FILLING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR THE STERILE FILLING OF A FOOD PRODUCT THAT CONTAINS A MAIN COMPONENT AND AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT

摘要

A filling machine the sterile filling of a foodstuff into a plurality of containers comprising at least one least one main component and at least one additive component with a conveying device for conveying the at least one main component from at least one feed unit to at least one filling outlet of a filling valve. Therefore, foodstuffs comprising at least one main component and at least one additive component can be handled more easily. It is envisaged that there are provided a holding container for the at least one additive component, a metering device Connected to the holding container for the metering of the additive component into the containers and/or to the main component, and an electrical heating device in the metering device for the pasteurisation or sterilisation of the additive component before the metering into the containers and/or to the main component.