Multidrum breader for 'homestyle' breading

The GEA MultiDrum breader can re-create ‘homestyle’ breading on an industrial scale. Typical homestyle (or Southern-style) breaded coating looks homemade, with a very coarse, crunchy texture that has been difficult to re-create in an automated process.

The breader overcomes the challenges by splitting the product stream and feeding the products into multiple drums. The products leave the drums evenly spread across the belt. The pick-up percentage is controllable, and the machine requires considerably less space than a single-drum breader and associated spreading belts, which means the overall line is shorter and labour requirements are reduced by up t0 80%, according to the company.

The breader is available in a three-drum configuration (1000 mm wide) and a twin-drum configuration (600 mm wide) and is suitable for boneless and bone-in products, including drumsticks, wings, thighs, tenders, fillets, chicken popcorn and nuggets.

To enable the creation of coating according to specific recipe and product requirements, the breader features adjustable flour bed level, drum angle and drum speed. This enables the pick-up percentage to be accurately controlled.

The technology used in the breader reduces the amount of dust in the work environment, and the drums can automatically be lifted to a special cleaning position. The system offers cost savings in flour usage, as flour can be re-used in many applications, while shorter machine cleaning time, less water usage and reduced factory cleaning also reduce costs.