Snack food and bakery companies in the market for mixers want machines that provide qualities like ease of sanitation, food safety, automation, airtight seals, and consistent operation that guards against product degradation during the mixing cycle.
Shaffer Mixers, a subsidiary of Bundy Baking Solutions, Urbana, OH, has seen customers asking for machines that provide greater food safety, as well as automation. “Food safety has always been important, but it’s getting more important now,” says Andrew McGhie, director of sales. “Automation is helpful, because skilled people are always tough to get.”