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Accurate and Gentle Feeding of Inclusions in Food Processes

Inclusions can add not only texture, flavor and nutritional value, they can also be used to add moisture. Dried mushrooms, for example are often used in sauces and soups or fillings to absorb moisture and help ingredient binding properties. Many of these specialty inclusions are also high in ingredient cost. For this reason, it is imperative that the method of delivery to the process below be extremely accurate and controlled, so that overfeeding is not experienced and control of these added costs can be maintained. The use of Coperion K-Tron loss-in-weight (LIW) feeders for the accurate addition of inclusions to the process ensures a consistent flow of these high value ingredients, and more importantly, a higher control of ingredient costs. This application sheet focuses on the use of the new Coperion K-Tron LIW vibratory feeders for a wide assortment of inclusion materials.