Convenience / ready meals
Ready meal producers blanch, cook and cool with DTS.
DTS designs and builds blanchers, cookers, coolers and auger conveyors for convenience and ready meals. For vegetables, pasta, rice, pulses and the other components that make up a meal.
We make sure every component is cooked exactly right, so your meal turns out well for the consumer.
Our customers
Trusted by leading ready meal producers
Leading food producers rely on machines from our group every day.
End products
Solutions for every convenience product
Your challenge, our solution
Many components, one consistent result
A meal consists of components that each need their own heat treatment. Our auger blanchers and cookers give every product the same retention time, even when you switch between recipes.
- Blanching and cooking: even heat treatment of vegetables, pasta, rice and pulses
- Cooling: fast and controlled cooling for food safety and texture
- Metering: metering and weighing augers for an accurate composition
- Hygiene: stainless steel construction with clean-in-place as an option
The process
From component to meal, every step in one hand
We supply individual machines and complete systems, including infeed, outfeed, heat exchanger, controls, service platforms and piping. These are the process steps where DTS supports you.
Blanching
Auger blanchers for vegetables, pulses and other components.
Cooking and steaming
Cookers with multi-zone steam injection for pasta, rice and grains.
Cooling
Coolers directly after heat treatment, for fast and even cooling.
Auger conveyors
Horizontal, vertical or inclined, for the wet part of the line and for frozen components.
Metering and weighing
Metering and weighing augers for an accurate composition of every meal.
Buffering
Buffer augers and bin systems that keep the supply to the filling line stable.
Machines
Machines for every step in your ready meal line
Line advice
Curious what your ready meal line could still gain?
Discuss capacity, product quality or hygiene with a DTS specialist. Together we look at where your line is losing out and which change will deliver the most.
DTS at a glance
Specialist in thermal processing of components
Ready meal producers combine many products, each with its own process. That is why we build flexible machines that are accurate to control and quick to clean at a recipe change.
30+
Years of experience
For more than thirty years we have been designing and building machines and complete systems for the food industry.
S to XL
Any capacity
From compact machines to the largest processing capacities in the world, standard or fully customised.
1 roof
Engineering and build
Design, production and testing all happen at our site in Beusichem, so we stay in control of quality and lead time.
FAT
Tested before delivery
We assemble your system in our own hall and wet-test it, which shortens start-up at your plant.
Complete lines
Need more than your core process? Together we build the whole line
If your project calls for a complete ready meal line, DTS works together with the other specialists within the Sticomax Group, machine builders from Belgium and the Netherlands. Together we deliver a line that runs as one, with a single point of contact from engineering to service. These are the specialists we work with on your ready meal line.
Stumaco
Integration projects and machine building for the food industry.
FoodeQ
Vibratory conveyors for transport, dewatering, grading and dosing, plus thermal processing.
Romonta
Connects the process steps with conveying, service platforms and custom handling.
ICS Spiral Freezers
Spiral freezers and coolers for meals and components.
IntOCon
Stainless steel handling, internal transport and custom machines up to packaging.
ViwateQ
Surface treatment of stainless steel, so product and dirt adhere less.
Frequently asked questions
What ready meal producers often ask us
Yes. With multi-zone steam injection and an adjustable retention time, every product gets an even cooking result. Where needed we test with your product first.
We tune that to your product and capacity. Our coolers connect directly to the blancher, so the product cools quickly and evenly.
Yes. We map the available space, connections and capacity, and supply a machine that fits with what is already there.
Yes. Our spacious hall lets us assemble your system and wet-test it before delivery. If you cannot attend in person, you can follow the test remotely with 360-degree video.
Yes. Our parts and service team supplies original parts and supports your maintenance team, so your machines stay fit for continuous operation.
Parts & service
Parts and service for continuous operation
Our machines run in plants where production continues around the clock, apart from cleaning and scheduled maintenance. That is why we stay involved with your installation after handover.
- Installation and commissioning on site
- Training for your operators and maintenance team
- Original parts and advice from our specialists
- Support with modifications and extensions
We are here to help
Contact
Discuss your ready meal line with a specialist
Tell us what you process, what capacity you need or where your current line is falling short. A DTS specialist will contact you personally to discuss the options.
