Food & Beverages
Mixing technology for the food industry
Mixing is a key operation in the preparation of food for human consumption. The ever-changing requirements both from the client as well as the regulatory side make mixing techniques challenging. Jongia’s experts make sure you’re getting the right mixer for your specific application, whether you are mixing on a small scale or blending large quantities of various ingredients.
While maintaining constant quality of the end product and meeting stringent hygienic requirements imposed by law, you will want your capital investments to yield maximum profit. Lowering production costs and total cost of ownership through the use of energy efficient equipment and low maintenance solutions will help you achieve that goal. The reduction of batch times leads to less or smaller premix and storage vessels being necessary, improving your return of investment.
Within the food industry there are different types of agitating processes for liquid-liquid or solid-liquid. Examples of processes are blending, storage, dispersing, dissolving, heat transfer, gas dispersing, emulsifications, etc. When designing an agitator Jongia takes into account matters like viscosity and density behaviour of the involved products, as well as vessel geometry and cooling/heat transfer capacities.
Precision Mixing Meets Complete Food Process Engineering
In food production, mixing quality directly determines product quality — texture, stability, homogeneity, and shelf life all depend on getting agitation right. As part of De Dietrich Process Systems, Jongia’s mixing technology is built into a broader food process engineering portfolio that covers every stage of production.
De Dietrich brings advanced solutions for liquid-liquid mixing, solid-liquid dispersion, emulsification, heat transfer, and homogenization — all designed to meet the highest hygienic and food safety standards, including FDA and EHEDG compliance. Their CIP-compatible systems serve dairy, edible oils, starch-based products, sauces, baby food, and animal nutrition, in both batch and continuous processing environments.
Where Jongia delivers the precision agitation your process depends on, De Dietrich provides the complete engineering framework around it — from R&D and pilot plant through to full-scale production.
Mixing elements for Food & Beverage Production
Versatile Propeller Mixer for Food & Beverage Production
The Propeller is a fundamental mixing element across food and beverage production, from beer fermentation to baby food and juice processing. Its axial flow maintains homogeneity, prevents solids from settling, and ensures consistent distribution of ingredients and additives. Energy-efficient and hygienic, it adapts to the varying substrate viscosities encountered throughout the diverse food and beverage sector.
High-Efficiency Hydroprop for Food & Beverage Plants
The Hydroprop delivers outstanding pumping capacity with minimal energy consumption, making it ideal for large-scale food and beverage processing vessels. It ensures complete tank turnover, eliminates temperature gradients, and keeps ingredients in a stable, homogeneous state throughout production. Its streamlined design reduces operational costs while supporting continuous, high-volume processing across the food and beverage industry.
Robust Flatblade Turbine for Food & Beverage Processing
The Flatblade turbine generates strong radial flow and turbulence, making it essential for intensive food and beverage applications from chocolate processing to candy production. It breaks up agglomerates, disperses additives, and homogenizes thick substrates across a broad range of food and beverage products. Its rugged construction handles the mechanical demands of industrial-scale production with proven reliability.
Efficient Jet Mixer for Food & Beverage Production
The Jet Mixer uses a high-velocity liquid jet to achieve rapid homogenization in food and beverage processing without mechanical shear. It excels in liquid-phase tanks across applications from juice blending to candy syrup preparation, delivering fast results with minimal foaming. Its simple, cleanable geometry makes it easy to integrate and maintain in hygienic food and beverage processing environments.
High-Flow Hydrofoil for Food & Beverage Tank Mixing
The Hydrofoil generates high-volume axial flow, making it a powerful solution for large food and beverage processing vessels. It prevents thermal stratification and keeps ingredients in steady motion with minimal turbulence, protecting sensitive cultures and flavors across fermentation, juice, and blending applications. Its optimized blade profile converts drive power into fluid motion efficiently, supporting consistent homogenization at industrial scale.
Reinforced Hydrofoil Pin for Food & Beverage Processing
The Hydrofoil Pin combines proven hydrofoil performance with reinforced pins for higher-viscosity food and beverage substrates. Its structural design handles challenging process zones where standard impellers may struggle, delivering reliable mixing of thick syrups, concentrated juices, and viscous food products. The preferred choice wherever high-flow mixing must withstand demanding mechanical conditions in food processing.
Reliable Axial Flow Turbine for Food & Beverage Production
The Axial Flow Turbine is a dependable all-rounder across food and beverage production, ensuring even distribution of heat and additives throughout processing vessels from fermentation tanks to blending vessels. It prevents stagnant zones and keeps food and beverage ingredients in consistent motion across the vessel. Its cost-effective, robust design makes it a go-to choice for stable, continuous operation throughout the sector.
Heavy-Duty Welded Turbine for Food & Beverage Plants
Built for maximum durability in continuous food and beverage production, this welded turbine eliminates bolted connections for superior mechanical integrity and hygienic operation. Its smooth, crevice-free profile resists product buildup and simplifies cleaning across applications from brewing to chocolate manufacturing. The preferred choice for industrial-scale food and beverage facilities demanding long service intervals and food safety compliance.
Axial Flow Turbine Pin for Food & Beverage Processing
Adapted for food and beverage processes involving fibrous materials or high solids content, this turbine uses reinforced pins to cut through challenging substrates such as fruit pulp, fiber-rich concentrates, and thick confectionery bases. It maintains an effective mixing zone even when ingredient composition varies from batch to batch. An essential element for facilities handling inconsistent or viscous food and beverage substrates.
