Hummus & Dip Filling Machine in Riverside
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing and cupping for Riverside food producers - up to 30 cups/min, +/-0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
Riverside and the Inland Empire form one of North America's largest warehousing and cold-chain clusters. The SDH-R equips food manufacturers there with automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing and capping.
Cup Filling & Sealing for Riverside Producers
The Inland Empire attracts food manufacturers with space and distribution reach that coastal California cannot match, and refrigerated dips are a natural fit for that model. The SDH-R lets Riverside-area producers fill to +/-0.5% accuracy at up to 30 cups per minute, apply tamper-evident membrane seals, and use optional MAP nitrogen flushing to stretch refrigerated shelf life to 30-45+ days - long enough to serve the whole West Coast from one plant.
Why the SDH-R Suits Riverside Production
Servo-Driven +/-0.5% Accuracy
The volumetric piston meters by displaced volume, holding +/-0.5% fill-weight accuracy across smooth, whipped and chunky products - protecting net-content compliance and margins.
All-in-One Fill, Seal & Cap
One compact rotary machine denests cups, fills, applies a tamper-evident membrane seal and adds an optional snap lid - no separate sealer or capper required.
MAP Nitrogen for Retail Shelf Life
Optional nitrogen flushing extends refrigerated shelf life from 7-10 days to 30-45+ days - the range grocery distribution demands.
Certified, Food-Grade Build
Food-grade 304 stainless with CIP, CE/FDA/UL documentation and a 12-month warranty. Made in Calgary, Alberta by Alter Pack.
Hummus & Dip Manufacturing in Riverside
The Inland Empire is where Southern California actually stores, chills and ships its food. Riverside and San Bernardino counties hold one of North America's largest industrial property markets, and the cold-chain build-out along I-10, I-15, the 60 and the 215 — Perris, Moreno Valley, Redlands, Fontana, Rialto and Beaumont — offers refrigerated manufacturers something Los Angeles and Orange County no longer do: floor space at a rent that works.
That is why production keeps migrating east. Hispanic-foods manufacturers, private-label co-packers, plant-based brands and refrigerated snack companies have all taken inland space while keeping their customer base intact. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are about an hour west, Ontario International Airport handles air freight from the middle of the region, and a truck leaving Riverside in the morning reaches Las Vegas, Phoenix, the Bay Area or Salt Lake City inside a day.
Riverside also keeps an agricultural spine. The citrus industry that built the city is still visible at the California Citrus State Historic Park, and dates, peppers and produce come in from the Coachella Valley to the east.
The scaling problem here is unlike a dense urban borough. Space is not the constraint — distribution standards are. Retail, club and DC customers want palletized cases with consistent declared net weight, tamper-evident seals and enough shelf life to survive regional distribution and slow rotation. Hand-packing cannot hold that at contract volume, which is where a dip filling and sealing machine for Inland Empire producers earns its place.
Why Riverside Producers Choose the SDH-R
Inland Empire brands are usually selling into distribution rather than over a counter, so the SDH-R is specified here around compliance and reach as much as speed. Every cup leaves the machine with a tamper-evident roll-film membrane seal, a repeatable net weight and, with the MAP option, the shelf life a distribution center needs before it will take the SKU.
- MAP nitrogen flush for West Coast distribution — refrigerated shelf life moves from roughly 7-10 days to 30-45+ days, enough for club, DC and multi-state programs reaching Nevada, Arizona and the Pacific Northwest.
- Plus or minus 0.5% fill accuracy — servo volumetric dosing keeps declared net weight defensible across long private-label runs, where a persistent overfill is a large annual cost and an underfill is a compliance problem.
- Up to three filler stations — layered and multi-component SKUs such as bean and cheese, hummus with a topping, or salsa with a crema swirl are built in a single pass instead of a second handling step.
- 44 x 52 in footprint — a complete line drops into an existing leased warehouse bay or refrigerated room without redesigning the building or surrendering rack space.
Throughput of up to 30 cups per minute on a dry cycle, with 18-25 CPM in normal production, covers most co-packing contracts, and changeover under 15 minutes through PLC recipe recall keeps a multi-client schedule realistic. Cups run 4, 8, 10 and 16oz standard with custom 2 to 32oz tooling in round, square or rectangular formats. Compare the hummus filling machine and salsa filling machine configurations.
Delivery, Installation & Service in Riverside
The SDH-R is manufactured to order in Calgary, Alberta by Alter Pack, with typical delivery of 8 to 12 weeks. Riverside sits inside the territory of our California service center, so engineers and spare parts reach the Inland Empire in-state and overland — a short run down the I-10 or I-15 rather than an international freight booking.
Installation is planned around warehouse reality: power drop, floor drainage, cold-room access and where the line sits relative to your existing palletizing and cold storage. Commissioning is then run on your own product and your own cups and film, so fill weights, viscosity settings and seal parameters are proven on the recipes you actually ship before sign-off.
Operators are trained on HMI recipe recall, cup and film changeover and complete SKU switches. Sanitation staff are trained on the tool-free strip-down and CIP routine, which is what your customers' DC and third-party audits will want documented.
