Snack Manufacturing Design & Construction

Snack foods

Engineering what’s next in the world of snack manufacturing

Snack manufacturers face volatile ingredient costs, ongoing labor shortages, short product life cycles, and fast-changing, wide-ranging consumer preferences. Dennis Group brings the expertise and flexibility to design and build production systems and facilities that produce a wide variety of snack products in this dynamic category. Whether you’re a snack manufacturer looking to introduce new packaging formats, get a new innovative snack product to market fast, or boost capacity through automation or new construction, we’ve got you covered.

Specialties

  • Salty snacks (chips, pretzels, popcorn, crackers)
  • Sweet snacks (cookies, candy, cakes)
  • Nuts, seeds, trail mixes
  • Protein bars
  • Dairy-based snacks (cheese sticks, yogurt)
  • Functional

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Snack Food Expertise

Snack Manufacturing Technical Expertise

  • Ingredient receipt and storage
  • Allergen separation
  • Dust mitigation / fire protection
  • Weighing, batching, and blending systems
  • Forming and shaping
  • Extrusion
  • Sheeting, cutting, laminating
  • Cooking, baking, and frying
  • Roasting
  • Drying and cooling
  • Seasoning, coating, enrobing
  • Filling, packaging, material handling
Preston Pond

Preston Pond

Junior Partner

Preston, who leads Dennis Group’s process engineering group, has been with Dennis Group for more than two decades. He has worked with a wide variety of snack foods including frozen novelties, crackers, chips, and dairy.

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