One of our most recently-commissioned plants will potentially produce 700 blocks per minute.Fresh full cream milk is collected and condensed and transported to the factories.
Although these markets represent only a small part of the whole group sales (around 20%) they have been identified as having the greatest potential.Chocolate crumb is one of the basic ingredients of manufactured chocolate products.
According to the company, the move will streamline operations, keeping product costs low and providing jobs for locals.Spirax Sarco has 100 years' expertise in providing steam system solutions across all industries, including the food and beverage sectors.New technologies, news, new products, essential guides and more.Mark Smith, the managing director of Cadbury Schweppes Australia & New Zealand, commented: “This investment is further evidence of Cadbury’s commitment to the future of the Dunedin manufacturing site. Streat Automation supplied process control and information systems for the project and was also involved in the upgrade of the existing crumb plant and addition of a second reactor (crumb plant automation).Ross Campbell of Invest New Zealand commented: “The ‘state-of-the-art’ Dunedin chocolate crumb factory will future-proof the factory’s viability and significantly strengthen its ability to bid for further expansion projects. The amount of emulsifiers added depends on the consistency of the chocolate required. Dark chocolate is the most popular chocolate in Europe, where chocolate has a higher level of cocoa solids, giving it a much stronger flavour. As part of our investment here, Cadbury will establish a global crumb research and development centre at Dunedin.Dunedin in New Zealand was chosen by Cadbury because of its excellent infrastructure and a plentiful supply of rich milk for chocolate production.
In August 2008, an additional investment was announced taking the total amount of investment in the project to NZ$69m.
This means that Cadbury will move products to different factories across different locations. Arrow International was responsible for the construction of the original chocolate crumb line and also the ‘Cadbury World’ exhibit. Techniques are improving all the time and new technology enables the process to be highly tuned to consumer's evolving tastes and preferences.Both milk and dark chocolate undergo the same final special production stages - refining, conching and tempering - which produce the famous smoothness, gloss and snap of Cadbury chocolate.Chocolate production is a highly sophisticated, computer controlled process, with much of the new specialist machinery being produced to our own design and specification.Shell Easter eggs are made by the shell moulding process while Cadbury has a unique process for products like Cadbury Creme Eggs.On arrival at the chocolate factory, the crumb is passed through a pin mill and mixed with cocoa liquor and cocoa butter, as well as special chocolate flavouring.