Small Yogurt Production Line

The Small Yogurt Production Line is a compact, high-performance solution designed for start-ups, artisanal dairies, and SMEs, transformingraw milk into yogurt with precision, efficiency, and consistency. Featuring modular components—including a milk pre-heater, homogenizer, fermenter with temperature/pH control, cooling tank, and semi-automatic packaging machine—it optimizes space, energy, and raw material use while supporting various container types and portion sizes. Its automated fermentation control, user-friendly touchscreen interface, and easy maintenance enable reliable, hygienic production of cow, goat, soy, or coconut milk yogurts, empowering small businesses to scale gradually, reduce waste, and respond to evolving consumer trends while producing high-quality, premium yogurt.

Basic process

The standard production process of pasteurized milk: raw milk → storage tank → filtration → preheating → homogenization → sterilization → pre-cooling → fermentation → filling → CIP cleaning.

Simplified production process of pasteurized milk: raw milk → storage → sterilization → cooling → fermentation → filling

Corollary equipment

The standard process equipment for pasteurized milk is: raw milk → pump → storage tank → pump → duplex filter→ pump → preheating tank → pump → homogenizer → pump → stirring sterilization tank → pump → pre-cooling tank → pump → Fermentation tank → pump → filling machine → CIP cleaning system

Process introduction

Raw milk is stored in the raw milk tank and pumped through a stainless steel milk pump andduplex filter into thepreheating tank at approximately 45°C. After preheating, milk enters the homogenizing tank, where auxiliary materials are added for smoother texture, then pumped via centrifugal milk pumpinto the pasteurization tank for sterilization at around 85°C for 0.5–1.5 hours, using hot water, steam, or 350# heat transfer oil. Post-sterilization, milk is transferred to the pre-cooling tank with cold water, then into the fermentation tank, where starter cultures are added for yogurt fermentation.

The CIP cleaning system allows safe, automatic cleaning without disassembling equipment, controlling microorganisms while cleaning all surfaces via weak acid water, weak alkali water, and clean water circulation. While recommended for hygiene and efficiency, manual cleaning is an option forlower-output operations.

Company Information

Shantou Higheasy Machinery Co.,Ltd is a manufacturer specializedin various foodstuff machinery and packing machinery, integratesautomatic packaging system development, engineering, production,installation and maintenance, with more than 25 years ofaccumulated experience in packaging machinery industry, Higheasyhas owned the most advanced production equipments and abundantproducing experience and high talent R&D team in the field ofautomatics. The team of famous senior mechanical engineers andjunior technicians has become the assurance of strong R&Dengineering and maintenance through modern management.

FAQ

Q1: Can the machinery be customized?

A1: Yes. We can customize the core configurations of the equipment such as the number of filling heads, feeding method and sealing form according to your product form (such as liquid, paste, solid), packaging specifications (such as bottle, bag, can) and production capacity requirements.

Q2:How long is the delivery time of the equipment?

A2:The delivery time for regular standard models is 15–20 working days, and for customized models is 30–45 working days.

Q3:Payment term

A3:By T/T, 30% before production, 70% before shipment

Q4:How long is the warranty period of the equipment?

A4:One year

Q5:How is the maintenance cost calculated after the warranty period?

A5: Lifelong maintenance is provided after the warranty period, charging the cost of spare parts and reasonable on-site service fees.

Q6:Can your equipment be adapted to our existing production line?

A6:We will first evaluate your production line parameters and process requirements, and then make targeted adjustments to the equipment.