From thickest pastes to highly viscous liquids and shear-sensitive media’s pumping solutions for food and beverages industry are not only required to handle various applications but are also expected to do maintaine highest standards of hygiene and safety. In Roto Food Grade Pumps, all metallic parts in contact with the media being handled are fabricated in smooth finish stainless steel. These pumps are provided with metal bonded aseptic food grade elastomeric stator resistant to oil & fats. Roto Pumps are designed to maintain absolute hygiene and are among the easiest to clean and maintain.
Ketch-up Processing
- Washed and chopped pre-heated fresh tomatoes are transferred to fruit mill having rotors and stators to make the initial puree.
- The puree is then transferred to the pulping unit where tomatoes outer skin and seeds are separated from the puree.
- The tomato puree from the pulping station is transferred to cooking tanks for boiling to avoid quality degradation. The cooking tank also works as a mixture where the spices, salts or other required ingredients are added into the puree.
- Next, the puree is transferred to the finishing unit where excess fibers and particles are removed by using screens.
- The finished puree is again reheated at high temperatures to achieve a smoother consistency.
- The ketchup is then transferred to sub storage vessels and then to filling machines at high temperatures of above 880C to avoid contamination.
- The filling machines transfer the ketchup in containers which are sealed immediately to retain the product freshness.
Roto Pumps Applications in Tomato Ketch-up Production:
- Transferring pre heated fresh tomatoes to processing mill
- Transferring initial raw tomato puree from processing mill to cooking tanks
- Transferring de-seeded pulp to inline pasteurizer unit & then to mixing vessel
- Feeding mixing vessel tomato paste to cooking kettle followed by transfer to storage tank