Gusu TPX-400 chocolate coated cereal bar & protein bar forming line

Unfortunately, I will not be able to provide you with a sample or a photograph of the plain, uncoated bar. This particular formula has not been manufactured for more than two years, and therefore we no longer have any samples of the uncoated version available for presentation. The samples currently available as part of our product updates are coated bars only.

Mass Preparation
The preparation of the bar mass consisted of two main stages:
Liquid phase preparation / cooking
Kneading of the dry ingredients with the liquid phase at the appropriate temperature
During the liquid phase, the solution was prepared by adding the relevant ingredients in the appropriate sequence. This stage was technologically optimized according to the individual ingredients' solubility and mixing properties, including flavours, colours, fats, etc.
One of the key factors in achieving a homogeneous mass during kneading was the temperature of the liquid phase. This was controlled through the cooking temperature and cooking time.
The average cooking temperature was approximately 40°C, with an average cooking time of approximately 30 minutes.
Once the liquid phase was prepared, it was cooled to approximately 30°C and then transferred into the kneading machine, where the dry ingredients had already been loaded.
The kneading process required a maximum of 5 minutes to achieve the required homogeneous mass.
Overall, the complete mass preparation process took approximately 40 minutes.

Bar Production
(Rolling / pre-cooling + cutting + coating + final cooling / packaging)
Once the mass entered the production line, the complete process — from the point at which the mass was placed onto the equipment until the final coated bar was packed — took a maximum of approximately 45 minutes.
Please note that producing the product in a plain or uncoated semi-finished form did not reduce the processing time for rolling, cutting, cooling or packaging. The product still had to pass through the entire production line and therefore required the same processing sequence.
Taking the above processing times into account, one cooking/kneading batch, which yielded approximately 90 kg of mass, passed through the complete production line in approximately 1.5 hours gross.
Consequently, after allowing for the minimum required 2-hour cleaning process to remove residual material from the equipment, we could plan for the production of approximately 4 batches during an 8-hour shift.
Please find the relevant photographs attached.
For the product shown in the photographs, I can provide the following specifications:
Plain / uncoated version:
Length: 95 mm
Height: 13 mm
Width: 38–39 mm
Weight: 49–50 g
Coated version:
Length: 98 mm
Height: 14.5 mm
Width: 40–41 mm
Gross weight: 60 g