GEA supplies India's largest buttermaking machine

Indian dairy producer Creamy Foods recently bought a buttermaking machine from GEA which will be the largest in India. The GEA BUE 6000 has a capacity of up to 6000 kg/h of butter, which will help the company produce milk fat products and ghee — the equivalent to clarified butter in Europe and the primary cooking oil in every Indian household.

The BUE buttermaking machine allows for the continuous production of butter from sweet or sour cream according to the Fritz process. The I-Churn feature makes it possible to automatically control the speed of the churning cylinder, resulting in optimally churned butter independent of fluctuating feed parameters.

As well as the BUE 6000 buttermaking machine, the order includes a GEA MSI 600 separator for separating cream from skim milk, a GEA MSE 60 separator for concentrating butter oil and a GEA Ecoclean clarifier for removing solid components from the clarified butter. Creamy Foods is already one of the largest global producers of ghee, but this new equipment will enable it to process up to 190 tonnes of cream, turning it into 76 tonnes of ghee per day­ with minimised product losses.

GEA’s worldwide sales of BUE continuous buttermaking machines has increased over the last few years, but the company is particularly excited about its entry into the Indian market, which has a large number of second-hand buttermaking machines. Kianusch Javadinejad, Product Sales Manager – Dairy at GEA, said this indicates the likelihood of future sales.

“Receiving the first order for a new BUE buttermaker in India — one of the world’s largest milk producing countries — is a strategic win and will no doubt be the basis for future sales here. With the GEA BUE 6000, Creamy Foods Limited will have the latest technology for buttermaking in place. We are sure that the benefits will interest other Indian dairy producers and we are happy that we can use this as reference for other customers as well,” said Javadinejad.

The new machine will begin operations in February 2019.

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