December Update

In this December update, all of at JKM Foods are taking it a little slower with the holiday season all most upon us. So this December we are just covering a few of our past announcements, firstly we’re looking back at our offer on equipment from our partners at Ante B.V. Secondly we dip back in to new product development and the new products we have added to JKM Foods growing catalog. Finally we just would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a joyous new year.

Looking to upgrade your dairy in 2025?

JKM foods has over the last few years have cultivated relationships with a multitude of partners. These partnerships have allowed us to offer up a wide range of dairy processing equipment. These range from the starting point at the farm and finally ending at production, and covering all point between.

Available we have an extensive range of holding vessels, HTST & batch pasteurizers, processing vats & presses to mention but a few. With have a solution to cover your needs no matter your requirements.

Ante B.V. Offer:

With the new year almost upon us and eyes starting look at upgrading capabilities. JKM Foods are offering on the purchase of two or more items from the Ante B.V range, First item at full price & 10% off the purchase price of all subsequent items . (subject to t&c’s)

You can find all the latest offering from our partners at Ante B.V via the link below.

Listed above:

• HTST pasteurizer with separator, homogenizer all included on the skid.
• Pre press draining table.
• Batch pasteurizer/cheese & yogurt vat.
• 5 stamp cheese press.

Tecnical who are based in northern Spain, have been one of our go to suppliers for dairy equipment. Offering great value with a high degree of customization, and a level of customer support that is unparalleled all of which allows you to create a dairy upgrade project to fully suit your needs.

From vats through to moulding as well as demoulding & slicing including all points between, Tecnical have a range of solutions to meet your needs. No matter your project size, Tecnical’s fully in house production methods offers fantastic build quality, great pricing & assurances that when one site everything has been tested and working. Once again all factors that aid in cutting down on costly commissioning and down time.

Listed above.

• Wedge cheese slicer.
• Cylindrical vat (open or closed) 600 – 12,000 ltr options.
• Closed double “O” vat 1,500 – 15,000 ltr options.
• Vertical moulding system covering drain to moulding.

Truffle:

This year we added to our growing range of truffle for producers. Adding the new 100g jars of 100% chopped & minced summer truffle, these are now available along side our 500g & 1kg packs. Still offering great value with needing from little as 0.5% per kg, this means that one jar will allow you to create up to 20kg of truffle cheese.

Gas Producers:

LN2

Lallemand Specialty Cultures, this year brought to the U.K market LN2 which is a novel Leuconostoc mesenteroides direct vat inoculation culture. Offering optimal production of gas alongside aromatic production. LN2 opens the curd even in sheep and soft cheese formats allowing for even development of the blue mould throughout the cheese. Other notable traits are:

• Final shape of the cheese preserved.
• Good development & aromatic expression of the penicillium roqueforti.
• Pronounced development in colour of the penicillium roqueforti.

Bio protectives:

LC1.

Building on the success of the shield line from Igea, we introduced LC1 from lallemand specialty cultures. LC1 offers a affordable solution to Listeria control, direct vat inoculation and can be used either side of the pasteurizer. This easy to use culture allows documented control measures at mere pence per litre of milk. It should be noted this offers a clean label to the control of Listeria.

Mycoprotect.

From our partners at Myconeos who building on the success of there pioneering Mycoforti range. Mycoprotect is a novel culture for the surface treatment of a multitude of cheese styles which includes blues. With the use of this treatment dairy producers are able to control the fungal growth on the surface of the cheese, all the while not effecting the growth & maturation internally. This is once again a clean label option of surface fungal growth.

Cheese Wrapping:

Foils. 

In the final part of 2024 JKM foods added to our catalog. Pre cut gold foil for wrapping cheese, with silver foil coming to our catalog early 2025.

• Gold foil available in 500 sheet packs in 500 x 500m pre cut sheet format.
• Silver foil will be available in 500 sheet packs in  470 x 470mm pre cut sheet format.

Paper. 

We added to our growing range of cheese wrap this year, with the addition of two new lines from Ovtene. This is building on the all ready popular 230 x 230mm pre cut white sheets.

• 250 x 370mm pre cut white sheets in 1000 sheet packs.
• 500 x 750mm pre cut white sheets in 1000 sheet packs.

Wax Coating.

Coming to JKM Foods in early 2025, is a range of wax coating for various cheese formats. Available in various colours all in boxes of 25kg in slab format. As with all products supplied from ourselves technical documents are available on demand.

Available from our partners in Spain we shall be able to offer the following colours:

• Red
• Black
• Orange
• Yellow
• Cream
• Clear/Natural

If you would like more information on the forthcoming range of wax, drop us a message via the link below.

As with everything in life it starts with an idea, with that JKM Foods are here to support you in your new product goals. With our over 40 years of experience in cheese production and the micro biology of cultures alone, JKM Foods are perfectly placed to aid you in your new product development goals. We are firm believers in there’s more then one solution to reach the product you envision, and with that focus we are able to call on the technical back up of our continental partners.

If you want more information on how we can aid with new product development drop us a message via the button below.

Finally to round up this December update all of us at JKM Foods would like to to wish you all a very merry Christmas & a happy New Year.

We shall be back in the office from January 2nd.

JKM Foods would like to thank everyone for their support through 2024 and going forward in to 2025.

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