com PORK RIND PROCESSOR For 57 years, Rudolph Foods has been committed to making the best tasting pork rinds and salty snacks. Using Mary Rudolph’s secret recipe, Rudolph Foods pork rinds are carbohydratefree, contain just 80 Cal per serving and score a zero on the glycemic index. Rudolph offers a wide variety of flavors like Sweet BBQ, Salt and Vinegar, Spicy, and Original. (800) 241-7675 www.rudolphfoods.com snack food bags to create a new presentation for merchandising. The baler reduces packaging and shipping costs by allowing processors to fit more bags per corrugated case. The Vantage groups four to 12 bags per bale at speeds up to 15 bales per minute. It features a color touch-screen display, an in-feed conveyor with variable-frequency drive, a servo bag elevator and inserter, a quickchange bale former assembly, and a self-positioning seam seal assembly. (770) 981-5200 www.kliklokwoodman.com LEGUME POWDERS, FLAKES SK Food International introduces non-GMO and certifiedorganic precooked bean, pea and lentil powders and flakes. Custommilled from various dry edible beans, peas and lentils, these precooked powders and flakes offer a viable high-protein alternative to other ingredients that carry gluten and allergen risks. Applications include dips, chips, cereals, tortillas, snack foods, flatbreads, baked foods and energy bars. (701) 356-4106 www.skfood.com

R&D CENTER Reading Bakery Systems’ Science & Innovation Center is a licensed food production facility for research and development. Here, snack manufacturers can conduct confidential trials on Reading’s process equipment, including batch or continuous mixing, sheeting, low-pressure extrusion, caustic cooking, and convective or radiant baking. Market samples can be produced for R&D evaluation or consumer testing. The center is a good way to ensure a successful manufacturing process and gain the confidence of all development team members. Contact Ken Zvoncheck for more information. (610) 678-5890 www.readingbakery.com

CO-PACKAGING OPERATIONS Lifeline Foods, a supplier of milled dry corn and masa flour products, provides co-packaging services for the snack industry. It adds value to its corn granulations using its blending, cooking and packaging operations. Snack companies can focus on future growth and sales opportunities, while Lifeline Foods manufactures and packages the companies’ products using their branded labels. Numerous retail and foodservice packaging sizes are available. (816) 279-1651 www.lifeline-foods.com

SNACK BAG BALER The Vantage multi-bag baler from Kliklok-Woodman bundles

SCALE PARTS WASHERS Developed in cooperation with manufacturers of multihead

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