Meat

Cooked ham

Indulge in the timeless delight of cooked ham! Discover the secrets behind premium slices—precise production, natural ingredients, and seamless integration for optimal taste and convenience.

Cooked ham
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Redine defrosting

ColdSteam technology for faster and controlled defrosting.

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OptiFlex needles

Exceptionally high number of injection points with unique 2mm OptiFlex material improves brine distribution, prevents bent or broken needles, bone or skin damage and needle marks.

GEA slicing blades

Slicing blades

Slicer blades with optimized geometry and GEA ResystRed/ ResystGold coating for an even smoother, more accurate cut.

GEA process line for cooked ham
Sliced meat | Cooked ham process

Discover a typical cooked ham process

Industrial defrosting of pork bellies in GEA ColdSteam T

Better defrosting and tempering of meat products with GEA's ColdSteam T: it's faster, safer, more efficient and improves overall yield.

GEA ScanBrine | Brine mixing equipment mixing light brine

Perfect mixing from light brines up to heavy marinades. GEA MixMaster brine and marinade preparation system offers controlled and efficient mixing with the flexibility to adapt to meet specific application needs. Its functionality is essential for downstream processes, in use with injectors, massagers/tumblers and mixers.

GEA MultiJector 3-4mm with top sides pork

When you produce ham, brine injection can help you add flavor, juiciness and optimize shelf life while increasing yield. It gives food processors more opportunities to variate in product development, answering to market trends and extending portfolio offer.

Knife rollers | GEA MultiCarve ham tenderizing equipment

An even color, a pleasing mouth feel, perfect texture and excellent taste. These are the benefits of marination that add value to your products, and tenderizing helps achieve perfect results. Tenderizing also promotes binding, increases yield and improves color in ham production. GEA has a tenderizing solution based on rotating knife rollers.

Inside of the tumbler GEA ScanMidi tumbling & massaging system

Tumbling or massaging optimizes product quality and the consistency of the marinating process. It ensures even brine distribution and softens the structure of the meat to extract maximum value from your product.

GEA MegaSlicer in use raw ham

Slicing ham products in the most efficient way? Maximize product utilization, optimize output, improved yield and reduced give-away are some of your demands. Our slicing machines are reliable as you can count on, flexible as you need and easy to operate and maintain.

GEA OptiLoader5000

Loading of shingle, stack, zig zag, shaved, interleaved or any contour portions in a most efficient way? Our efficient loading systems feed the portions fully automatically from the slicer to a thermoformer, traysealer or horizontal flowpacker. Furthermore we can provide semi-automatic loading systems as well.

GEA OxyCheck - integrated into the GEA PowerPak packaging machine

Packaging plays a key role in ensuring quality and hygiene throughout the food supply chain, from production to the consumer. GEA develops thermoforming packaging machines, labeling, marking and automation equipment to meet the high demands of food manufacturers.

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