If you are thinking of opening a milk plant and wondering what type of dairy equipment you will require, then you are at the right place. In this article, we are going to talk about various equipments it in detail.
Before discussing equipment let’s talk about the products you can produce out of milk that are mentioned below:
- Butter
- Cheese
- Ice-cream
- Curd
- Buttermilk and much more
These are the products you can get out of milk. But make sure you are selling pasteurized milk instead of raw milk because in some countries it is banned to sell raw milk. You must be thinking how will you get pasteurized milk right. So there is equipment called pasteurizers will help you in making the raw milk into pasteurized one. All you need to do is heat your milk pasteurizers and leave it for cooling down. This process removes all the bacteria from milk and makes milk safer to drink.
What are the dairy equipment beneficial for small dairy farming businesses?
Tanks
There are different types of tanks available in the market which you can purchase such as pre-stack tanks, interim tanks, milk tanks. These tanks are beneficial for you as it helps you in storing the milk. It also keeps the milk fresh.
Pasteurizers
It helps in removing the bacteria from the milk and makes milk safe for consumption. You should buy high-quality pasteurizer. You need to heat the milk in it and then leave it for cooling down the milk.
Separators
Separators are helpful to make low-fat, cream as well as skim milk. It helps you in separating the fat from the milk and gives you milk as well as cream.
Butter Churns
The butter churns will help you in churning the milk into butter and gives you milk as well as buttermilk.
Cheese Presses
This is another equipment that will help you in producing cheese out of milk. All you need to do is squeeze the product to make a cheese out of it. There are different sizes available for cheese presses. You can select anyone depending on the product quantity you would like to produce.
Homogenizers
This equipment will help you in homogenizing the milk and increase the taste of the milk. You can use this equipment when you will get the milk of different cows and want to make the same consistency of the milk.
Ice cream makers
This is the equipment that will help you to make ice cream. All you need to do is process the milk to make ice cream and leave it for cooling down. You will get the smooth texture of the milk without any lumps in the ice cream.
Final Thoughts
These are the different types of equipment that will help you in increasing the small dairy farming business into a bigger one.
