Hummus & Dip Filling Machine in St. Louis
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing and cupping for St. Louis food producers - up to 30 cups/min, +/-0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
St. Louis is a historic food and beverage manufacturing centre with strong agribusiness, river and rail logistics. The SDH-R equips Missouri producers with automatic hummus and dip cup packaging.
Cup Filling & Sealing for St. Louis Producers
St. Louis pairs an established manufacturing base with central-US distribution reach, which rewards producers who can package refrigerated dips to retail standard. The SDH-R fills to +/-0.5% at up to 30 cups per minute, applies a tamper-evident roll-film membrane seal, and offers MAP nitrogen flushing to extend refrigerated shelf life to 30-45+ days - enough to serve customers in every direction from one Missouri plant.
Why the SDH-R Suits St. Louis 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 St. Louis
St. Louis has been a food and beverage manufacturing city since freight moved on the levee. Anheuser-Busch still brews in Soulard, Nestle Purina runs its headquarters and a riverfront plant downtown, Post Holdings sits in the western suburbs, and Bunge keeps its North American headquarters in Chesterfield. Bayer's Creve Coeur crop-science campus and the 39 North district around the Danforth Plant Science Center have layered an ingredient and agtech economy on top of the older one.
That ingredient depth matters for dips. Tahini, oils, cultured dairy, starches, acidulants and clean-label preservative systems can all be sourced from suppliers with people in the metro. The specialty side is equally alive: Volpi has cured salami on The Hill for generations, Soulard Farmers Market remains one of the oldest public markets west of the Mississippi, and the Bosnian community around Bevo Mill has made ajvar, kajmak and burek fillings a genuine local category alongside hummus and tzatziki.
Logistics is the quiet advantage. All six Class I railroads meet in St. Louis, Mississippi barge terminals handle bulk, and I-70, I-44, I-55 and I-64 fan out in four directions, so a refrigerated pallet leaving a plant here reaches Chicago, Dallas, Memphis, Kansas City and Nashville distribution centres on a short transit.
The constraint is packaging capacity. The region's co-packers are capable, but their minimum runs are written for volumes an emerging dip brand cannot yet commit to, so growth stalls at the cup - which is where a dip filling and sealing machine changes the arithmetic.
Why St. Louis Producers Choose the SDH-R
Interest in the SDH-R here arrives from two directions at once: brands that have outgrown hand-filling, and small co-packers who want to add chilled cupped product without committing to a full inline system. Both end up pricing a dip filling machine in St. Louis for the same reason - the machine is flexible exactly where contract work is unpredictable.
- Format range for mixed clients. Standard 4, 8, 10 and 16 oz cups, custom formats from 2 to 32 oz, and round, square or rectangular geometries cover a 2 oz foodservice portion of ajvar and a 32 oz club tub of hummus on one base machine.
- Clean breaks between products. Food-grade 304 stainless construction, CIP and a tool-free strip-down let a co-packer move from a sesame-containing hummus to a dairy tzatziki with a documented allergen changeover rather than a hopeful wipe-down.
- Three filler stations. Base, drizzle and garnish deposit in a single pass, so a layered retail presentation does not need a second line or a hand-finishing table.
- Shelf life matched to the lanes. Optional MAP nitrogen flush extends 7-10 day refrigerated dips to 30-45+ days, which is what makes a St. Louis plant a practical supplier to distribution centres from Minneapolis to Dallas instead of a metro-only one.
Priced from $45,000 USD and certified CE, FDA and UL, it sits well below a custom line, which is why most cup filling machine enquiries in St. Louis end here rather than with a bespoke build. Compare configurations on the product page, or read the hummus filling machine overview.
Delivery, Installation & Service in St. Louis
Missouri orders are built to order in Calgary, Alberta and delivered in 8 to 12 weeks. Field service for St. Louis is dispatched from our New Jersey service centre, with the Alberta factory behind it for engineering support and anything that benefits from the people who assembled the machine.
Commissioning happens on your product, in your plant. For a co-packer that usually means running two or three client recipes back to back so the changeover procedure is proven, timed and handed over in writing rather than discovered later. For a single-brand producer it means setting the servo piston to your target weight and confirming seal integrity on your own film before we leave the building.
Operator training covers HMI recipe management, tooling changes and fault clearing. Sanitation training covers the CIP cycle plus the tool-free strip-down and rebuild. The 12-month warranty starts at commissioning, and recommended wear parts are held in North American stock so a hummus filling machine in a St. Louis plant is never waiting on an ocean container. Book a Missouri site review through the contact page.
SDH-R Specifications for St. Louis 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 St. Louis
Products It Fills
Serving St. Louis & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills & Seals in St. Louis
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 St. Louis - FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to St. Louis 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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