Chocotech will display a range of systems and information on its complete range of candy and chocolate processing equipment. The company offers complete cooking systems for jelly, fondant, caramel, fudge, hard candy, chewy candy, fruit snacks and ­brittle, as well as barline kitchens and aeration ­systems. On the chocolate processing side it offers the Frozenshell line with Pralimat depositing, lentil forming and enrobing.

The Ecograv (image) is a flexible gravimetric weighing unit with a buffer tank and an integrated continuous dissolver. It uses the moisture of the glucose (corn syrup) to dissolve the crystal sugar (or sugar free ingredient, i. e. isomalt) without having to add any or little water, thus saving a lot of energy. The system is ideal for hard candies, chewy candies, fondants and cooked sugar solutions for bars and allows a dry solids level of up to 90 % to be achieved prior to cooking. This approach substantially reduces the energy required, compared to starting the cooking process at 75 to 80 % dry solids, offering energy savings of 30 to 50 %.

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