Developing a new burger, patty, meat product, poultry product, vegetarian product, vegan product or shaped food item often requires testing before committing to production tooling.

Meatec can help you assess whether your product is suitable for forming and advise on any practical limitations. This can help reduce the risk of delays, unnecessary costs or problems when the product moves onto the production line.

Our development tooling can support:

• New product trials
• Prototype food forming
• Sample plate production
• Burger and patty testing
• Shaped product development
• Portion and weight testing
• R&D department projects
• Pre-production assessments

Sample Plates, Bench Plates and Kitchen Plates

Sample tooling can be useful when a product needs to be tested at a smaller scale before full production begins.

Meatec can supply sample plates, bench plates and kitchen plates to help R&D teams review product shape, appearance, size and forming behaviour. This gives manufacturers a practical way to refine a product before investing in a complete production forming set.

Where required, we can also advise on the next stage, including full forming sets, plates, moulds and knockout sets.

From Prototype to Production

Once a product has been tested and approved, Meatec can help progress the tooling towards production.

This may include full forming sets, production plates, moulds and knockout sets, depending on the machine and product requirements.

By supporting both the development and production stages, Meatec can provide continuity from initial product trial through to finished forming tooling.

Practical Technical Advice

Meatec’s experience in food forming means we can advise on more than the tooling itself.

We can help identify potential issues with product shape, machine compatibility, forming performance and production limitations. This can be particularly useful for R&D teams working on new product concepts or adapting existing products for a different machine or production process.

Let’s Talk

If you are developing a new formed food product and need sample plates or development tooling, Meatec Ltd can help.

Contact us to discuss your product idea, machine type and production requirements, and we will advise on the most suitable next step.