It’s quite possible that the world cannot have too much pizza. With a $134 billion market that continues to see double digit growth, it is hard to see the limit of the market opportunity. To help bakeries deliver on the growing demand, industrial pizza production lines have continued to develop to make pizza production faster, simpler, and more cost effective. These production lines can also be paired with fast freezers to prepare pizzas for frozen food markets. Equipment manufactures and second hand sellers are able to work with each bakery to identify which production line strategy best fits your pizza production goals.
Dough Preparation Dough production and sheeting equipment works with a variety of doughs by managing different widths and heights. For example, lavash, a thin bread from Armenia, is around 0.6mm thick, whereas pizza bases may be 25mm thick or more. Due to this dough variety, each manufacturer has a different take on the pizza production line, offering a variety of solutions that meet specific use cases. For example, Rademaker, Rondo, and others have developed sophisticated dough sheeting technologies. Using dough sheeting provides several benefits over traditional preparation techniques. It allows for consistency throughout the dough, as well as flexibility in the type of dough, size, and style. Sheeting can also allow for continuous proofing of the dough prior to stamping if needed. And no dough is wasted after the crust is stamped from the sheet as it is recycled into the production line. This process allows the Rademaker pizza production line to produce up to 9,000 kg of dough per hour. Pizza Topping Line Once the dough is prepared, it moves through the production line for toppings. This starts with sauce depositing. Each sauce placement accurately measures the quantity and placement of the sauce at high-volume. Following the sauce is topping strewing. Toppings may be deposited by blanketing the pizza with waterfall strewing or by placing individual toppings in the center of each pizza with targeted strewing to keep the rim of the pizza (crust) free from toppings. Both of these processes can work with multiple toppings and deposit them evenly on each pizza. Artisan Capital Partners tailors solutions and services designed to create liquidity from industrial bakery assets while consistently managing transaction risk. Artisan Capital Partners helps bakeries manage assessing equipment, dismantling, and transportation, as well as design, installation, and testing to provide bakeries with a liquidity event that meets their goals. |
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