Foodstuffs

Filling types

Above level filling
for easy to handle products to be filled into open containers, e.g. into cans or buckets.

Below bunghole filling
for easy to handle products which can be filled into open bunghole containers, such as canisters.

Below level filling
for products which have the tendency to foam or produce static charges during filling.

Typical containers

Open containers
(Cans, buckets, canister, lidded drum), Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC)

Bunghole containers
Bottle, canister, bunghole barrel, Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC)

Foodstuffs
products to be filled 		Type of filling Products to be filled
Vegetable and cooking oils Unterspiegel Below level* „Spundloch“ Bunghole containers*
Fats Überspiegel Above level „offene Open containers
Beverage concentrates Unterspiegel Below level* „Spundloch“ Bunghole containers*
Honey, syrup, sugar (liquid) or caramel sugar Überspiegel Above level „offene Open containers
Tomato ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard or dressings Überspiegel Above level „offene Open containers
Aromas / aromatic additives Unterspiegel Below level „Spundloch“ Bunghole containers

*depending on the product (foaming, non-foaming)

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