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TOPPING APPLICATORS

ACCURATE, CONSISTENT INGREDIENT APPLICATION WITH LESS THAN 1% FLOOR WASTE

Apply cheese, IQF meats and vegetables, and dry ingredients accurately and evenly onto baking trays, pizzas, frozen meals, ready meals, and baked goods.

Grote target and waterfall applicators increase accuracy, quality, and uptime while nearly eliminating waste.

LEVEL UP YOUR PREPARED FOOD PRODUCTION

Take production to the next level with Grote’s best-in-class topping equipment. Our applicators give food processors:

INCREASED ACCURACY

Our technology ensures accurate ingredient placement and weight for each base throughout production runs – even for variable strips and crumbles.

DECREASED WASTE

Compact machine design and recirculation belts dramatically reduce floor waste to less than 1%. Your savings only increase as you produce more.

SANITARY DESIGN

Our topping applicators offer easy and thorough tool-less changeouts so you can get back to production fast while staying safe and sanitary.

Customer Support

Our enduring commitment to outstanding customer service means we’re here from discovery to commissioning and throughout the entire life of your equipment.

CASE STUDY

PIZZA MANUFACTURER REDUCES WASTE AND DOWNTIME WITH GROTE WATERFALL APPLICATORS

Learn how Grote’s Waterfall Applicators significantly improved performance and decreased downtime, resulting in a positive ROI for this large frozen pizza company.

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SUPERIOR TOPPING APPLICATORS

Flexible Applications

Our applicators apply a range of ingredients from cheese to IQF meat and vegetables, dry ingredients, and spices onto prepared food and bakery production lines. Easily change ingredients and recipes or run multiple machines on the line to get the variety you need.

Are you considering plant-based ingredients? We use decades of experience to optimize machine settings for vegan cheeses and meats.

Target & Waterfall Machines

We offer applicators for a range of food production needs. Choose from:

Target Spot Applicators

  • Single lane
  • Up to 16″ diameter target
  • Left or right-hand configuration

Waterfall Topping Applicators

  • 2-3 lanes
  • 34″ or 42″ (863 or 1067 mm) wide belts standard
  • Specialized cheese crisp model

Ongoing Support

We’re committed to supporting your operation beyond commissioning. From preventative maintenance to sanitary parts carts specifically for your machine and video and onsite training options – we ensure your team and machine run optimally for years.

TOPPING APPLICATOR EQUIPMENT

Waterfall Cheese Applicator

Automatically apply cheese to baking trays for efficient and fast cheese crisp processing with no waste.

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We’ve designed, manufactured, and supported top-quality, durable equipment that makes the foods our world eats for over 50 years.

And we promise to use that expertise to guide and support you through every step of a project – from discovery to the years and decades in the field. We call it “enduring commitment.”

Learn more about our people-first approach to automating food processing and feeding our growing world – together.

Test Our Equipment With Your Product

We understand that food processing equipment is a large capital investment and a potential change in culture. That’s why we invite you to test our equipment with your specific products and precise operating conditions in our demo facilities. Available at both of our locations – Columbus, Ohio and Deeside, UK – you can evaluate one piece of equipment up to a full line, in standard temperatures or in a controlled cold room – giving you peace of mind that equipment will work the way you need it to in your plant.

Ship your product for a virtual demonstration or visit in person to get a real-life view of how Grote Company equipment can optimize your production.

TALK WITH OUR EXPERTS

Planning a food processing project? We’re here to help you define specs, find equipment and automation options, test products, and support existing lines.
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