Hummus Filling Machine in Kansas City
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing, and cupping for Kansas City food producers — up to 30 cups/min, ±0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
Kansas City is a central-US food-processing and cold-chain hub, ideally placed to distribute refrigerated dips across the country. The SDH-R equips local producers with a fully automatic hummus filling and sealing machine.
Hummus Packaging for Kansas City Producers
Kansas City's strength in food logistics and cold storage makes it a smart base for cupped, refrigerated products with national reach. The SDH-R helps KC-area manufacturers hit that reach: precise servo-piston filling controls give-away, membrane sealing provides tamper-evidence, and optional nitrogen flushing extends shelf life to 30–45+ days so product can travel farther. Running up to 30 cups per minute in a compact footprint, it's built for producers scaling into regional and national grocery programs.
Why the SDH-R Excels at Hummus
Servo-Driven ±0.5% Accuracy
The volumetric piston filler meters by displaced volume, holding ±0.5% fill-weight accuracy across smooth, whipped, and chunky hummus — protecting net-weight compliance and margins.
All-in-One Fill, Seal & Cap
One compact rotary machine denests cups, fills hummus, 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 hummus shelf life from 7–10 days to 30–45+ days — the range grocery distribution demands.
Made in Canada, Fully Certified
Built from 304 stainless steel for CIP sanitation, the SDH-R ships with CE, FDA, and UL documentation and a 12-month warranty.
Hummus & Dip Manufacturing in Kansas City
Kansas City's food economy was built on processing and moving perishables. The West Bottoms stockyards set the pattern, and the region kept the infrastructure long after the packing houses changed hands. What sits there now is a broad specialty-food base: sauce and condiment houses, spice blenders, dairy and bakery operations, and a deep bench of contract manufacturers who will run a customer's recipe one shift and their own label the next. Cold storage is abundant on both sides of the state line, including the limestone cave warehouses on the Missouri side that hold chilled inventory at naturally stable temperatures.
That is a strong foundation for cupped refrigerated dips. A plant sitting where I-70, I-35 and I-29 meet, with several Class I railroads converging in the same metro, can put product on a truck and reach grocery distribution centres in most directions within a short run. For a chilled SKU with a finite shelf life, that central position is worth more here than almost anywhere else in the country.
The bottleneck is rarely demand, it is the packaging bench. Kansas City hummus, queso, ranch and salsa brands typically begin by hand-depositing into cups and pressing lids by hand, then win a regional chain and discover what that costs: overfill giveaway on every cup, seals that weep in transit, and a hard ceiling set by whatever two people can produce in a shift. Automating the hummus cup filling and sealing step is usually the first real capacity decision these producers face.
Why Kansas City Producers Choose the SDH-R
Kansas City's advantage is reach, and reach is measured in days on a truck. That is why the optional MAP nitrogen flush is generally the first option Missouri and Kansas producers specify. Flushing the headspace with nitrogen before the membrane seal takes a typical refrigerated dip from roughly 7-10 days to 30-45+ days refrigerated, and those extra weeks are what make a Denver, Dallas or Chicago distribution centre quotable without writing off the tail of every order.
- Giveaway control. A servo-driven volumetric piston holds ±0.5% fill accuracy anywhere from 50g to 500g, so chickpea, tahini and olive oil costs stop leaking out through overfill.
- Three filler stations. Base hummus, an olive oil or harissa drizzle, and a garnish, all deposited in one pass, which is how regional brands build the topped premium tubs that merchandise against national labels.
- One frame, many formats. 4, 8, 10 and 16 oz cups as standard, 2-32 oz custom, round, square or rectangular, covering a foodservice portion cup and a club-store tub on the same machine.
- Changeover under about 15 minutes. PLC/HMI recipes plus tool-free strip-down, which for a Kansas City co-packer running several customers in a single day is the whole business case.
At up to 30 cups per minute dry-cycle and a realistic 18-25 CPM in live production, the SDH-R retires the hand-fill bench without committing capital to a full inline hall. Full specifications are on the SDH-R product page, and the same platform runs salsa, queso and dressings as a dip filling and sealing machine.
Delivery, Installation & Service in Kansas City
SDH-R machines are built in Calgary, Alberta and ship to Missouri and Kansas on an 8-12 week lead time from order confirmation. Because the unit arrives as a single 44 x 52 in frame, most Kansas City plants can bring it through an existing dock door and set it beside the fill room without structural work. The pre-delivery checklist covers power, compressed air, and the drain and washdown points around the machine.
Commissioning happens on site with your own recipe and your own cups, not a demo product. A technician runs the machine into a validated fill weight, sets seal temperature and dwell for your film and cup stock, then trains the crew in two parts: operators on the HMI, recipe selection and format changeover, and the sanitation team on CIP, tool-free strip-down and daily inspection of the 304 stainless contact parts.
Every machine carries a 12-month warranty. Field support across the central US runs through the New Jersey service centre, with the Alberta plant behind it, and wear parts such as piston seals, sealing heads and film components are stocked in North America so a Missouri line is never waiting on an overseas order. Talk to us about a Kansas City installation.
SDH-R Specifications for Kansas City 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 |
| Cup shapes | Round, square, rectangular |
| 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 | 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 × 52 in (1,100.5 × 1,315.5 mm) |
| Origin | Made in Canada (Calgary, Alberta) |
| 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 Hummus
Hummus Products It Fills
Serving Kansas City & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills Hummus in Kansas City
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 ±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.
Hummus Filling Machines in Kansas City — FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to Kansas City and across Midwest, with North American service support from 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. Final price depends on the number of fillers, MAP nitrogen flushing, lidding format, and custom cup tooling. Contact us for a quote scoped to your products and volume.
The SDH-R fills up to 30 cups per minute in dry-cycle operation, with real-world hummus output typically 18–25 cups per minute depending on 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.
Standard 4, 8, 10, and 16 oz cups, with custom tooling from 2 oz sampler cups up to 32 oz club and foodservice formats, in round, square, or rectangular shapes. Fill weights run from 50 g to 500 g.
Yes. The same machine fills tzatziki, baba ganoush, labneh, guacamole, salsa, pesto, sour cream, cottage cheese, nut butters, and cream-cheese spreads — see the dip filling and sealing machine page for the full range.
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