Hummus & Dip Filling Machine in El Paso
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing and cupping for El Paso food producers - up to 30 cups/min, +/-0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
El Paso sits on the largest US-Mexico trade corridor and hosts a deep Hispanic-foods manufacturing base. The SDH-R fills and seals salsa, guacamole, queso and hummus on one rotary platform.
Cup Filling & Sealing for El Paso Producers
El Paso producers work with exactly the products that break general-purpose fillers: chunky salsa and pico de gallo, oxidation-prone guacamole, and warm-filled queso. The SDH-R's servo volumetric piston moves particulates on a large-bore stroke without shearing them, and the optional MAP nitrogen flush protects guacamole colour while extending refrigerated shelf life from 7-10 days to 30-45+ days for cross-border and national distribution.
Why the SDH-R Suits El Paso 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 El Paso
El Paso is a manufacturing city before it is anything else. The Borderplex it forms with Ciudad Juarez and southern Dona Ana County moves an enormous volume of freight, with commercial traffic crossing at the Ysleta-Zaragoza bridge and the Bridge of the Americas, and the Santa Teresa industrial park sitting minutes across the New Mexico line. I-10 and Union Pacific carry finished product east into Texas and west toward Tucson, Phoenix and Southern California.
Food production follows that geography. The region's chile and salsa houses roast, blend and pack Hatch and Mesilla Valley green chile through the late-summer harvest, and Hispanic-foods producers here turn out salsa roja and verde, chile con queso, guacamole, refried and layered bean dips, crema and pico de gallo year-round. Fort Bliss, area school districts and a heavy convenience-store network add institutional and single-serve demand that never really slows down.
Cupped refrigerated dips suit this market well: 4oz single serves for c-stores and foodservice, 8oz to 16oz cups for grocery and club.
Two things break hand-packing here. First, seasonality — chile harvest creates a volume spike that gets absorbed with temporary labor and inconsistent output. Second, distance — El Paso is a long haul from Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and Denver, so short shelf life and unreliable seals turn into returns. Producers scaling past the hand-fill stage generally look at a salsa filling machine for El Paso operations first.
Why El Paso Producers Choose the SDH-R
Border-region product is heavily loaded with solids: roasted chile strips, diced tomato and onion, corn, whole beans, cilantro, crumbled queso fresco. Fillers designed for smooth product struggle with all of it. The SDH-R uses a servo-driven volumetric piston with an adjustable stroke, filling 50g to 500g at plus or minus 0.5%, so a chunky salsa verde and a smooth hummus run on the same machine with a recipe change rather than a rebuild.
- Handles chile and particulate loads — piston dosing moves roasted chile, diced vegetables and whole beans into the cup intact instead of shearing them into pulp.
- Harvest-season throughput — up to 30 cups per minute on a dry cycle and 18-25 CPM on real product means the green chile spike is absorbed by the line rather than by temporary crews.
- Optional MAP nitrogen flush — lifting refrigerated shelf life from roughly 7-10 days to 30-45+ days is what makes long hauls to Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and Denver commercially sane.
- Under 15-minute changeover — PLC recipes plus tool-free strip-down let one line rotate salsa roja, verde, queso, guacamole and bean dip through a single shift.
Sanitation is not an afterthought in a chile plant. Food-grade 304 stainless construction with CIP and a tool-free strip-down keeps capsaicin oils and pigment out of the machine and keeps wash-down time from eating the schedule, while the tamper-evident membrane seal satisfies retail and cross-border customers. See the guacamole filling machine setup or the full SDH-R specification.
Delivery, Installation & Service in El Paso
Machines are built to order in Calgary, Alberta by Alter Pack, with typical delivery of 8 to 12 weeks from purchase order. West Texas and southern New Mexico are served from our California service center, a direct I-10 corridor route into El Paso, with our New Jersey center as a second source of engineers and stock for eastern Texas schedules.
Commissioning is carried out on your own product, which matters more here than in most regions: chile heat, particulate size and batch-to-batch viscosity all affect piston settings. Send your salsa, queso, guacamole, bean dip or hummus with the cups and film you plan to run, and the machine is proven on those recipes and fill weights before it is signed off.
Operator training covers HMI recipe recall, cup and film changeover and running a complete SKU switch. Sanitation training covers tool-free strip-down and the CIP routine your HACCP plan and customer audits will require.
Every machine carries a 12-month warranty, with seal heads, gaskets and piston seals stocked in North America. Request an El Paso quote with your cup sizes and target output.
SDH-R Specifications for El Paso 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 El Paso
Products It Fills
Serving El Paso & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills & Seals in El Paso
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 El Paso - FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to El Paso and across the Texas 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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