Element Bars Wholesale - Overall Process

Prep ingredients

Heat Syrups, Chop Nuts, Grind Fruit, Etc

Measure ingredients

All ingredients need to be by weight,
not volumetric (like cups)

mix ingredients

Ingredients are mixed in large, planetary mixers
(like a larger version of a KitchenAid® Stand Mixer)

portion dough

SLAB

Dough is put down onto a conveyor belt and the dough is rolled down under a series of rollers to the right height (and width) and then cut to length using a pneumatic guillotine cutter.

Extrusion

Dough is put into a hopper and two screws come together to push the dough out a fixed sized hole (think toothpaste). A pneumatic guillotine cutter then cuts the bar to length.

Bake (optional)

If required, bars are baked in rack
convection ovens.

Post processing (optional)

Bars can be scored or sprinkled with a topping.

wrap bars (required)

Bars are placed onto a machine called a horizontal
flow wrapper and carried forward on a conveyor
belt. The packaging film is wrapped around the
bars and sealed on the bottom (called the fin seal)
and then on the ends (called the end seal) and cut to length.