Hummus Filling Machine for Brampton, Ontario Food Producers
Canadian-built automatic rotary cup filling and sealing for Brampton hummus, raita, labneh and sauce producers: up to 30 cups per minute, ±0.5% fill accuracy, a 12-month warranty and 8–12 week delivery from Calgary.
A hummus filling machine for Brampton, ON producers is the Hummus Pack SDH-R: a fully automatic rotary cup filling, sealing and lidding machine. It portions 50 g to 500 g of hummus into pre-formed cups with ±0.5% servo-piston accuracy, heat-seals roll film, and runs up to 30 cups per minute (18–25 real-world). It is built in Calgary, ships within Canada with no import duties, and starts from $45,000 USD.
- Output
- Up to 30 cups/min (18–25 real-world)
- Fill range
- 50 g – 500 g (approx. 2 oz – 17 oz)
- Fill accuracy
- ±0.5% (servo-driven volumetric piston)
- Cup sizes
- 4, 8, 10, 16 oz standard; custom 2–32 oz
- Built in
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Delivery and warranty
- 8–12 weeks from order confirmation; 12-month warranty
- Price
- From $45,000 USD (single-filler configuration)
Hummus filling machine in Brampton: what the SDH-R does
A hummus filling machine in Brampton has to do three things well: portion a thick, sticky paste accurately, keep the cup flange clean so the film seals every time, and change over quickly between SKUs. The Hummus Pack SDH-R is a fully automatic rotary cup filling, sealing and lidding machine designed around those jobs. It denests pre-formed cups, fills them with a servo-driven volumetric piston, heat-seals roll film and discharges the cups to a conveyor in one pass.
The SDH-R is a rotary (indexing turret) machine, not an inline one. It runs up to 30 cups per minute on a dry cycle and 18–25 cups per minute in real production, depending on product, cup size, fill weight and options. Fill range is 50 g to 500 g at ±0.5% accuracy. See the SDH-R product page or our overview of the hummus filling machine for full details.
Food packaging machine Brampton: the Peel Region food cluster
Brampton sits in Peel Region in the western Greater Toronto Area, alongside Mississauga and Caledon. In August 2026 the City of Brampton reported that its food and beverage processing sector employs approximately 8,500 people across about 300 companies, and that Business Facilities magazine ranked Brampton Canada's top food and beverage processing cluster in its 2026 Global Rankings.
Location helps refrigerated products. Toronto Pearson International Airport is in neighbouring Mississauga, Highway 410 links Highways 401 and 403 north to Brampton, Highway 407 crosses the city, and CN's Brampton Intermodal Terminal is the railway's intermodal hub for the GTA and southwestern Ontario. Fresh dips use up shelf life in transit, so a short route to the highway network helps protect it.
The community matters too. The 2021 Census counted more than half of Brampton's residents as South Asian, alongside Caribbean, Middle Eastern and many other communities. Chutneys, raita and other yogurt dips, hummus, baba ganoush, labneh and tahini are everyday foods for many of these households, and they are the pumpable, refrigerated products a hummus filling machine like the SDH-R is built to fill. Across North America, hummus demand alone is about $2.68 billion in 2026, projected to reach about $3.67 billion by 2032.
How the SDH-R cup filling machine works, station by station
A rotary hummus filling machine moves each cup around an indexing turret through filling and sealing stations in a single pass. On the SDH-R the sequence is:
- Cup loading and denesting: a pneumatic denester places pre-formed round, square or rectangular cups on the turret.
- Base component filling: a servo-driven volumetric piston portions the hummus, raita or sauce by volume.
- Secondary or third filling (optional): up to three fillers in one pass for paste, spices, nuts, oil or a liquid garnish.
- Roll-film membrane sealing: film is cut from a roll and heat-sealed to the cup for a tamper-evident closure.
- Nitrogen MAP flushing (optional): the container MAP system reduces residual oxygen to 0.3–0.4%.
- Plastic lid pick-and-place or snap-on (optional): an over-top lid is applied before discharge to the conveyor.
Controls are PLC-based with an HMI that stores recipes and raises diagnostic alerts, and changeover between SKUs takes under about 15 minutes. Construction is food-grade 304 stainless steel with CIP (clean-in-place) and tool-free strip-down. For background, read our comparison of rotary versus inline filling machines.