Double Acting Axial Flow Turbine for Food & Beverage Mixing
The Double Acting Axial Flow Turbine (MTE) generates both upward and downward flow, doubling mixing intensity in food and beverage processing vessels. It eliminates dead zones in tall vessels and ensures complete tank turnover across applications from vegetable concentrate blending to juice processing. Ideal for food and beverage operations demanding extra mixing capacity from a single impeller without adding power.
Anchor Mixer for High-Viscosity Food & Beverage Products
The Anchor mixer is designed for the most viscous stages of food and beverage production, where chocolate, candy syrups, thick purees, and similar products tend to build up on the tank walls. Its close-clearance blades sweep the vessel walls continuously, promoting heat transfer and preventing local hot spots or fouling. The ideal solution wherever intensive wall-to-wall homogenization is required in food and beverage production.
U-Z Turbine for Thorough Food & Beverage Blending
The U-Z Turbine combines strong axial flow with a geometry tailored to the diverse demands of food and beverage production. It ensures complete homogenization of ingredients while keeping shear forces controlled, protecting sensitive flavors, cultures, and emulsions. A versatile solution for food and beverage processors who need consistent blending performance across varying batch sizes and viscosity profiles.
Ribbon Mixer for High-Viscosity Food & Beverage Blending
The Ribbon mixer is built for the most demanding high-viscosity stages of food and beverage production, from chocolate confectionery to thick fruit concentrates. Its double-helical design creates a complex flow pattern that ensures thorough blending of all ingredients, even at the highest viscosities. A critical element for producing food and beverage products with perfectly uniform consistency and quality.
High-Shear Sawblade for Food & Beverage Dispersion
The Sawblade disperser generates the extreme shear forces required to break down agglomerates and solid additives across food and beverage production. It produces fine, homogeneous dispersions inside processing vessels, essential for consistent product quality in applications from candy manufacturing to fruit concentrate processing. The key element where fine particle distribution determines the quality of the final product.
Counter Rotating Mixer for Food & Beverage Production
For high-viscosity stages of food and beverage production, the Counter Rotating Mixer provides intensive homogenization through two impellers turning in opposite directions. It eliminates dead zones in processing vessels and creates a highly turbulent environment that fully blends even the thickest food substrates, from chocolate to dense fruit concentrates. The ultimate solution for challenging batches where standard impellers fall short.
Hermetic Magnetic Mixer for Safe Food & Beverage Processing
The Magnetic Mixer provides a completely sealed mixing process, making it the preferred choice for food and beverage applications where hygienic integrity and contamination prevention are paramount. By eliminating mechanical seals, it prevents ingress of lubricants and ensures maximum product purity across sensitive food and beverage environments. The ultimate solution for applications requiring hygienic or zero-leakage standards in food processing.
In-line Mixer for Continuous Food & Beverage Production
The In-line Mixer blends product as it flows through the pipeline, ideal for continuous stages of food and beverage production from juice blending to candy syrup preparation. It delivers fast, reproducible homogenization without the need for an additional batch vessel, reducing footprint and increasing throughput. A compact, hygienic solution for high-volume food and beverage processing lines.
Conical Helix Mixer for Food & Beverage Processing
The Conical Helix Mixer is engineered for the most demanding high-viscosity stages of food and beverage production, from chocolate and confectionery to thick fruit pastes. Its helical geometry lifts product from the bottom of the vessel to the top, ensuring full batch circulation even when viscosity is at its most severe. An ideal solution for thick, sticky food and beverage products that resist conventional impellers.
Beverages
It is safe to say that mixing is a key technique in the beverage industry; it is hard to find a drink that doesn’t require any stirring or mixing.
As with the food industry in general, efficient production methods as well as top-notch hygienic standards play a major role. Additionally ATEX zoning can become a crucial issue when dealing with alcoholic beverages. Jongia is one of a select group of mixer manufacturers whose quality management system is approved for ATEX and IECEx by the prestigious DEKRA institute (explosion protection).
We’ve supplied our mixers to all the major players in the alcoholic as well as the non-alcoholic beverage industry.
Our innovative side entry magnetic driven mixer, the Magitator, is very suitable for the Beverage industry due to its sealless design. Hermetically tight vessels promote hygiene and since there is no seal the risk of contamination is eliminated.
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Food & Beverages Contacts
Sales Director
Tom Pruymboom
Area Sales Manager
Teun van der Spek
Application Engineer
Sijko van der Veen
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the importance of mixing in food preparation?
Mixing is essential for preparing food for consumption. It ensures that ingredients are correctly combined, which is crucial for taste, texture, and quality. Jongia’s expertise helps you choose the right mixer based on your production scale and specific recipe requirements.
How does Jongia ensure quality in its mixing solutions?
Jongia uses over 85 years of process knowledge and specializes in high-quality sanitary designs to ensure efficient mixing solutions. Our focus on maintaining product quality while meeting hygienic standards provides reliable and effective results for the food and beverage industry.
What types of mixing processes are common in the food industry?
Common processes include blending, dispersing, dissolving, and emulsifying, each requiring specific agitator designs. Jongia considers factors like viscosity, density, vessel geometry, and heat transfer to ensure optimal mixing performance to satisfy various applications in food processing.
How does Jongia address hygienic requirements in beverage mixing?
Jongia prioritizes hygienic standards in beverage production, especially with alcohol, by providing solutions like the Magitator. Its sealless design minimizes contamination risks and enhances hygiene, making it suitable for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage applications.
What advantages do Jongia mixers offer regarding capital investments?
Jongia mixers help maximize investments by lowering production costs and total ownership expenses through energy-efficient designs. Reduced batch times and smaller vessel needs improve return on investment while maintaining consistent product quality and adherence to regulations.
