Bremercafe's dips are flowing with Riggs Autopack depositors

Bremercafe (Adelaide Hills Dips), a South Australian company that has been producing premium dip, pesto and dukkah products for more than 18 years, was looking for a cost-effective solution to the filling of its dip products.

Working with HBM Packaging Technologies, Bremercafe conducted an on-site trial to semiautomate their dip filling process with the installation of a Riggs Autopack Model 1000 depositor with 40 L hopper. The depositor has a fill range of 125-1200 mL, and Riggs supplied 14 and 19 mm plunger type cut-off valves, making the unit suitable for Bremercafe’s different tub and bottle sizes.

Bremercafe owner Bela Janosi found the depositor to be simple to operate, easy to clean and accurate in its filling, which reduced overfills and therefore product wastage. However, the labour saving was the biggest advantage achieved by taking the step up from hand-filling.