Dip filling machine Brampton producers can run: products and handling
Local producers rarely run a single product, so a Brampton hummus filling machine should cope with more than hummus. The table shows how the SDH-R handles the dips, sauces and spreads typical of Peel Region kitchens, based on its filler, nozzle and valving options.
SDH-R handling by product
| Product | How the SDH-R handles it |
|---|---|
| Hummus, plain and flavoured | Servo volumetric piston with a drip-free suck-back nozzle; optional peristaltic pump for an oil drizzle and garnish filler for seeds, nuts or herbs. |
| Raita and tzatziki-style dips | Wide-bore valving passes shredded cucumber and herbs; cut-off or suck-back nozzle suits fluid dips. |
| Chutneys, sauces and salsa | Large-bore valving passes particulates; fill temperature and viscosity are confirmed with our engineering team before quoting. |
| Baba ganoush | Thick paste with particulates; piston filler with wide-bore valving. |
| Tahini and labneh | Dense, high-viscosity products; viscosity at fill temperature is confirmed before quoting. |
Three problems decide whether a dip line runs well. Air trapped in a thick paste shows up as light cups and a pitted surface, so fill weight should be set by piston stroke rather than pumping speed. Drips and strings smear the flange, a common cause of weak seals, which is why the suck-back nozzle matters on sticky products. Products that weep or separate, such as tahini-rich recipes, need their fill temperature and rest time set before the line is specified. If a chutney is hot-filled, tell us the temperature on the first call. For adjacent products, see labneh and tahini filling.
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Request a quoteHummus packaging machine for Ontario distribution: MAP and shelf life
Fresh hummus typically lasts roughly 7–10 days refrigerated without modified atmosphere packaging. With the SDH-R's optional nitrogen flush, typical refrigerated shelf life extends to roughly 30–45+ days, depending on the product. Formulation, hygiene and cold-chain control still decide the result, so test your own recipe. A longer window can let a Brampton producer widen its delivery radius and consolidate production runs. Our guide to nitrogen flushing and dip shelf life explains how to run that test.
Cup filling machine Brampton specification at a glance
Hummus Pack SDH-R key specifications
| Specification | SDH-R |
|---|---|
| Type | Fully automatic rotary cup filling, sealing and lidding |
| Output | Up to 30 cups/min dry cycle; 18–25 cups/min real-world |
| Fill range and accuracy | 50 g – 500 g; ±0.5% |
| Cups | 4, 8, 10, 16 oz standard; custom 2–32 oz; round, square, rectangular |
| Closing | Roll-film membrane seal, pre-die-cut lids, plastic lid pick-and-place or snap-on |
| Footprint | 44 × 52 in (1,100.5 × 1,315.5 mm); height 65.6 in (1,666 mm) |
| Approvals | CE, FDA compliant food-contact materials, UL listed |
On a 250 g cup, ±0.5% from this hummus filling machine is about ±1.25 g, which keeps giveaway low and helps you hold the declared net quantity. Because the denester is pneumatic, plan for compressed air, plus a nitrogen supply if you select MAP. We confirm utilities for your Brampton site during quoting.
Compliance for hummus packaging in Brampton: CFIA, Peel Public Health and allergens
No hummus filling machine makes a plant compliant on its own. The SDH-R is designed to support plants operating under HACCP-based programs, with sanitary construction and FDA compliant food-contact materials. Settle these questions early:
- CFIA licence. Under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, businesses that import food, export it, or prepare or store it for interprovincial trade generally need a Safe Food for Canadians licence, plus a written preventive control plan and traceability. Use the CFIA licensing tool to confirm your case.
- Peel Public Health. This is the local public health unit. Confirm with them which food-premises requirements apply to your facility.
- Allergens. Sesame, milk and tree nuts are priority allergens in Canada, and a hummus, tahini and nut-butter plant often handles several. Cleaning validation and scheduling belong in your preventive control plan.
- Labelling. Prepackaged foods sold in Canada generally need mandatory information in both English and French. The SDH-R can integrate top and side labelling equipment and variable data coding for date codes.
- US export. Plants shipping to the United States face FDA facility registration and FSMA Preventive Controls (21 CFR Part 117). Our certifications and compliance page lists the machine's CE, FDA compliant and UL status.
