Hummus & Dip Filling Machine in Boise
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing and cupping for Boise food producers - up to 30 cups/min, +/-0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
Idaho is one of the most significant food-processing states in the country, with major dairy and yogurt production. The SDH-R brings automatic cup filling, sealing and capping to Boise-area producers.
Cup Filling & Sealing for Boise Producers
Boise sits inside a genuinely large food-processing economy with established cold-chain and dairy capability - and cupped yogurt, dips and spreads are a natural extension of it. The SDH-R fills 50-500 g to +/-0.5% accuracy at up to 30 cups per minute, seals each cup tamper-evident, and offers MAP nitrogen flushing for 30-45+ day refrigerated shelf life across the Northwest and Mountain West.
Why the SDH-R Suits Boise 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 Boise
Idaho is a processing state, and Boise sits at the head of it. The J.R. Simplot Company has been headquartered here since the potato-processing business it helped build; Amalgamated Sugar runs its head office in Boise with plants across the Treasure Valley; and the Magic Valley a couple of hours southeast is one of the country's major dairy regions, home to Chobani's Twin Falls yogurt plant and Glanbia's cheese and whey operations. Clif Bar bakes in Twin Falls. Up north, employee-owned Litehouse Foods built a national refrigerated dressing and dip business out of Sandpoint - proof that a chilled cup category can be run from Idaho rather than from a coastal plant.
Raw materials sit close. Chickpeas are grown across the Palouse in northern Idaho and eastern Washington, so garbanzo supply for hummus is regional rather than imported, and Treasure Valley farms add onions, sweet corn, sugar beets and hops to the mix.
Cost is the other reason production keeps landing here. Industrial space, power and labour run materially below Seattle, Portland or Northern California, while I-84 puts a refrigerated truck into Salt Lake City, Portland or Spokane inside a day. Retail access is unusually good for a city this size: Albertsons was founded in Boise and still headquarters here, and the Boise Co-op and Boise Farmers Market give a new chilled brand somewhere to prove itself first. What most of them lack is a packaging step that keeps up with the kitchen, which is why a hummus filling machine in Boise is so often the first real automation purchase.
Why Boise Producers Choose the SDH-R
Idaho's packaging instincts come from dairy, and the SDH-R behaves the way a cultured-products operator expects it to. Boise enquiries usually start with yogurt-adjacent formats - skyr, labneh, sour cream, ranch and veggie dips - before hummus enters the conversation, and the same machine covers all of it.
- Gentle, accurate metering of cultured product. The servo volumetric piston doses 50 g to 500 g at +/-0.5% without shearing a set yogurt or a thick sour-cream base into something runny.
- Dairy-aisle cup formats. 4, 8, 10 and 16 oz as standard, plus custom 2 to 32 oz in round, square or rectangular geometries, covers single-serve dairy cups, family dip tubs and foodservice portions from one frame.
- Sanitation the way dairy plants run it. Food-grade 304 stainless throughout, CIP and a tool-free strip-down mean the nightly wash-down and swabbing discipline Idaho dairy people already practise transfers straight across.
- Distance-proof shelf life. Optional MAP nitrogen flush takes 7-10 day product to 30-45+ days refrigerated - necessary when customers are spread from Spokane to Salt Lake City instead of clustered in one metro.
- Capital that matches Boise economics. From $45,000 USD in a 44 x 52 in footprint, a cup filling machine in Boise fits the leased Treasure Valley bays and shared production space growing brands actually start in.
Cup and lid options are listed on the product page; seal types are covered in the dip filling and sealing machine overview.
Delivery, Installation & Service in Boise
Idaho deliveries run 8 to 12 weeks from order, built at the Alter Pack factory in Calgary, Alberta. The Northwest and Mountain West are supported from our California service centre, with the Alberta plant behind it - a straightforward run north on I-15 for engineering support or a factory rebuild.
Commissioning is done in your facility on your own product. Cultured and dairy-based dips are temperature- and pressure-sensitive, so piston speed, fill temperature window, seal dwell and indexing are established on your actual base - labneh, sour cream, ranch or a Palouse-chickpea hummus - in your cups and your film, with seal integrity verified before hand-off.
Training covers both halves of the job: operators on HMI recipe management, tooling changeover and fault clearing; sanitation staff on the CIP cycle and the tool-free strip-down and reassembly. The 12-month warranty runs from commissioning, and recommended wear parts are held in North American stock so a dip filling machine in Boise is never waiting on an ocean container. Book an Idaho site review through the contact page.
SDH-R Specifications for Boise 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 Boise
Products It Fills
Serving Boise & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills & Seals in Boise
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 Boise - FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to Boise and across the Pacific Northwest 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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