Pulses and cereals
Cereal packaging machine
Breakfast cereals, muesli, granola and rolled oats are light, often fragile products, frequently made up of several ingredients. The line has to weigh accurately without breaking flakes or separating the mix.
At YM Packaging we configure vertical and horizontal packaging machines for cereals, in pillow bags, flat-bottom bags or doypacks with zip.
Packing cereals: the challenges
- Fragile flakes: they break with drops and impacts.
- Mixes: muesli and granola must reach the bag with all their ingredients evenly distributed.
- Dust and crumbs: can affect the seal.
- Resealable pack: granola is increasingly sold in doypacks with zip.
Common packs for cereals
Recommended machines
A typical cereals packing line
- Infeed of the product or mix.
- Weighing with a multihead weigher.
- Forming, filling and sealing of the bag or doypack.
- Checkweighing and metal detection.
- Case packing and palletising.
Frequently asked questions
Which packaging machine is best for granola?
If you sell in doypacks with zip, a horizontal packaging machine such as the HF or the EPY. For pillow or flat-bottom bags, a vertical machine with a multihead weigher.
How do you avoid breaking the flakes?
By reducing drop height and impacts; the tilting VMI is designed for fragile products.
Do you pack oats?
Yes. Rolled oats are packed on vertical machines, in pillow or flat-bottom bags, with a multihead weigher.
