Westfro expands capacity and ensures quality

The Bühler Group has installed additional Sortex optical sorting equipment at Westfro, the Belgian producer of frozen vegetables, herbs and fruit.

Located in Belgium, Westfro has an annual production capacity of 95,000 tonnes and, for more than 40 years, the company has specialised in minimising the time between harvest and processing in order to preserve the optimum level of vitamins, minerals and fibres in its vegetable products.

As part of its recent investment in a new processing plant at its Staden site, the company has installed two Bühler Sortex K2A optical sorters. Positioned after the IQF tunnel, the sorting technology removes foreign material, misshaped or discoloured vegetables and extraneous vegetable materials such as leaves, pods or bugs.