Hummus & Dip Filling Machine in Cleveland
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing and cupping for Cleveland food producers - up to 30 cups/min, +/-0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
Cleveland has a long-established food-manufacturing base and deep Eastern European, Middle Eastern and Italian food traditions. The SDH-R gives Northeast Ohio producers a complete automatic cup filling and sealing line.
Cup Filling & Sealing for Cleveland Producers
Cleveland's specialty producers and family-owned co-packers often run many SKUs in short batches - the scenario where changeover, not top speed, governs weekly output. The SDH-R stores fill volume and seal parameters as PLC recipes and strips down tool-free, keeping SKU changes under about 15 minutes, while servo dosing holds +/-0.5% and optional MAP nitrogen delivers a 30-45+ day refrigerated code date.
Why the SDH-R Suits Cleveland 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 Cleveland
Cleveland has made food at industrial scale for well over a century, and that base never really left. Refrigerated prepared foods are still produced across Northeast Ohio: Sandridge Food Corporation in nearby Medina built a national business on chilled deli salads, soups and dips; Miceli Dairy has turned out ricotta on the East Side for generations; and the Nestle campus in Solon keeps a deep bench of food-manufacturing and product-development talent inside a half-hour drive of downtown.
Beneath the large plants sits the layer that matters most for cupped dips - a dense population of family-owned specialty producers. Cleveland's food culture is genuinely multi-ethnic. Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian families supply hummus, baba ganoush and labneh through the East Side and Lakewood. Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian delis in Parma and Slavic Village move horseradish, beet relish and pierogi fillings by the tub. Italian producers on Murray Hill in Little Italy sell ricotta spreads and pesto. The West Side Market in Ohio City is still where many of those brands meet their first retail buyer, and the Port of Cleveland plus the I-71, I-77 and I-90 crossroads put finished pallets into Pittsburgh, Detroit, Columbus and Buffalo on a short transit.
The wall almost all of them hit is packaging. Hand-filling a few hundred cups a week works until Heinen's, Giant Eagle or a regional distributor asks for tamper-evident lids, legible date codes and repeatable net weights across four SKUs. That is the moment a Cleveland kitchen either invests in its own hummus filling machine or hands its margin to a co-packer.
Why Cleveland Producers Choose the SDH-R
Northeast Ohio brands rarely make just one thing. A typical Cleveland producer runs classic hummus plus roasted red pepper and garlic variants, then a tzatziki, then a seasonal beet spread for the holidays - often in the same week, sometimes in the same shift. The SDH-R was designed around that pattern rather than around a single high-volume SKU, which is why it answers what producers are actually asking for when they price a cup filling machine in Cleveland.
- Recipes instead of rebuilds. Fill volumes from 50 g to 500 g are stored on the PLC/HMI, so moving from an 8 oz retail hummus to a 16 oz club-pack tzatziki is a recipe recall and a tooling swap in roughly 15 minutes.
- Garnish in the same pass. Up to three filler stations lay down the base, an olive-oil and chickpea drizzle and a za'atar or sumac garnish before the cup reaches the sealing station - the visual cue that sells a premium Middle Eastern dip at the West Side Market or on a Heinen's shelf.
- Retail-grade closure. Roll-film membrane heat sealing gives a tamper-evident cup, and optional MAP nitrogen flush takes a typical 7-10 day dip out to 30-45+ days refrigerated, which is what regional distribution centres want to see before they will list a small brand.
- A footprint that fits old buildings. At 44 x 52 in, the machine drops into the converted industrial space and shared kitchens Cleveland producers actually rent.
Full specifications sit on the product page, and the dip filling and sealing machine overview covers cup and lid options.
Delivery, Installation & Service in Cleveland
Delivery into Northeast Ohio runs 8 to 12 weeks from the Alter Pack factory in Calgary, Alberta, where every SDH-R is built and tested before it ships. Ohio is covered by our New Jersey service centre - a straight run west on I-80, close enough that a field technician and spare parts reach Cuyahoga County quickly rather than crossing the continent.
Commissioning is done on your own product, not on a water test. We fill and seal your actual hummus, tzatziki or ricotta spread in your cups and your lidding film, set the servo piston to the +/-0.5% accuracy your declared net weights depend on, and confirm seal integrity before sign-off. Operator training covers recipe setup, changeover and fault clearing; sanitation training covers the CIP cycle and the tool-free strip-down your night crew will run.
Every machine carries a 12-month warranty, and wear parts - seals, gaskets, piston components and film-path items - are stocked in North America rather than shipped from overseas. Talk to us about a Cleveland installation through the contact page, or price a dip filling machine for a Cleveland plant with MAP fitted.
SDH-R Specifications for Cleveland 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 Cleveland
Products It Fills
Serving Cleveland & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills & Seals in Cleveland
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 Cleveland - FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to Cleveland and across the Midwest 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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