How much does 1 gram of beef cost your company? If each patty you produce totals 1 gram over target weight, your give-away will soon surpass the cost of your forming machine! The new NovaMax500, the next generation of slide-plate formers from Formax, a Provisur Technologies Inc. brand – is an ideal solution that consistently delivers a higher quality, more consistent product at a lower cost. Slide-plate formers are perfectly suited for processors that form a wide variety of formed products and require a wide range of tooling.
There will be no shortage of demand for meat products in the future. In fact, 96% of Americans already make meat and poultry products a part of their diets, according to the American Meat Institute. To meet this growing demand, the U.S. meat industry processed34.1 million cattle, 2.2 million sheep and lambs plus 110.9 million hogs in 2011. That same year, American meat companies produced26.3 billion lbs. of beef, 22.8 billion lbs. of pork and 291 million lbs. of veal, lamb and mutton. In addition to fresh cuts, value-added meats are an important, growing component of the red meat industry. Processed meat products are finding their way into an increasing number of homes and onto more restaurant menus.