Reading Bakery Systems (RBS) offers many cost-effective pieces of production line equipment for the pretzel industry. Headquartered in Robesonia, Pennsylvania, we are located at the center of American pretzel production.
Reading Pretzel Machinery Company (the predecessor of Reading Bakery Systems and the first commercial pretzel bakery) manufactured the first pretzel-processing equipment in 1947 and grew into the world leader in high-speed, automatic pretzel equipment.
Many decades of innovation have led us to introduce other pretzel-making equipment, including low-pressure extruders, ultrasonic cutters, hot cookers, 2-pass baking systems, variable heat-flux ovens, and multi-pass dryers.
Turnkey Production System
Our Pretzel & Snack System enables you to create various pretzel shapes, sticks, braids, filled sticks, and bread snacks on one production line. Available equipment for the system includes:
MX Continuous Mixer: The Exact Mixing MX Continuous Mixer is our most versatile mixer and is well suited for a wide range of products, including pretzels, cookies, snacks, batters, icings, and pastes.
DoughBot: The Reading Pretzel DoughBot is a wholly automated dough handling system that precisely portions, conditions, and transports dough to downstream forming equipment.
Extruder: The flexible Reading Pretzel Low Pressure (LP) Extruder is an excellent alternative to conventional dough forming and sheeting systems. Produce hard pretzel shapes, sticks, braids, and other shapes, by quickly exchanging compression heads and dies for greater product variation.
Cutter: The single-blade Reading Pretzel Guillotine Cutter cuts products before or after baking and can create a pretzel as short as one inch (25 mm) at the press of a button. It can be operated continuously at up to 175 cuts per minute or on a cycle mode at speeds up to 50 cuts per minute.
Hot Cooker: The Reading Pretzel Cooker evenly cooks or steams pretzels and pretzel-type products. It utilizes a bath or waterfall system to apply caustic solution, providing greater control over product texture and color before baking.
Topping Dispensers: Omega Dispensers apply topping materials with uniformity using rotating rolls to apply pretzel salt, poppy seeds, and sesame seeds, dispensing screens for delivering fine-grain spices, and cinnamon, and vibrating trays that distribute toppings such as caraway seeds, nut pieces, and seed/spice mixes.
Pretzel Oven: The SPECTRUM OVEN® is available in several configurations with different heat transfer modules that allow for more significant product variation with a simple profile adjustment. Radiation, convection heating, and conduction zones give you repeatable control of time, temperature, humidity, and the type of heat transfer.
Multi-Pass Dryer: The Reading Pretzel Multi-Pass Dryer efficiently reduces product core moisture improving overall quality and storage characteristics.
Get in touch with Reading Bakery Systems at (01) 610-693-5816 to explore our pretzel production line equipment, or click here to contact us online.