Hummus Filling Machine in Columbus
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing, and cupping for Columbus food producers — up to 30 cups/min, ±0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
Columbus sits at the centre of a fast-growing Ohio food-manufacturing cluster within a day's drive of much of the US population. The SDH-R gives area producers automatic hummus and dip cup packaging.
Hummus Packaging for Columbus Producers
Central Ohio's combination of manufacturing capacity and distribution reach has made Columbus a magnet for food and beverage production. Local hummus and dip makers use the SDH-R to automate the fill-and-seal bottleneck — filling to ±0.5% at up to 30 cups per minute, sealing tamper-evident cups, and optionally adding MAP nitrogen for 30–45+ day shelf life. With CIP cleaning and tool-free changeover, it keeps multi-SKU Ohio lines running cleanly between products.
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 Columbus
Central Ohio has manufactured refrigerated food at scale for decades. The cluster around Columbus spans dressings and dips, dairy, bakery, snacks and prepared meals, backed by co-manufacturers and private-label houses that supply grocery programmes far beyond Ohio. Several national restaurant chains are headquartered in the metro, which keeps a constant flow of foodservice R&D, sauce and dip development work in the area. Ohio State's food science programme feeds QA staff, technicians and product developers into those plants, and North Market has long been the first commercial step for small food businesses testing an idea before committing to production.
Local demand for cupped dips is not theoretical either. Columbus is home to large Somali, East African and Middle Eastern communities, and hummus, baba ghanoush and labneh move steadily through independent grocers and halal markets alongside the mainstream banners. A producer who packs those products to retail standard can then reach an enormous share of the US population inside a one-day truck drive, working from a metro at the crossing of I-70 and I-71 with air cargo at Rickenbacker and intermodal rail on the same side of town.
What stalls most of them is the jump from kitchen to line. Hand-filled cups fail retail in predictable ways: net weights that drift across a case, lids that do not survive a pallet, and no tamper evidence, which is now effectively a condition of shelf space with a chain buyer.
Why Columbus Producers Choose the SDH-R
Private label and co-manufacturing shape what Ohio buyers need from a filler, and in Columbus the SDH-R is usually specified for repeatability rather than raw speed. A retail programme is won on consistency across a year, not on a good day.
- Recipe-driven repeatability. Fill volume, seal temperature and dwell are stored per SKU on the PLC/HMI, so the third-shift operator reproduces the same cup as the first-shift operator, and a returning seasonal SKU runs exactly as it ran last year.
- Retail-grade tamper evidence. The roll-film membrane heat seal gives the tamper-evident closure category buyers ask for, with an optional pre-cut or snap-on lid over it for shelf presentation and reclose.
- Audit-friendly sanitation. 304 stainless construction, CIP and tool-free strip-down make the allergen changeovers a private-label plant lives with, dairy-based to plant-based and back, a documented procedure instead of an argument.
- Weight control. The servo volumetric piston holds ±0.5% from 50g to 500g, which protects margin on every case in a low-margin private-label contract.
Where Columbus differs from a coastal producer is distribution: a day's drive covers a very large market, so most Ohio brands can run a conventional 7-10 day refrigerated dip. The optional MAP nitrogen flush becomes interesting the moment you want 30-45+ days, which is what a national chain rollout or a slower-turning speciality SKU actually needs. See the hummus filling application or the hummus cup filling machine in detail.
Delivery, Installation & Service in Columbus
Lead time to Ohio is 8-12 weeks from order confirmation. The SDH-R is manufactured in Calgary, Alberta, ships as one 44 x 52 in unit, and is CE, FDA and UL compliant, so it will not create surprises during a plant audit or an insurer's inspection in the Midwest.
Installation is scheduled around your production week. Commissioning covers levelling and utility hook-up, then a live run on your own hummus, tzatziki or dip formulation in your own cup and film, with fill weights verified on your scale and seal parameters dialled in on your stock rather than on a sample roll. Operator training runs on the HMI, recipe changes and a full format changeover, and a separate session takes the sanitation crew through CIP and tool-free strip-down.
The 12-month warranty starts at commissioning. Ohio and the wider Midwest are supported from the New Jersey service centre, which is a comfortable overnight parts run to Columbus, with Alberta and California behind it for engineering escalation. Recommended spares are quoted with the machine so a first-year stoppage does not become a shipping problem. Request a Columbus quotation.
SDH-R Specifications for Columbus 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 Columbus & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills Hummus in Columbus
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 Columbus — FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to Columbus and across Midwest, 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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