Hummus Filling Machine in Minneapolis
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing, and cupping for Minneapolis food producers — up to 30 cups/min, ±0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
Minneapolis–St. Paul is a food-manufacturing powerhouse — home to some of North America's largest food companies. The SDH-R brings that same industrial-grade automation to hummus and fresh-dip producers of every size.
Hummus Packaging for Minneapolis Producers
The Twin Cities region combines major food corporations with a vibrant community of independent and private-label manufacturers. For those packaging refrigerated hummus and dips, the SDH-R delivers servo-driven ±0.5% filling, tamper-evident membrane sealing, and optional MAP nitrogen flushing that stretches shelf life to 30–45+ days. Made in Canada and CE/FDA/UL certified, it slots neatly into HACCP- and BRCGS-audited Minnesota facilities and scales with up to three filler stations.
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 Minneapolis
Few metros carry the concentration of food-industry head offices the Twin Cities do. General Mills in Golden Valley, Cargill in Wayzata, Land O'Lakes in Arden Hills and Target's downtown Minneapolis headquarters have, over decades, built up something more useful to a mid-sized manufacturer than the head offices themselves: a deep local supply of food scientists, QA managers, packaging engineers and brokers, plus a network of private-label and contract manufacturers that exists specifically to serve national retail programs.
Minnesota's dairy heritage shapes the dip category here. Sour cream and French onion dips, cream cheese spreads and cheese dips are native products in this market, and the plants that make them already understand cold chain, cultured product and demanding sanitation. That same capability is increasingly pointed at hummus, labneh and plant-based spreads, helped by steady retail demand from the Twin Cities' large Somali, East African and Middle Eastern communities.
The constraint in Minneapolis is rarely capability. It is that private-label work multiplies SKUs - several customers, each with their own cup, fill weight, label, code format and audit expectations, against a cost per unit negotiated to the cent. Hand-filling cannot hold net weight tightly enough to defend that margin, and a 7-10 day code date is unworkable against Upper Midwest distribution-centre lead times. That combination is what sends producers here looking at a rotary cup filling and sealing machine.
Why Minneapolis Producers Choose the SDH-R
Private-label and dairy-adjacent production has its own priorities, and the SDH-R maps onto them closely.
- Recipe management for a many-customer schedule. Cup size, fill weight, seal dwell and index speed are stored and recalled from the PLC/HMI, so a contract manufacturer running one brand's hummus in the morning and another's onion dip in the afternoon changes over in under 15 minutes without re-teaching settings each time.
- Sanitation to a dairy standard. The product path is 304 stainless, CIP-capable and strips down tool-free, which matters where a line alternates between cultured dairy, sesame-based hummus and nut-based spreads and every changeover has to be documented for an allergen program.
- Net content that survives an audit. Fill accuracy of +/-0.5% from the servo volumetric piston holds every cup inside tolerance across a long run, protecting both the retail customer's net-weight requirement and a private-label margin with no slack in it.
- A distribution-grade code date. Optional MAP nitrogen flushing extends refrigerated shelf life from roughly 7-10 days to 30-45+ days - enough to absorb DC lead times, winter weather delays and shelf rotation across Minnesota and the wider Upper Midwest.
CE, FDA and UL documentation supports customer and third-party audits. Full details sit on the SDH-R product page and the hummus filling application page.
Delivery, Installation & Service in Minneapolis
Delivery into Minnesota is 8-12 weeks from order. The Twin Cities are supported primarily from our Alberta service centre, the closest of the three and a direct corridor into the Upper Midwest, with New Jersey providing a second source of parts and technician coverage. The machine is built in Calgary, so factory engineering sits behind that support rather than an ocean away.
Commissioning is run on your product and your cups. For Minneapolis private-label work that often means validating more than one customer's specification during the same visit, so the recipe library is populated and proven before the machine enters a live production week.
Training is delivered in two tracks. Operators cover recipe recall, cup denesting, film loading, changeover and fault clearing. The sanitation crew covers CIP, tool-free strip-down and reassembly verification, written up so it can be attached to your existing allergen and sanitation documentation for retail audits.
A 12-month warranty applies from commissioning, and wear parts are stocked for Midwest customers. Request a Minneapolis quote.
SDH-R Specifications for Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills Hummus in Minneapolis
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 Minneapolis — FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to Minneapolis 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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