Coaters
The right coating adds value to your food products. And now, in line with the trend towards healthier eating and lower fat intake, you need more accurate control over coating parameters. GEA industrial food coating solutions give you this control - plus the capability to cost-effectively produce an appetizing variety of products.
The food coating process was commercially introduced with seasoned breading in the late 1930s, primarily for seafood. Today, many more food types are coated to add value. Commercial coatings are formulated from a vast array of flours, seasonings, batters and breaders that enhance product appearance, texture and color, as well as lock in flavor and moisture.
Coating systems
A typical coating system comprises various process stages:
- Pre-dust: a dry coating
- Adhesion batter: a wet coating, applied over the pre-dust to glue the breader or crumb
- Breading: a dry (particulate) coating containing components ranging from flour to bread crumb and coarse cornflakes
GEA’s pre-dusting, battering and breading machines give you the capability to cost-effectively produce an appetizing variety of products. You can precisely balance quality, yield and costs with innovative machines and configurations of wet and dry coatings. Add to this the passionate GEA people and their unrevealed application know-how and you have the ultimate winning formula.
Products
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GEA BreadingFeeder
The GEA BreadingFeeder is a dedicated machine designed for feeding a wide range of bread crumbs into the GEA CrumbMaster. The BreadingFeeder reduces the labor requirement, while the large crumb buffer helps to reduce downtime and supports faster product changeover.
GEA CrumbMaster Gen 2
Achieve perfect, dust-free crumb coating with minimal waste. CrumbMaster Gen 2 delivers consistent, high-quality results across all crumb types. Efficient, hygienic, and easy to clean.
GEA MultiDrum
Benefit from GEA’s advanced coating technology for the food industry. GEA MultiDrum is a patented, state-of-the-art homestyle flour breader. It offers the perfect marriage between productivity and authenticity, without compromise. Our homestyle coater helps use ingredients efficiently, requires very little manual labor and promotes dust-free work...
GEA OptiCoater
Efficient, accurate batter applicator for high-capacity production
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Service Products
GEA RemotePartner for food processing and packaging equipment
GEA RemotePartner combines digital machine access and remote support to help you swiftly identify the root cause of any equipment issue and get instant assistance from GEA experts. The result: faster issue diagnostics and resolution, enhanced machine performance, greater efficiency and minimal downtime.
GEA InsightPartner for food processing and packaging equipment
By providing instant access to real-time equipment data, InsightPartner helps food processors manage their production better. Our cloud-based solution provides advanced analytics and comprehensive insights based on continuous data monitoring.
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