All machines carry a 12-month warranty with wear parts stocked in North America. Send us your Riverside production requirements or read the full SDH-R specification.
SDH-R Specifications for Riverside Producers
Full specification of the SDH-R automatic cup filling, sealing and cupping machine.
| Specification | SDH-R |
|---|---|
| Throughput | Up to 30 cups per minute (dry cycle) |
| Real-world output | 18-25 cups/min depending on product, cup size & options |
| Fill range | 50 g - 500 g (2 oz - 17 oz) |
| Fill-weight accuracy | +/-0.5% (servo-driven volumetric piston) |
| Standard cup sizes | 4 oz, 8 oz, 10 oz, 16 oz |
| Custom cup sizes | 2 oz - 32 oz with matching tooling |
| Sealing | Roll-film membrane heat seal (tamper-evident) |
| Lidding options | Pre-cut lid | snap-on lid (pick-and-place) |
| Shelf-life option | MAP nitrogen flush - 7-10 days to 30-45+ days refrigerated |
| Filler stations | Up to 3 (base + drizzle + garnish in one pass) |
| Construction | Food-grade 304 stainless steel |
| Cleaning | CIP clean-in-place + tool-free strip-down |
| Controls | PLC + HMI with recipe storage |
| Changeover | Under ~15 minutes between SKUs |
| Certifications | CE, FDA, UL |
| Footprint | 44 x 52 in (1,100.5 x 1,315.5 mm) |
| Origin | Made in Calgary, Alberta, Canada by Alter Pack |
| Warranty | 12 months |
| Delivery | 8-12 weeks from order confirmation |
| Starting price | From $45,000 USD |
Manual vs Semi-Automatic vs Automatic Rotary Cup Filling
Which tier of cup filling machine fits your production stage (throughput varies by product, cup size and fill weight).
| Factor | Hand-filling | Semi-automatic / tabletop | SDH-R automatic rotary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical output | ~3-6 cups/min | ~8-15 cups/min | Up to 30 cups/min |
| Operators on fill & seal | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1 supervising |
| Fill-weight accuracy | Operator-dependent | Moderate | +/-0.5% servo volumetric |
| Tamper-evident sealing | Hand-applied lids | Separate bench sealer | Integrated membrane seal |
| MAP / extended shelf life | Not available | Rarely available | Optional nitrogen flush (30-45+ days) |
| Typical investment | Lowest | Moderate | From $45,000 USD |
SDH-R Configuration for Riverside
Products It Fills
Serving Riverside & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills & Seals in Riverside
Fully automatic from empty cup to sealed, retail-ready product
Cup Denesting
Empty cups are automatically separated from a nested stack and placed into the rotary table carriers. The pneumatic denester handles round, square, and rectangular cups from 2oz to 32oz.
Servo-Driven Filling
The volumetric piston filler draws a precise dose and dispenses it into the cup. Servo control adjusts stroke length and speed per recipe, maintaining plus/minus 0.5% fill-weight accuracy. The PLC stores recipes for quick changeovers.
Membrane Heat Sealing
Roll-stock film is drawn across the filled cup and heat-sealed to create a tamper-evident, airtight membrane. Sealing temperature, pressure, and dwell time are individually controlled to match your film and cup materials.
Snap-On Lid (Optional)
A pick-and-place mechanism applies a consumer-friendly snap-on lid over the membrane seal - a two-barrier system providing tamper evidence and reclosability for grocery retail and foodservice.
MAP Nitrogen Flush (Optional)
Modified Atmosphere Packaging replaces headspace oxygen with food-grade nitrogen immediately before sealing, typically extending refrigerated shelf life from 7-10 days to 30-45+ days.
Cup Filling Machines in Riverside - FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to Riverside and across the California region, supported by North American service centres in Alberta, New Jersey and California. Standard delivery is 8-12 weeks from order confirmation and every machine includes a 12-month warranty.
The SDH-R starts at $45,000 USD for the single-filler configuration. Price depends on the number of filler stations, MAP nitrogen flushing, lidding format and custom cup tooling. Contact us for a configured quote for your products and volume.
Up to 30 cups per minute in dry-cycle operation, with real-world output typically 18-25 cups per minute depending on product viscosity, cup size, fill weight and whether MAP nitrogen flushing is enabled.
Yes. The optional MAP nitrogen flush displaces headspace oxygen immediately before sealing, typically extending refrigerated shelf life from 7-10 days to 30-45+ days - the range regional and national grocery distribution requires.
Tzatziki, baba ganoush, labneh, guacamole, salsa, pesto, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream-cheese spreads, queso and cheese dips, aioli and other emulsified sauces, nut butters and tahini. Up to three filler stations allow layered and garnished cups in one pass.
Yes. The SDH-R is CE, FDA and UL certified and built from food-grade 304 stainless steel with CIP clean-in-place and tool-free strip-down, suited to HACCP and BRCGS-audited plants. It is designed and built in Calgary, Alberta by Alter Pack.
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