Cream Tea Day

Cream Tea Day celebrates Britain’s beloved treat of scones with clotted cream and jam, and behind the scenes, advanced valve technology helps ensure the ingredients used are of excellent quality and safe for human consumption. 

Behind the scenes 

The Process
Making jam in a factory involves washing and chopping fresh fruits, adding sugar and pectin, then cooking the mixture to get the right taste and texture. Special hygienic butterfly valves are used to control the flow of liquids and semi-solids, keeping everything clean and preventing contamination. These valves are easy to operate, durable, and simple to clean, helping to ensure the jam is safe, high-quality, and consistent. During cooking, sight glasses let workers check the jam's color and thickness without opening the containers, helping maintain quality.

Making clotted cream involves carefully heating high-quality cream until it thickens, then cooling it to develop its rich flavor and texture. During this process, hygienic butterfly valves help keep everything clean and control the flow of cream smoothly, preventing contamination. These valves are easy to operate, durable, and simple to clean, which helps maintain safety and quality. Additionally, sight glasses are used to watch the cream’s consistency to ensure it turns out just right.

Making scones in a factory involves mixing ingredients, kneading the dough, shaping, and baking to get the right texture and flavor. Key equipment like hygienic butterfly valves help control the flow of liquids and dough safely, preventing contamination and making it easy to clean. Sight glasses are used during mixing and baking so workers can see inside without opening containers, ensuring the dough and baking are just right. Together, these tools help the factory produce tasty, consistent scones safely and efficiently.

What types of valves are used

In food factories, different types of valves like sanitary butterfly valves, ball valves, diaphragm valves,  are used to control the flow of ingredients such as fruit purees, sugar solutions, pectin, cream, and dough. These valves help keep the process clean, safe, and efficient by preventing contamination and ensuring ingredients move smoothly. Valves, like pneumatic or electric, make the process more consistent and easier to clean, which helps produce high-quality products like jam, clotted cream, and scones reliably.

Our highlighted products

Sanitary ball valves, butterfly valves, and diaphragm valves are ideal for thick, sugary jam because they're easy to clean and control flow efficiently. Made from food-safe materials like stainless steel, they meet safety standards and come in various sizes for different parts of the jam-making process, such as mixing and filling. The Burkert Type 2933 Weld End Diaphragm Valve is used to accurately control the flow of viscous jams or fruit pulps, ensuring a tight, leak-proof connection that maintains hygiene and prevents contamination. A pneumatic actuated sanitary butterfly valve helps control the flow of ingredients smoothly and automatically, with quick, reliable operation that reduces contamination risks. Its design prevents clogging and makes cleaning easy, making it perfect for maintaining hygiene, efficiency, and safety in jam production lines.

The importance of choosing the right valve

Using clean and sanitary valves is important to keep food safe and of good quality. These special valves prevent germs, mold, and bacteria from getting into the food, protecting people's health and the company's reputation. They are easy to clean and maintain, which means less downtime and more consistent products. Made from smooth, rust-resistant materials like stainless steel, they are ideal for handling delicate, perishable foods. Overall, they help ensure the production process is safe, efficient, and reliable.

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