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Our experts have considerable experience in the dried fruit snack industry and in optimizing food processing efficiencies by helping our customers find the right equipment for their needs. Our fruit snacks processing equipment can quickly and efficiently process fruit snacks, including dried, blended, salted, and flavored fruit snacks, in a variety of ways, and our metal detection and X-ray machines lead the industry in package testing and contaminant detection technology. Our processing and packaging equipment handle product gently, weighs product accurately, and packages product securely, reducing waste and increasing our customers’ bottom line.

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Frying Oil

Five Costly Mistakes That Shorten Frying Oil Life

This article outlines five common mistakes that reduce frying oil life and provides practical strategies to help food manufacturers protect oil quality, improve operational efficiency, and achieve more sustainable, cost-effective frying operations.

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High-Speed Snack Packaging System

High-Speed Snack Packaging System

Today’s snack manufacturers need packaging systems that can keep pace with rising demand for small‑bag and multi‑pack formats. Engineered for speed, accuracy, and efficiency, this high‑speed packaging solution delivers the performance modern lines require to stay competitive.

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FastBack 4.0 Horizontal Motion Conveyor

The ABCs of HMC (Horizontal Motion Conveyors)

Conveyors are fast, efficient mechanical handling apparatuses that transport materials from point A to point B and play a critical role in advancing industry.

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FoodTech Forum 2025

Event Recap: Heat and Control’s FoodTech Forum 2025

From live equipment demonstrations to in-depth conversations about the future of food processing, FoodTech Forum 2025 created a unique space for exploring what’s next. Over three dynamic weeks, Heat and Control® welcomed customers, strategic partners, and industry experts to share ideas and to explore practical solutions for sustainable food processing.

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Metal Detectors in food and nutraceutical production

Metal Detectors in Food and Nutraceutical Production

The growing market for nutraceuticals and functional foods leads to additional challenges for metal detection which can be solved through the use of multi-spectrum technology.

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Blending basics for snack food production

Snack Food Mixes: Blending Basics for Bites Between Meals

The snack food market is one of the strongest markets in the food world and continues to increase due to several factors, including an increasing trend for global and non-traditional flavor options, an increasing demand for snacks among the millennial population, and the growth of mixed and blended products. However, operations teams are also faced with labor shortages, productivity needs, and accuracy requirements.

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Ishida 50th anniversary blog article

Pioneering a better weigh for 50 years

In 1972, Ishida revolutionized the packaging industry by inventing computer combination weighing (CCW) technology. Ishida, the biggest name in weighing technology, offers the ultimate performance and delivers the top performing multihead weighing machines so their customers’ products are handled gently, cleanly, and efficiently.

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FastBack 4.0 Horizontal Motion Conveyor Blog Article

Beautifully simple

The FastBack® 4.0’s patented circular to linear motion design gently handles product so it is undamaged, and the coatings are undisturbed to provide the ultimate performance, flexibility, and highest travel rates and flow rate capacity in the industry.

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