Since Soviet times, canned meat was very popular among the population. Unusual taste, ease of use, long shelf life - all this made the product indispensable in any family.
Treasured banks took with them, going on a campaign, on vacation or on a business trip. Canned products have always been a strategic stock of the country. Let's find out how you can organize your own enterprise and what equipment for the production of stew you may need at the same time.
The technology for the preparation of canned meat
The production process consists of several stages:
- Boning and grinding. The meat is removed from the meat carcasses and cut into small pieces.
- Packing prepared raw materials. In a clean, sterilized dish put weighted portions of meat products and the necessary spices. From above everything is poured with prepared broth.
- Removing air from cans using a special installation.
- Corking and labeling.
- Sterilization in a high pressure autoclave.
- Natural cooling followed by storage.
To ensure uninterrupted movement of the technological process, the enterprise must provide for appropriate working conditions: spacious workshops, necessary equipment, storage facilities, transport.
Where to begin
Due to the constant demand for various types of stews, you can organize a profitable business for the production of canned meat.
First, you can arrange the production of a small volume of products at home. This will help to study the features and subtleties of the process, the market, the demand for certain types of products. In this case, it is enough to purchase a minimum set of equipment - a professional oven and an autoclave for the production of stew. This will require about 200 thousand rubles. Then, over time, having accumulated money, you can expand the enterprise by automating the main processes.
Stable production work is unthinkable without regular supplies of quality raw materials. Relations with a reliable supplier should be established in advance.
How to choose equipment
Before making a purchase, it is advisable to get acquainted in more detail with the principle of work and the features of the production line. An ideal option would be a tour of the existing cannery.
In order to save money, you can purchase equipment for the production of stew, which has already been in use. In this case, you need to ask the seller all the documentary information on the technique. It is advisable to find out the real reasons for the sale.
When agreeing to such a deal, it should be understood that there is a large share of risk. No one can predict how long the equipment purchased will work without failures.
How much is the equipment
Automated Production Line meat production canned food consists of several complexes or units that can be purchased separately.
To ensure a full-fledged workflow, the manufacturer will need the following types of equipment:
- freezers for storing raw materials;
- chambers for thawing meat;
- boning machine;
- slicer (apparatus for slicing meat of a given size) or a meat grinder;
- washer and steam generator;
- a complex of equipment for filling prepared raw materials into cans and pouring broth;
- seaming machine or semi-automatic tin lids;
- labeling machine;
- blancher and autoclave;
- Label gluing machine.
The presented list of equipment is designed to produce 6,000 glass cans of canned meat per shift. The price of equipment for the production of stew will be almost three million rubles.
The final amount of the production line may vary depending on the quantity and type of components, as well as the range of products.
There are a lot of entrepreneurs engaged in the production of stews in different volumes in the modern market. But this fact should not serve as an obstacle for purposeful and strong-willed people. Focusing on the release of only quality products that meet all the requirements of standardization, you can ensure a consistently large flow of customers. They will always vote for a good product with their money.
