One of our specialities at Schoppe Instant Beverages is developing products to fill vending machines. As well as instant chocolate drinks, drinking chocolate, toppings and coffee creamers, we also develop instant tea or coffee beverages. We provide everything that you need in a hot beverage vending machine in addition to coffee.
Special properties of vending machine products
There are many uses for instant beverages. As well as making sure they taste good, it’s also important to consider the following properties of vending machine products:
- Flowability
- Electrostatics
- Dustiness
- Solubility
- Hygroscopicity
The powder needs to be easy for the machine to dispense in single servings, not adhere to the tubes and fully dissolve in the cup. This is why our technical centre is equipped with a wide range of different measuring methods and we conduct specialist tests to analyse powder behaviour under simulated yet realistic conditions. For example, we can replicate particularly warm and humid climates so that we can tailor the product’s properties specifically to the requirements of a particular region.
Development expertise for vending products
Crucially, we have decades of experience in the product development of instant beverages. Our expert team of nutritional scientists and food technologists are incredibly knowledgeable and well-qualified.
Experience in ingredient composition and in choosing the best manufacturing process makes it possible for us to develop tailor-made vending machine products for our customers. We are also equipped with the most diverse vending systems: From premium table-top machines for catering to free-standing machines for canteens – our products are always tested in the relevant equipment and under real-life conditions. This is the only way to give our customers the quality assurance they need.