380V Stainless Steel Tomato Processing Line For Ketchup Production

Customized Tomato Paste Tomato Sauce Or Ketchup Processing Line High Performance

Product description of tomato processing plant

Tomato processing lines can produce everything from fresh tomatoes to various final products. Popular products such as tomato paste, tomato paste and tomato paste, tomato juice processing lines produce final products from fresh tomatoes to aseptic bags in barrels.

The processing line mainly includes fresh tomato receiving system, washing system, sorting system, grinding system, pulping and refining system, filtration system, concentration system, sterilization system and aseptic filling system. Then you get sterile bags of ketchup in buckets.

And the tomato paste in aseptic bag in drum can be further produced to tomato ketchup, sauces, juice and filled in sachet, stand-up pouch, metal can, PP container, bottle, gable top, etc.

Gofun can not only provide the tomato processing equipment for the plant but also provide the one-stop solution from A to Z, which includes:

• Technical consultation
• Customized proposal design
• Equipment manufacturing
• Installation commissioning and training at the site
• 1- year after-sales guarantee
• Life-long service
• Package design & Purchasing

Main parameters of tomato production line

FRESH TOMATO ⇒ CONVEYOR ⇒ WASHING ⇒ SORTING ⇒ CRUSHING ⇒ PREHEATING ⇒ PULPER & REFINER ⇒ EVAPORATING ⇒ STERILIZING ⇒ ASEPTIC FILLING ⇒ STORAGE OR BLENDING

Final products & Package types for tomato project

Shanghai Gofun machinery company offers all kinds of the tomato processing line.

The raw material can be fresh tomato, tomato paste, etc. And the final product can be tomato paste, tomato ketchup, tomato sauce, tomato juice, tomato powder, whole peeled tomato, etc.

For the final package, it can be an aseptic bag, metal can, sachet, stand-up pouch, PP container, glass bottle, PET bottle, gable top, etc.

Main features of the tomato processing line 

The tomato processing line is the key product of Shanghai Gofun machinery company. We served more than 20 countries in the past 16 years. We keep providing high-quality machines and services to food manufacturers all over the world.

1. The production capacity of fresh fruit can be customized from 60 tons/day to 1500 tons/day.

2. Tomatoes are mashed hot or cold.

3. The Brix content of the final ketchup can be designed according to customer requirements, generally 28-30% or 36-38%.

4. Pack the final ketchup into the aseptic drum bag. With this packaging, the shelf life at room temperature can reach 2 years. Transportation and storage costs can be greatly reduced.

5. All materials are food standard, the main material is SUS304 or SUS316, which fully meets the requirements of food hygiene and safety.

6. In addition to aseptic bag filling, metal cans, sachets, stand-up pouches, glass bottles, PET/PP containers, etc. can also be provided.

7. The production line mainly adopts the first international brand. (Steam valve adopts Spirax Sarco, Siemens PLC, etc.)

8. The entire production line has a compact design, scientific and stable operation, high efficiency and energy saving, and low steam consumption.

9. The operation is simple and user-friendly. All supply and repair areas are designed as supply and repair platforms to ensure operator safety.

10. We can also design custom processing lines for different types of fruits and vegetables. It can produce clear juice, turbid juice, puree, concentrated juice, concentrated pulp, fruit powder, jam, vinegar, wine and other products.

11. The waste produced by the production line can be used as fertilizer production.

Key process of the tomato paste processing line

Now Shanghai Gofun machinery company will introduce the information of tomato paste processing line to show it works.

1. Discharge platform

When fresh tomatoes arrive, it is usually very difficult for people to unload them with large trucks. Therefore, we designed the unloading platform to unload the fresh fruit/tomatoes from the truck using water guns and convey the fresh fruit/tomatoes to the processing line with water. There is another function of the discharge platform. Fresh fruit/tomatoes can be pre-washed before processing.

2. Elevator

This machine is used to delivery fresh fruit from outside the building to inside.

3. Washing

Before crushing, need to washing fresh fruit carefully. For washing we can use bubble washing machine and spray washing machine together. If the washing requirement is high, more stages of washing can be added. Also, for better cleaning effect, we can add ultrasonic cleaning and ozone cleaning.

4. Sorting

After washing, the surface of the fruit is clean, we can check the situation of all the fruit by human eye, and sort out the bad tomatoes by human.

5. Crushing for tomato processing

GFM-FC series crushers have the most advanced working principle, higher manufacturing precision and best crushing capacity. Mainly used for grinding a variety of fruits or vegetables, such as tomatoes, apples, pears, strawberries, celery, etc. The raw materials can be pulverized into small particles to increase the working effect of the next process. The machine consists of feeding hopper, side cover, frame, main shaft, bearing seat, motor, motor structure, discharge hopper, etc.

6. Preheating

The pre-heater is used to heat the product after crusher, the temperature is adjustable, normally from 45℃ to 85℃. This processing step, would help to higher the juice rate for next step, and also can protect the color and taste of the final product.

7. Pulper and refiner

This machine is also running with speed of 1470 r/min, it causes the centrifugal force and the product will go through screen, helps to refine the product. Usually we use a double stage of pulper and refiner. The screens of each level are different. The first stage has a larger screen and the second stage has a smaller screen. The tomato pulp output of the two-stage beater can reach 90%~95%. After pulping, the tomato skin and seeds are separated from the tomato pulp. The machine has a large workload and stable performance；Easy to be operated and change sieves; Suitable for many different kinds of fruits that are including the passion fruit, tomato, peach, apricot, mango, apple and etc.;

8. Evaporating

Vacuum Evaporator is used for concentrating the tomato paste under vacuum and low temperature. Here we are using Forced Circulation Vacuum Evaporator. Because it’s under vacuum and low temperature, so the tastes and nutrients would be protected as much as possible. And right now, we evaporate the water from the tomato pulp, then we will get the tomato paste, normally the Brix is 28-30% and 36-38%.

9. Sterilizing

For ketchup, we use a tube-in-tube sterilizer for sterilization. Sterilization temperature and holding time can be adjusted. With this machine, we keep the ketchup at a high temperature of about 115°C for 30 seconds, then immediately cool down to ambient temperature. In this way, the test and nutrition of the ketchup are protected to the greatest extent possible. The whole system adopts programmable control. The operating system adopts an image man-machine interface, which is convenient to intuitively understand the running status of each component of the equipment.

10. Aseptic Filling

The aseptic filling machine works together with the tube in tube type sterilizer. It’s a closed cycle. Before production, the cycle will be fully sterilized to make sure the aseptic environment. And the filling cavity is also protected by steam to make sure the filling environment is also aseptic. Safety - providing several security methods. Using mirror welding tech to ensure tidy and smooth welding line. Separate control panel. CIP and auto SIP available together with sterilizer. Easy to adjust to match the different volumes and sizes of aseptic bags

11. Storage or go blending

The finished product can be stored or used as the raw material to make the tomato sauce or ketchup.

Our Services for tomato processing plant

1. Technical support

2. Marketing suggestion

3. Final packing suggestion and design

4. Factory building and design

After-Sales Service

1. Oversea technical support

2. Oversea equipment maintenance

3. English speaking engineers available to provide technical support