Alberta Food Centre specialized equipment

How to access equipment

When your food, beverage or ingredient company becomes a client at the Alberta Food Centre, you will have access to specialized equipment in our laboratory, culinary kitchen and pilot-scale processing plant. Our experts will show you how to use the right equipment to produce and package your product.

Our specialized equipment can be used for a variety of products such as, but not limited to:

• bakery products
• confectionary products
• condiments
• food ingredients
• fortified, enriched and enhanced foods
• minimally processed whole foods
• salads
• soups
• ready-to-eat meals
• value-added meat, dairy and plant protein products

Find out more and apply to access our services and facilities.

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Baking

• American Eagle Spiral Mixer
• Bar Former, TEC-MAQ Baxter Rotating Rack Oven, 0V210G-M2B
• Flow Wrapper Horizontal Packaging Machine for snack bars
• Planetary Floor Mixer, Blakeslee Inc., DD-80 DT
• Proofer cabinet, Despatch, BPA 2-125
• Reversible Dough Sheeter, Rondo, Ecostar
• Vacuum Filler, Vemag, Robot 500

Battering, pre-dusting and breading

• Batter Applicator, Koppens, WetCoater ERT-400
• Drum Breader, Stein, DB-4
• Pre-duster Machine, Koppens, PRM 400 MEG
• Tempura Batter Applicator, Nothum, BA-14
• Universal Crumb Applicator, Koppens, PR-400C

Benchtop processing

• 3D Printer, Felix Food printers, FELIX TWIN food
• Asian Noodle Machine, Ohtake
• Bag Sealer, Bosch, HS BII
• Chamber Packaging Machine, Multivac, C200
• Confectionary Cooker-Mixer, Savage Bros, Foremixer-14
• Food Processors, various

• Ice Cream Freezer, Taylor, 110-33
• Labellers, Universal Labelling Systems, B-SX5T
• Mixers, Hobart, N-50, A-200T, MG2032
• Pasta Machine, Italgi, P9A
• Table-Top Bowl Chopper
• Tortilla Press, EDSS, DP200BP

Laboratory analysis and testing

• Analytical Balance:
  • Sartorius, A 200S
  • Sartorius, CP224S
  • OHAUS, AP-2500
• Centrifuge:
  • Damon, CRU-5000
  • MPW Instruments, MPW-530
• Colorimeter:
  • Konica Minolta, CR-414
  • Konica Minolta, CM-2500c
• Crude Fat Analyzer, FOSS Analytics, Soxtec 2043
• Drying Ovens
• High Performance Liquid Chromatograph, Agilent Technologies,1100 Series
• High Shear Mixer, Buchi, B-400
• Homogenizer, Brinkmann, PT10/35
• Incubators, Cole Parmer, StableTemp
• IR Food Analyzer, FOSS, FoodScan Lab
• Microscopes, Zeiss Laboratories, West Germany
• Moisture Analyzer:
  • Sartorius, MA35
  • Sartorius, MA37
• Muffle Furnace, Thermolyne, 1500
• Nitrogen Analyzer, LECO, FP-528
• O₂/CO₂ Analyzer:
  • Mocon, Pac Check 325
  • Mocon, Check Point 3
• pH Meters
• Particle Size Analyzer, Microtrac Turbosync, 5000

• Particle Size/Shape Analysis SystemPlate Filter Apparatus, Sartorius, 142mm/293mm
• Rapid Visco Analyzer, Perkin Instruments, 4500 Refractometer:
  • Reichert, ABBE Mark II
  • Reichert, AR200
  • VWR, Portable Refractometer 0-95 Brix
• Rotary Evaporator, Buchi, Rotovapor 011
• Spray Dryer, Buchi, Mini Spray Dryer B-290
• Texture Analyzer, Instron, 5565
• Texture Analyzer, Stable Micro Systems, TA.HD Plus
• Ultrapure Water Purification System, MilliporeSigma, Direct-Q 3UV
• Ultrasonic Homogenizer, Fisherbrand, FB-505
• Universal Dough Characterizer, Chopin, Mixolab 2
• UV/Vis Spectrophotometer, Agilent Technologies, G1103A
• Viscometer, Ametek Brookfield, DV-III Ultra
• Volscan Profiler Volume Scanner, Stable Micro Systems, VSP600C
• Water Activity Meter:
  • AquaLab, Series 3
  • AquaLab Series4TE
• Waterbaths:
  • Thermo Scientific, WB1140A-1
  • Jeio Tech, BS-21
  • MQW Lauda, RM6
• Wiped Film Evaporator 2-inch, Pope Scientific Inc.

