Processing

Kettle Produce Ltd has two main pack-house sites which combined contain 180,000 square feet (16,700sq meters) of modern processing and packing area.

Balmalcolm:

• 92,000 square feet with the majority dedicated to prepared produce
• High care facility with capacity in excess of 1.3 million packs per week
• Cutting edge technology delivers high speed preparation of raw material for prepared products: slice, dice, baton, floret shred etc
• High speed over wrapping and labelling equipment for Brassica products
• Dedicated Brassica pack-house

Balmalcolm Chilling Facilites:

• Large vacumm chillers enable rapid cooling of raw material from 24°C to 3°C within 20 minutes
• Throughput of 20 tonnes per hour
• 54,000 square feet of chilled storage
• Out-loading through 6 sunken loading bays

Orkie:

• 88,000 square feet dedicated to preparation and packing of root products
• 25 tonne per hour carrot washing and grading machine
• 10 tonne per hour swede washing and grading machine
• Vertical form filling machines for flow packing carrots
• Leading technology in cutting peeling and polishing equipment for preparation of root product raw material ready for high care

Management:

• Operational expertise built up through years of experience in complex processing procedure across un-prepared and prepared product operations
• Technical Expertise:
• Quality Assurance systems throughout the supply chain from seed selection to consumption
• Full traceability from field to customer
• BRC Hiogher level on both sites
• Accredited to handle organics on both istes by Soil Association
• Control of High Care opterations in terms of food safety, product quality and process knowledge
• Robust HACCP principles
• Engineering excellence key to the success of a highly mechanisec processing enviroment
• Day to day operational efficiency
• Training
• Design innovation
• Training and development across all management is considered key to our future success