Challenges in the Bakery Sector

Some challenges found within the bakery sector include:

• Large amount of processing and production of the food product, which increase the chance of stainless steel contamination caused by processing and packaging machine failure
• Warm and dusty environments and the need for regular cleaning of machines, conveyors and belts
• Integrity of products after baking process (i.e. looking for holes within baked bread) or missing items (i.e. packets of cookies)
• Increase in private label manufacture, requiring food manufacturers to be serving multiple retailers with multiple products

Why Use Loma?

Loma has a long-standing experience of working with many bakery manufacturers:

• Loma has recognized solutions for metal detection, x-ray inspection, dynamic in-line Checkweighing, and can provide combined Check and Detect solutions, where detection and weighing occur on the same system
• With Loma’s Designed to Survive® philosophy, equipment is designed to withstand the tough conditions and cleaning found within many factories
• In addition to being used for metal detection within bread, Loma’s X-ray systems are being used to detect other foreign bodies and scan for product defects, such as large holes, and remove these products from the line