Bunny Bite Farms Carrot Processing Plant
Client: | Bunny Bite Farms |
Location: | Queensland, Australia |
Scope overview: | Design and construct a vegetable processing and packaging facility for processing premium carrots into ‘fresh-cut’ baby peeled carrots |
Project Description
Fresh-cut food facility consolidates future growth for Bunny Bite Farms
CLIENT
Bunny Bite Farms is a leading Queensland supplier of specialised vegetable ingredients to food manufacturers.
OBJECTIVES
Bunny Bite Farms approached Wiley to design and construct a vegetable processing and packaging facility for processing premium carrots into ‘fresh-cut’ baby peeled carrots for marketing and distribution by The Harvest Group to supermarkets in Australia.
The facility was to have the capacity to produce 50 packs of product a minute or 60 tonnes of packs per week.
CHALLENGES
- Designing the facility for maximum throughput, low operating costs and future expansion
- Liaising with offshore plant and machinery suppliers.
SOLUTIONS
Advice
- Coordination of supply of European processing technology.
Design
- Design of a quality facility incorporating a processing area, a viewing platform, a production office, a cold storage area, and a distribution and load out area
- Process design to achieve maximum throughput, low operating costs and target production rates.
Engineering
- Inclusion of state-of-the-art ‘Scalime’ technology from Europe.
Construction
- Project management to complete the facility on time and within budget.
RESULTS
This high quality facility allows low-cost production of an innovative product. By meeting their desired target rate, this result has strengthened Bunny Bite Farm’s growing position in the ‘fresh-cut’ food market.