Hummus Filling Machine in Fort Worth
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing, and cupping for Fort Worth food producers — up to 30 cups/min, ±0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
Fort Worth and the wider DFW metroplex form one of the South's fastest-growing food and beverage manufacturing centres. The SDH-R gives producers here an automatic hummus and dip filling, sealing, and cupping machine.
Hummus Packaging for Fort Worth Producers
With strong logistics, a large consumer base, and a growing roster of food manufacturers, Fort Worth is a natural home for automated cup packaging. The SDH-R lets DFW producers fill hummus and fresh dips to ±0.5% accuracy at up to 30 cups per minute, apply tamper-evident membrane seals, and add optional MAP nitrogen for extended shelf life — turning a labour-heavy hand-fill line into a consistent, retail-ready operation from a compact 44×52-inch footprint.
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 Fort Worth
Fort Worth's food-manufacturing growth is a logistics story before it is a food story. The AllianceTexas corridor in the north of the city pairs a BNSF intermodal facility with Fort Worth Alliance Airport and a dense band of refrigerated distribution centres, while I-35W and I-20 put a chilled truck into much of the southern and central US inside two days. Ben E. Keith has run foodservice distribution out of Fort Worth for generations, and metroplex population growth keeps pulling manufacturers, co-packers and private-label converters into new tilt-wall space across Tarrant County.
For refrigerated dips, that environment produces a particular kind of company:
- co-manufacturers filling for brands headquartered elsewhere in the US
- regional dip, salsa and hummus brands that have just won a grocery or club listing and now have to service it
- foodservice suppliers moving from bulk pails into retail-ready cups
- DFW start-ups whose entire business case rests on cheap national distribution reach
The failure mode here is scale, not craft. One retail or club win multiplies volume overnight, and a hand-filling room cannot hold a distribution-centre service level, a tamper-evidence specification or a net-weight tolerance across tens of thousands of cups. Shelf life is the second constraint, because product has to survive DC dwell and shelf rotation, not just the drive out. Automating the cup is what makes the win survivable.
Why Fort Worth Producers Choose the SDH-R
Fort Worth buyers usually evaluate the SDH-R against a purchase order they have already accepted, so the questions are about throughput, retail compliance and headroom rather than about craft.
Sustained output with one operator. Rated to 30 cups per minute on a dry cycle and 18-25 in real production, the SDH-R replaces a hand-filling bench without adding headcount - the number that matters when a DFW distribution centre expects consistent weekly volume.
Retail and club compliance from day one. Roll-film membrane heat sealing delivers genuine tamper evidence, optional pre-cut or snap-on lids satisfy reclose requirements, +/-0.5% fill accuracy protects net-content compliance across large shipments, and CE, FDA and UL documentation is ready when a customer's audit team arrives.
A code date built for distribution. MAP nitrogen flushing takes refrigerated shelf life from roughly 7-10 days to 30-45+ days, which is what lets a Fort Worth plant actually use its geographic advantage and ship well beyond Texas instead of being stranded by its own expiry.
Headroom to grow into. A 44 x 52 in footprint leaves room in a leased bay for a second unit when volume steps up again, and PLC recipes plus sub-15-minute changeover keep a co-manufacturer's multi-brand schedule workable. Review the SDH-R specifications or the dip cup filling and sealing platform.
Delivery, Installation & Service in Fort Worth
Standard delivery into North Texas is 8-12 weeks from order confirmation. Texas support comes from our California and New Jersey service centres, giving coverage from both coasts, with the Calgary, Alberta factory behind them for anything that needs engineering attention.
Because Fort Worth installations are so often driven by a committed retail or foodservice launch, we plan commissioning backwards from your first ship date. That includes reviewing the bay before delivery - footprint, power, compressed air, drainage and film reel access - so the crate arrives into a ready space.
On site, the machine is levelled, connected and dialled in on your own recipes, then run at production speed until fill weight, seal integrity and cup handling are all repeatable. Operators are trained on recipe recall, changeover, film and cup loading and fault clearing, while the sanitation team is trained separately on CIP and tool-free strip-down.
Every SDH-R carries a 12-month warranty from commissioning, with wear parts held in stock for Texas customers. Start a Fort Worth project.
SDH-R Specifications for Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills Hummus in Fort Worth
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 Fort Worth — FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to Fort Worth and across Texas, 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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