For several years, commercial bakeries have faced economic pressure from different sources. First, they had to deal with the shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, recent inflation has cut deep into an already razor-thin profit margin. Third, supply chain disruptions have delayed the delivery of the dry ingredients required to complete batches of dough. Which commercial bakeries have done the best job of weathering the ultimate economic storm?
The answer is the bakeries that have adopted automated bakery mixing solutions.
Founded in 1994, Exact Mixing develops automated bakery mixing solutions for commercial bakeries that help them increase production volumes while at the same time implementing more efficient measures that reduce operating costs. Our engineers have created five continuous mixer models that outperform batch mixers.
Why Are Continuous Mixers Better Than Batch Mixers?
Automated continuous mixing systems deliver several benefits that make them a much better option than batch mixing systems. Full automation starts with accurately measuring ingredients, which minimizes food waste. In an era of skyrocketing commodity costs, minimizing food waste represents vast savings for commercial bakeries. Full automation also speeds up production to increase yields. Higher revenue provides a buffer against rapidly rising commodity costs. Without manually monitoring our continuous mixing systems, your bakery also benefits from much lower labor costs.
Continuous mixing systems include a development stage that creates consistent dough for all types of baked goods. When a batch of dough exits the system, each piece presents the same texture while maintaining the same size, shape, and weight. Our fully automated continuous mixing systems also maximize moisture absorption, reducing ingredients’ cost and improving each production order’s yield. Automation eliminates cross-contamination to enhance food safety protocols.
5 Fully Automated Continuous Mixing Systems
Exact Mixing manufactures five continuous mixer models.
Recipes that call for creating high-absorption dough benefit from installing the HDX Continuous Mixer. Our engineers designed the HDX to create the dough for baked goods such as buns, rolls, bread, and English muffins.
The LDX Continuous Mixer specializes in dough recipes that do not add flour to other dry ingredients until right before the development stage of the process. Every dry ingredient combines during the creme-up stage before the system accurately measures flour to complete a dough-blending recipe.
Exact Mixing designed the EX Continuous Mixer to process dry ingredients for fully-developed, low-to-mid absorption dough. This mixer specializes in producing the dough used for baked goods like bagels, pretzels, and pocket sandwiches.
When using the MX Continuous Mixer, every dry ingredient quickly mixes to form solid fat. This continuous mixing system completes production orders without generating too much heat. Our lineup’s most versatile continuous mixing system generates the dough used to create baked goods such as snacks, cookies, and muffins.
For developing hydroscopic powders into fabricated corn and potato chips, the FX Continuous Mixer is the system to measure accurate moisture levels and develop dough that remains consistent in texture.
Watch a Live Demonstration of Continuous Mixers
We encourage you to visit the Reading Bakery Systems Science & Innovation Center in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, to watch live demonstrations. You will also learn more about our automated bulk handling system and discover the benefits of gravimetric dry feeders and mass-flow liquid systems. Contact us today to schedule a live demonstration by calling the Exact Mixing headquarters at 610-693-5816 or submitting the short form on our website.