Hummus Filling Machine in Raleigh
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing, and cupping for Raleigh food producers — up to 30 cups/min, ±0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
Raleigh and the Research Triangle have become a Southeast hub for food and beverage innovation. The SDH-R gives the region's emerging dip and hummus brands an automatic, retail-grade filling and sealing machine.
Hummus Packaging for Raleigh Producers
The Research Triangle's blend of food-science talent and fast-growing consumer brands makes Raleigh fertile ground for premium refrigerated dips. The SDH-R helps these producers scale credibly: servo-piston filling to ±0.5%, tamper-evident membrane sealing, and optional MAP nitrogen flushing for 30–45+ day shelf life — all in a compact, CE/FDA/UL-certified machine that grows from a single filler to three as volume climbs.
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 Raleigh
Raleigh's food industry looks different from a legacy manufacturing town. The Research Triangle brought research infrastructure first and factories second, and the result is a region unusually rich in food-science talent: NC State's food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences department sits in the city, the state's plant-based pilot-plant facilities at the NC Research Campus are a short drive west, and shared-use processing kitchens such as the Piedmont Food and Agriculture Processing Center in Hillsborough give a new brand somewhere legitimate to make its first thousand units.
Around that sits a genuinely fast-growing consumer market. Wake County's population growth has pulled in independent grocers, food halls and a strong farmers-market culture, and two of the Southeast's larger grocery banners, Food Lion and Harris Teeter, are headquartered in North Carolina, so a local brand's first chain conversation can happen close to home.
Refrigerated dips fit the Triangle's profile neatly: plant-forward, high-protein, clean-label, the categories this region's product developers gravitate to. What Raleigh brands run into is a scale-up wall rather than a demand wall. Shared kitchens cap you at bench output, and co-packers want minimum runs and recipe control that early brands are not ready to give up. Bringing hummus cup filling and sealing in-house is often the moment a Raleigh startup stops being a project and becomes a manufacturer.
Why Raleigh Producers Choose the SDH-R
The Triangle buys the SDH-R mostly as a first automated line, so the questions are about entry cost, floor space and how many SKUs one machine can carry.
- It fits a leased flex suite. The footprint is 44 x 52 in and the machine fills, seals and caps in one pass, so a first production room does not need three separate pieces of equipment or a purpose-built building.
- It fits a first capital budget. From $45,000 USD, with CE, FDA and UL compliance included, which matters when a retailer audit or an investor's due-diligence list arrives sooner than you expected.
- It handles SKU proliferation. Triangle brands tend to launch variants fast. Recipes on the PLC/HMI plus tool-free changeover under about 15 minutes let one line carry classic, roasted red pepper, everything-bagel and a seasonal, across 4, 8, 10 and 16 oz cups.
- It protects margin at small volume. ±0.5% fill accuracy from a servo volumetric piston means a 227g cup is a 227g cup, which is the difference between a workable gross margin and a slow leak on every unit.
The optional MAP nitrogen flush is the capability that changes the business plan: moving from roughly 7-10 days to 30-45+ days refrigerated is what lets a Raleigh brand go from a farmers-market and local-grocer footprint to a regional chain that ships from a distribution centre. Real-world throughput of 18-25 CPM leaves plenty of headroom above bench production. Read the hummus filling application notes.
Delivery, Installation & Service in Raleigh
Build and delivery to North Carolina takes 8-12 weeks from order confirmation, which is usually enough time to finish a lease, run the electrical and get your first film and cup stock specified. We will review your room drawing before shipping so the 44 x 52 in footprint, utilities and washdown drainage are settled before the crate lands.
For a first-time manufacturer, commissioning is the part that matters most. A technician sets the machine up on your formulation, validates fill weights, tunes the seal to your cup and film, and works through the practical detail a bench operation never had to think about: batch changeover order, CIP sequence, what to check before every run. Operator and sanitation training are delivered separately so the person on the HMI and the person on the wash-down both know their part.
The 12-month warranty runs from commissioning. The Triangle and the Carolinas are covered from the New Jersey service centre, with parts held in North America and phone and remote support to the Alberta factory for anything deeper. Start a Raleigh conversation.
SDH-R Specifications for Raleigh 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 Raleigh & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills Hummus in Raleigh
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 Raleigh — FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to Raleigh and across Southeast, 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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