Hummus & Dip Filling Machine in Brooklyn
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing and cupping for Brooklyn food producers - up to 30 cups/min, +/-0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
Brooklyn is one of North America's densest specialty and artisan food-manufacturing boroughs. The SDH-R fits the small, tightly-packed production spaces Brooklyn producers work in while delivering full retail-grade cup filling and sealing.
Cup Filling & Sealing for Brooklyn Producers
From the Brooklyn Navy Yard to Industry City, Brooklyn's food manufacturers work in compact, expensive square footage and sell into the most demanding retail and foodservice market in the country. The SDH-R's 44 x 52 inch footprint fits that reality, while servo-driven +/-0.5% filling, tamper-evident membrane sealing and optional MAP nitrogen flushing deliver the shelf life and consistency New York grocery buyers expect.
Why the SDH-R Suits Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn
Few places pack as much specialty food manufacturing into as little square footage as Brooklyn. Building 77 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Industry City in Sunset Park and the converted Pfizer plant on Flushing Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant have all been rebuilt as multi-tenant food production space, while the East Williamsburg and Greenpoint industrial business zones still hold licensed commercial kitchens, co-packers and small refrigerated plants.
Dip demand in this borough is demographic, not faddish. The Arab-American commercial strip along Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, the Levantine grocers and bakeries around Atlantic Avenue, the Russian and Ukrainian food halls of Brighton Beach, Polish delis in Greenpoint, kosher production around Borough Park, and Greek, Turkish and Israeli kitchens from Sheepshead Bay to Williamsburg all move hummus, labneh, baba ganoush, tzatziki, ajvar, taramasalata and whipped feta by the tub every week.
Selling is the straightforward part. A Brooklyn producer sits minutes from Manhattan specialty retail, Hunts Point in the Bronx, hotel and restaurant distributors, and several thousand independent groceries and bodegas across the five boroughs.
Scaling is where it hurts. Facilities are a few thousand square feet on an upper floor served by a shared freight elevator, rent punishes every wasted foot, and most brands are still hand-filling deli tubs before dawn to hit a morning delivery window. Hand work fails on weight consistency and, more damaging, on seal integrity: chain buyers will not list a cup without a proper tamper-evident membrane. A compact dip filling and sealing machine for Brooklyn producers solves both problems in the same footprint.
Why Brooklyn Producers Choose the SDH-R
Brooklyn buys machinery by the square foot. The SDH-R occupies a 44 x 52 in footprint, which means a full automatic filling, sealing and cupping line fits a corner of a Navy Yard or Industry City unit, passes through a standard freight elevator, and leaves room for the cold room and staging space the operation actually needs.
- Genuinely small footprint — 44 x 52 in replaces a hand-fill table and its crew without a new lease, a mezzanine build or a change to the loading dock routine.
- Tamper-evident roll-film membrane seal — the seal chain retail and specialty grocers require, with an optional pre-cut or snap-on lid for deli-case presentation.
- Optional MAP nitrogen flush — moving refrigerated shelf life from roughly 7-10 days to 30-45+ days ends the daily-delivery treadmill and opens accounts outside the borough.
- Tool-free strip-down with CIP — clean between hummus, labneh and a dairy or sesame allergen changeover fast enough for shared multi-tenant space, kosher supervision and short production windows.
Accuracy matters just as much in a small shop. The servo volumetric piston holds plus or minus 0.5% across a 50g to 500g range, so 8oz and 10oz retail cups hit declared net weight without the giveaway that quietly erodes margin on tahini, olive oil and pine nuts. Standard 4, 8, 10 and 16oz cups cover most Brooklyn SKUs, with custom 2 to 32oz tooling available. Read the full hummus filling machine specification or ask us to size a line for your floor.
Delivery, Installation & Service in Brooklyn
Machines are built to order in Calgary, Alberta and typically deliver in 8 to 12 weeks. Brooklyn and the wider New York metro are supported from our New Jersey service center, which sits directly across the harbor: spare parts move over the bridges or through the tunnels the same day, and a service engineer can be on a Sunset Park or Navy Yard floor without an airport in the schedule.
Because Brooklyn buildings are the real constraint, installation planning starts with access. We confirm freight elevator dimensions, door widths and available power before the crate leaves Alberta, so the machine reaches the floor it was bought for.
Commissioning is run on your own hummus, labneh, spreads or salads with your own cups and film, and the PLC leaves site loaded with your recipes. Operators are trained on recipe recall, film and cup changeover and daily start-up; the sanitation crew is trained on tool-free strip-down and CIP for your HACCP and kosher documentation.
Twelve-month warranty, North American parts stock, and no cross-continent freight for a gasket. Talk to us about a New York installation.
SDH-R Specifications for Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn
Products It Fills
Serving Brooklyn & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills & Seals in Brooklyn
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 Brooklyn - FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to Brooklyn and across the New York 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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