VSA-150 automatic cheese vat for a cheese workshop

Customer

Manufacturing company

Region

Tomsk Region

Year of delivery

2019

Equipment

VS cheese vat

Catalogue sections

Cheese making equipment, Milk processing equipment

Automated cheese making is what separates consistent cheese production from artisanal improvisation. A manufacturing company from the Tomsk Region bet on exactly that and in July 2019 purchased a VSA-150 automatic cheese vat from the Milberg factory.

Unlike basic cooking vessels, the VSA-150 runs the process to set parameters: it controls pasteurization and fermentation temperatures and provides controlled agitation — the dairy process engineer sets the mode rather than standing by the vat with a thermometer. In cheese making this is essential: a deviation of a couple of degrees at the renneting stage noticeably changes the character of the coagulum and the yield.

The 150-litre capacity allows the company to work in compact batches and maintain a wide range: some batches go to fresh and soft cheeses, others to semi-hard ripened varieties. Repeatable modes ensure that a cheese of the same name is identical from batch to batch — exactly what regular customers expect.

The equipment was delivered to the Tomsk Region fully factory-assembled, with recommendations on standard cooking programmes. The cheese vat became the core of the workshop, around which the entire cycle is built — from milk reception to the ripening room. Process automation has freed the dairy process engineer to work on new recipes.