Food Development Theatre

Our commitment to you - The D C Norris Food Development Theatre is a purpose built food factory equipped with fully operational industrial food processing equipment and is available NOW for hire, trials and product development. In addition we have a lounge/leisure/domestic style kitchen for tasting, training and discussion.

To discuss your requirements please contact D C Norris & Co (Eng) Ltd

Testing and product development is crucial to the success of our business, and so we have invested heavily in a new test kitchen facility, which can feature both stand-alone units and full production lines. Here we can rigorously test and trial customers' products in a food factory environment. In association with our 'in-house' first class chef, we at D C Norris are able to assist in further recipe development for our customers. This gives our customers the opportunity to fully assess equipment before they decide to order.

 

By introducing our customers to the test kitchen environment, we can help them to make the right choices when it comes to food preparation.

We can supply and install all the equipment needed to create an efficient food preparation area, including:

Can openers - stand alone, semi and fully automatic, allowing a throughput from 100 to 1000 cans per hour. Can crushers, wash tanks, water removal and takeaway conveyor systems supplied and installed as new or upgrades to existing equipment
Fully automated, slatband and belt conveyor systems
Work stations and indexing tables
A comprehensive range of mixers from small pilot plant cutter/mixers to large industrial models, to slice, mix and transfer ingredients. They can feature speed control, vacuum steam jacket and also offer product unloading. This includes mixers that employ paddles, half blades and ribbons for gentle blending of volumes from 80 to 3000 litres, discharging into standard bins or bespoke receptacles.
Homogenisers in-line and top-mounted versions, ideal for processing products such as sauces, preserves or dips
   

All items in our preparation range can be load cell mounted, to meter the addition of ingredients to provide consistent process batches.

The test kitchen has been designed to operate like a typical production environment.

 

 

Some of the machinery available for trials. Left: Pump Fill Station. Right: Recipe driven kettle.

 

 

D C Norris & Co (Eng) Ltd - Tel: (01767) 677515 - Fax: (01767) 677956 - Email: mail@dcnorris.co.uk