The market for portioned products can be very diverse, mostly depending on the type of end product. The QSR industrial standards formulate the strictest demands. The end product must be uniform, standardized, consistent and repeatable. In the QSR market, cooking time is also important, but the highest priority is given to the fact that products are ‘always the same’. Marel has developed standardized production processes that comply with such precise specifications.
Solutions, not machines
In the QSR market, products such as chicken burgers, chicken tender strips, skewer meat, nuggets and popcorn are all standardized. They have one thing in common: their production requires multiple cuts or multiple processes. Single machines can’t meet the requirements anymore, so complete solutions are necessary. Marel can support processors in making the right product-market combinations by implementing its dedicated standardized solutions.
Raw material
If the end products should be QSR cubes, Marel can offer a standardized process and can also advise on the raw material. For making a fast-food cube, a calibrated product is preferable. That’s because a weight-calibrated product gives a better uniformity of the end product and a better control of the process. However, purchasing calibrated raw material is more expensive than uncalibrated product. And the availability could sometimes be an issue.
Flexibility
This standardized configuration can produce high volumes of in-spec cubes. Marel knows exactly how to produce the strips with the required characteristics and the right quality and avoid making them look like French fries. Irrespective of what kind of raw material is brought in, it is always possible to create a high-quality strip and cube.
This solution is very flexible. Processors who don’t produce cubes day-in-day-out, want to make other types of products too. That can be done by adding a SensorX, a RoboBatcher or even another component to the line. In this way, the same portioning line setup can produce burgers, tenders, and schnitzels.
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