Meat producers, striving for higher efficiency and additional value , must adapt to evolving consumer trends and increased responsibilities in a competitive marketplace. At GEA, we understand the challenges shaping your industry, which require ingenuity, collaboration, and inventive solutions.
We are pleased to present our robust portfolio of technology and know-how for preparing meat mixes, injecting and marinating fresh meat and further processing, slicing, and packing meat products. Our solutions address challenges such as efficiency, profitability, and health standards while unlocking new value creation opportunities.
Let GEA be your process technology partner as we aspire together to move the market forward.
Fresh meat
Enhancing fresh meat offers more than product safety and increased shelf life. It has evolved into a way of adding value to the products through enhanced flavor, more appetizing color after cooking, higher yield and an appealing bite.
Fresh enhanced meat
Minced meat
Raw sausage
Processed meat
Whether processing emulsified products such as sausages; roasted or smoked products such as spare-ribs; or coated pork schnitzels, you face challenges. Balancing efficiency and profitability while meeting modern health and safety standards is a complex task that demands advanced technology and expertise.
Smoked meat
Emulsified sausage
Crumb coated meat
Sliced meat
The presentation of packed, sliced meat products plays a crucial role in influencing consumer purchases. Our product presentation is visually appealing, showcasing a wide range of attractive sliced portion shapes, ensuring your products capture attention on crowded supermarket shelves. Our comprehensive range of processing equipment and modular, fully automated slicing and packaging solutions caters to the specific needs of various applications, offering you enhanced overall efficiency and specialized functionality.
Cooked ham
Raw ham
Calibrated sausage / deli meats
Bacon products
Packaging for meat
Packaging is key to distribution, preservation, and presentation, making your product stand out on the shelf. GEA provides the perfect solution for your vertical and thermoforming packaging challenges.
Vertical Packaging
Thermoforming
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GEA offers a comprehensive technology portfolio, covering everything from ingredient processing to marination, from forming to cooking, slicing, and packaging of products for retail, foodservice, and quick-service-restaurant markets.
GEA technology centers
Test before you invest
Our network of GEA Technology centers provides support at every stage, offering lab tests, equipment trials, and process optimization. With expertise in food technology and innovative machinery, we help manufacturers achieve consistent quality and profitability.
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Automation for Food Processing
Optimum operation of even the best machines or installations is only possible, if they are partnered with control systems of equal quality.
Brine Preparation Equipment
The starting point for successful marinating is a homogeneously, under controlled conditions, mixed and stored brine or marinade.
Coaters
The right coating adds value to your products. And now, in line with the trend towards healthier eating and lower fat intake, you need more accurate control over coating parameters.
Cooking, Roasting, Grilling and Smoking Equipment
Know-how to cook a product and understanding the principles of cooking is the basis for the art of cooking. The GEA Ovens help you to serve the food chain with attractive, healthy and innovative food.
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GEA offers a comprehensive technology portfolio, covering everything from ingredient processing to marination, from forming to cooking, slicing, and packaging of products for retail, foodservice, and quick-service-restaurant markets.
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