A filling machine and method for sterile filling of a foodstuff comprising a main component and an additional component

摘要

A filling machine (1, 40, 50, 60) for sterile filling of a foodstuff comprising at least one main component (29) and at least one additional component (26) into a multiplicity of containers (2), in particular cardboard / plastic composite packages, with a guide device ( 33, 52) for guiding the at least one, in particular pasteurized or sterilized, main component (29) of at least one feed unit (32) to at least one filling outlet (28, 42) of a filling valve (34, 41, 54). So that foodstuffs comprising at least one main component and at least one additional component can be handled more easily, it is provided that a feed container (36) for the at least one additional component (26), a metering device (37, 43, 55, 61) connected to the feed container (36) ) for metering the additional component (26) into the containers (2) and / or the main component (29) and in the metering device (37, 43, 55, 61) an electric heater (39) for pasteurizing or sterilizing the additional component (26) are provided before dosing in the container (2) and / or the main component (29).