Canadian-made support for Ontario plants: delivery, warranty and service
What a Brampton buyer gets from a Canadian builder
| Topic | Detail |
|---|---|
| Build | Designed and built in Calgary, Alberta, powered by Alter Pack's decades of food packaging machinery experience. |
| Shipping | Moves within Canada, so there are no import duties on the machine. |
| Lead time | 8–12 weeks from order confirmation. |
| Warranty | 12 months. |
| Service | Service centres in Alberta, New Jersey and California. Installation, commissioning and training for Brampton are agreed in the quote. |
| Hours | Mon–Fri 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Mountain, which is 11:00 AM–7:00 PM in Brampton. |
Pricing for the hummus filling machine starts from $45,000 USD for the single-filler configuration and scales with extra fillers, MAP, labelling and custom tooling. Call +1 (888) 922-7271 or email sales@hummuspack.com.
When a hummus filling machine in Brampton is not the right fit
We would rather tell you early. The SDH-R is a rotary machine for fresh and refrigerated cup products. It is the wrong choice in these cases:
- Single-SKU volume above 30 cups per minute, where an inline line is the better route.
- Shelf-stable products needing aseptic or retort processing, which the SDH-R is not.
- Frozen products, bottles, pouches or cups that must be thermoformed in line; it fills pre-formed cups only.
- Fills under 50 g. A 1 oz cup is outside the standard range, and 2 oz portion cups sit at the low end.
- Very high fill temperatures, extreme viscosity or unusual particulates, which our engineering team confirms before quoting.
Request a quote for your Brampton plant
- Send your product, cup size, target cups per minute and options such as MAP, a second filler or labelling.
- Our team may call to learn about your application, including fill temperature and viscosity.
- We reply with a quote within about 24 hours.
- Order confirmation starts the 8–12 week lead time.
Use our contact page to start. Producers elsewhere in the GTA can see our pages for Toronto and Mississauga, or the Ontario hub. When you are ready, request your quote.
Hummus Filling Machine in Brampton, ON — Frequently Asked Questions
For fresh hummus in pre-formed cups, the Hummus Pack SDH-R is a Canadian-built, fully automatic rotary cup filling, sealing and lidding machine. It fills 50 g to 500 g at ±0.5% with a servo-driven volumetric piston, runs up to 30 cups per minute (18–25 real-world) and seals with heat-sealed roll film. Producers needing more than 30 cups per minute on one SKU should consider an inline line.
The SDH-R starts from $45,000 USD for the single-filler configuration. Price scales with additional fillers such as an oil drizzle or garnish station, plus MAP, labelling integration and custom tooling. Because it is built in Calgary and shipped within Canada, there are no import duties on the machine. Our cost guide explains what drives the final figure.
Under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, businesses that import food, export it, or prepare or store it for interprovincial trade generally need a Safe Food for Canadians licence, with a written preventive control plan and traceability. For Ontario-only sales, use the CFIA licensing tool and check with Peel Public Health. Labelling rules are in our dip labelling guide.
The SDH-R runs up to 30 cups per minute on a dry cycle and 18–25 cups per minute in real production, depending on product, cup size, fill weight and options. At 18–25 cups per minute that is about 1,080–1,500 cups per hour before stoppages and changeovers, or roughly 8,640–12,000 over an eight-hour shift of continuous running.
Within limits, yes. The SDH-R fills pumpable, refrigerated products including hummus, yogurt-based dips, labneh, tahini, baba ganoush, salsa and sauces. Changeover between SKUs takes under about 15 minutes using HMI recipes and tool-free strip-down. Our engineering team confirms fill temperature, viscosity extremes and unusual particulates before quoting, so tell us if a chutney is hot-filled.
Delivery is 8–12 weeks from order confirmation, shipped from Calgary within Canada with no import duties on the machine, and the warranty is 12 months. Our service centres are in Alberta, New Jersey and California, and installation, commissioning and training for a Brampton plant are agreed in the quote. Our team is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Mountain, which is 11 AM to 7 PM in Brampton.
The optional nitrogen MAP flush on the SDH-R reduces residual oxygen in the cup to 0.3–0.4%. Typical refrigerated shelf life then extends from roughly 7–10 days to 30–45+ days, depending on the product. Results depend on formulation, hygiene and cold-chain control, so we recommend shelf-life testing on your own recipe before changing best-before dates.
The SDH-R is built from food-grade 304 stainless steel with CIP (clean-in-place) and tool-free strip-down, so product-contact parts can be cleaned between SKUs, and recipe-based changeover takes under about 15 minutes. Sesame, milk and tree nuts are priority allergens in Canada, so cleaning validation and run scheduling stay part of your own preventive control plan. The machine supports that program but does not replace it.
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