Dry processing

• Mixers, Day and O'Hare Ribbon Blender, 6 and 20 ft3
• Air Classifier Mill, Hosokawa, ACM 15
• Air Classifier, Hosokawa, ATP 200
• Comill, Quadro, 197S
• Dehuller, Forsberg, 2
• Fluidized Bed Dryer, Niro Atomizer, UB 7507

• Hammer Mill, Fitzpatrick, D6A
• Pin Mill, Hosokawa, 250CW
• Spray Dryer, APV Anhydro, PSD 55
• Sweco Screen Separators, Sweco, 18-inch and 32-inch
• Tray Dryer, Proctor and Schwartz, 62
• Twin Screw Extruder, Coperion, ZSK-26

Freezing

• Aerofreeze Continuous Spiral Freezer, GEA Refrigeration
• CO2 Freezer, CES, CES-BF-CO2-15x15x21

Non-thermal high pressure processing

• High Pressure Food Pasteurizer, Hyperbaric Grid Path, Wave 6000/150

Packaging

• Bag Sealer, Doboy, HS-CITF
• Carousel Scale (Yamato) and Vertical-flow Wrapper (Matrix, Mercury)
• Conveyor and Radial Scale System
• Doboy HS-BII Portable Continuous Band Sealer
• Double Chamber Vacuum Packaging Unit, Komet, Model 620A
• Double Chamber Vacuum Packaging Unit, Sipromac, 620A
• Filling System, All Fill
• Filling System, Inline Filling System, PD Filler
• Flow Wrapper, XTRAVAC, 450A

• Metal Detectors, LOMA
• Pre-made Pouch Packaging Machine, Weigh Pack, Swifty Jr.
• Rotary Band Sealer with Conveyor, EMPLEX
• Sealer, Sergeant, L-bar Sealer Semi-automatic Tray Sealer, Multivac, T200
• Thermoforming Rollstock Unit, Multivac, R126
• Thermoforming Rollstock Unit, ULMA packaging, TR Supra 420
• Vertical packaging, Matrix Mercury, ADW-5105V
• Vacuum Packager, Multivac, AG500
• X-ray Equipment, LOMA, X5

Thermal processing

• Blending Cooker, Blentech, ST-36024-X
• Continuous Deep Fryer, Koppens, BR300/600
• Continuous Oven, Koppens, HLT 6000/600
• Meat Fermentation Chamber, Enviro-Pak, MP-2000
• Smokehouse, Enviro-Pak, CVU-650E
• Smokehouse, Fessmann, T1900 HD-629

Wet processing

• Agitated Kettle, Lee Industries Inc., 20 L
• Agitated Steam Jacketed Kettle, SAM, 400 L
• Basket Centrifuge, Rousalet, RC-30VRC
• Bench Tumbler, Hollymatic, HVT-30
• Bowl Chopper, OMCAN, K15
• CO2 and Oil-jacketed Kettle, Blentech, M2B6017-LX
• Decanter, BCC
• Disc-stack Centrifuge, Westfalia, NA 7-020076
• Environmental Chamber, Espec, ESC-4CA
• High Temperature Short Time Pasteurizer, APV
• Homogenizer, Gaulin, 10M3
• Jacketed Processing Vessel, Alfa Laval, 200 L, 400 L
• Laboratory Homogenizer, APV Gaulin, 15 MR-8
• Multi Purpose Processing Vat, Crepaco, PIA – 1200 L

• Plate and Frame Filter, Star, 201A SP
• Powder Disperser, Quadro, XC1 (QD-XC1-00-02020)
• Processing Tank, Cherry Burrel, 1900 – 2000 L
• Separators, Brown, Paddle Finisher (6600)
• Separators, Brown, Screw Finisher (3900)
• Stainless Steel Kettle, Hamilton Kettles, 80 L
• Steam Jacketed Kettle, Hamilton Kettles, 200 L
• Steam Jacketed Pressure Kettle, Hamilton Kettles, 600 L
• Steam Jacketed Vacuum Kettle, Groen, 20 L
• UF & RO Membrane Separation System, Seprotech Systems Inc., MUNR-V#-4038/C-15F-HV
• Variable Speed Mixer, ADMIX
• Wiped Film Evaporator, Pfaudler, 4.2-12L-7

Forming and stuffing

• Croquette and Meatball Former, Bridge, BT-001
• Former, Formax, PFM-6
• Linker, Devro 1, Z-linker
• Patty Former, Hollymatic, Model 300
• Stuffer, Handtmann, VF 80
• Stuffer/Filler, Uni-Filler Systems Inc. (Model 500) and Tecmeg (SA Cyclon-20)
• Vacuum Filler, Reiser (Vemag), HP25E

Injecting and tenderizing

• Brine Mixer, ADMIX
• Brine Injector, Formaco
• Meat Tenderizer, Biro Manufacturing Co., Sir Steak PRO-9 Meat Tenderizer, Tenderstar Needle Blade
• Multi-needle Brine Injector, Gunther, P154-105MC2R

Mixing and tumbling

• Double Paddle Vacuum Mixer/Blender, American Food Equipment Company, 510
• Mixer, Daniels, DMX-QUAD, 45 L
• Stainless Steel Double Paddle Blender/Cooker, Custom-Made, CDB-1232 RVJ
• Vacuum Meat Massager, Challenge-RMF, MM03 Tumbler
• Vacuum Tumbler, American Food Equipment Company, 175
• Vacuum Tumbler, Roschermatic, TU-250

Reducing size

• Block Breaker, Reiser, Roto Claw II
• Comitrol Size Reducer with Feed Screw, Urschel Laboratories, 3600F
• Dicer/Slicer, Holac
• Dicer/Slicer, Treif-Husky, CE Dicer
• Meat Band Saw, Biro, Model 3334 Meat Emulsifying Machine, Stephan Microcut, MC15
• Meat Grinder, K&G Wetter, AW-114
• Meat Mixer/Grinder, Hobart, MG1532
• Vacuum Bowl Cutter, Seydelmann, K64 AC-8 VA
• Slicer, Weber, CCS-305