The science of frozen pizza perfection isn’t secret– high-quality products lie in adhering to quality parameters and thorough testing methods. This ensures that your customers receive great and reliable meals that inspire them to choose your brand time after time. But, how can brands achieve the perfect frozen pizza while meeting demand?
While manufacturing operations differ between brands, there are a couple of common solutions that can greatly improve product quality. Here, we’ll explore what frozen pizza technology is available to perfect product quality and how to apply that tech to improve frozen pizza testing. Let’s first discuss what initial steps brands can take to achieve the perfect frozen pizza.
Achieving the Perfect Frozen Pizza
The science of frozen pizza perfection includes investing in quality control methods and strategizing automation. These two steps can help your brand achieve the perfect frozen pizza because they involve optimizing your production process.
Investing in Quality Control
Investing in quality control methods is a surefire way to quickly improve product quality. These methods can include:
- Hiring and training more staff to oversee QC
- Hiring more staff to inspect production
- Hold quality audits
These are just a few solutions, and each requires additional effort and capital to make possible. However, strategizing automation to improve product quality has an ROI and can streamline many aspects of food manufacturing in addition to improving product quality.
Strategizing Automation
Implementing and strategizing the right automated tools can significantly improve product quality. High-precision technology can ensure accurate topping application and efficient equipment can streamline the cost of testing methods. The right automated tools don’t require additional effort, allowing brands to save on labor costs. At Quantum, we’ve designed our automated pizza equipment to decrease operational costs while improving product quality.
Quantum Frozen Pizza Technology
Quantum frozen pizza technology streamlines manufacturing processes and improves product quality with its high-precision design. The science of frozen pizza perfection is made easy with our tools because we’ve built them while considering the challenges of product quality. Let’s explore what frozen pizza technology we have available:
Circle Placers
Quantum circle placers can dispense cardboard circles, squares, and rectangles of various sizes to the conveyor belt to serve as bases for the pizza as it progresses through assembly. These cardboard pieces also protect the pizza during freezing, transportation, and shelf life, further ensuring the quality of the meal for the customer.
Sauce Applicators
Our target and waterfall Sauce Applicators both offer consistent quality during pizza production. Quantum target Sauce Applicators allow brands to specify the amount of sauce dispensed onto each product. Our waterfall Sauce Applicator frozen pizza technology ensures an even layer of sauce is applied on each pizza while offering reclaim capabilities. These sauce applicators can apply a range of ingredients in addition to red sauce, like BBQ sauce, Alfredo sauce, and more.
Meat/Pepperoni Slicers
Quantum precision Meat/Pepperoni Slicers allow brands to specify the slice amount and design per pizza, making the products consistent and according to brand vision. Our slicers can cut and apply stick meats like pepperoni, sausage, and Canadian bacon. This frozen pizza technology can also be configured to slice and apply meats and cheeses deli-style for further versatility.
Cheese/Topping Applicators
Our Cheese/Topping Applicators can dispense a variety of ingredients, including shredded cheeses, dry ingredients, vegetables, and IQF ingredients. Our cantilevered designs are easy additions to any assembly lines and our waterfall applicators ensure consistency and quality between each product.
Dry/Granular Ingredient Applicators
Your brand can further improve product diversification with our Quantum Dr/Granular Ingredient Applicators. This frozen pizza technology can apply a range of dry and granular ingredients, like herbs, spices, salt, and parmesan. Our cantilevered designs offer easy installation and reclaim systems help brands save on ingredient costs.
Conveyor Systems
Your brand can implement additional quality measures by utilizing one or more of our conveyor systems, each designed to offer different capabilities. Our conveyor systems include:
- Bulk feeding Conveying systems
- Flat Belts
- Water Spray Conveyors
- Compression Conveying Systems
- Reclaim Conveyors
- Infeed Orientation Systems
These conveyors offer wide functionalities to further improve operations and product quality.
In addition to these versatile features of our topping applicators, our equipment has adjustable production rates. This allows brands to meet demand while offering the same great quality and taste that their customers love. Now, let’s take a look at how Quantum equipment can be applied to improve frozen pizza testing.
Quality: Improving Frozen Pizza Testing
Improving frozen pizza testing is another aspect of the science of frozen pizza that Quantum equipment simplifies. We’ve designed our equipment to be easy to use and maintain and cost-effective to streamline operational expenses. These features save labels time and resources during frozen pizza testing, allowing brands to dedicate time and resources where necessary. Testing equipment to ensure quality is easier and less expensive with Quantum equipment.
Testing to Ensure Quality
Quantum equipment requires minimal staffing to operate and maintain and our high-precision technology reduces the number of products that fail QC. These two features work to save labor and ingredient costs without reducing product quality. In fact, Quantum equipment improves quality and consistency. As your brand tests new products, it will see a lowered cost of R&D and QC, while accelerating time-to-market, giving your brand a competitive edge. At Quantum, we believe that quality is key to success, so we’ve developed industry-leading tools to simplify quality control and frozen pizza testing measures.
Perfect Your Products With Quantum
Our Quantum experts know how important product aesthetics and taste are to succeed in frozen food manufacturing. Our team also recognizes that meeting demand is critical to connecting with customers looking for a great meal. While other automated pizza equipment may sacrifice quality for quantity, Quantum equipment offers both durability and consistency, so that your brand can meet demand while providing quality products for your customers. The science of frozen pizza perfection is no secret at Quantum– contact us today to transform your operations.