Integrated blueberry solutions

TOMRA offers infeed, sorting and grading, and filling and packing solutions for all varietals of blueberries, from fresh to frozen. Our machines are equipped with the latest technologies and are designed to process blueberries based on your unique requirements.

Our blueberry solutions can help you quickly identify quality product for your customers, maximize your own profit and support you with your growth aspirations. In addition to size, color, softness, bruising, decay, dehydration, stems, peeling and scarring, we also offer artificial intelligence for increased grading superiority across calyx, stem hole, and advanced defect detection.

After-sales support and service ensure that your machines are running efficiently when you need them most.

Our integrated blueberry solutions

KATO260 and LUCAi™

The advanced, industry-leading precision grading system powered by artificial intelligence.

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CURO

For consistent, high-speed filling of punnets, cups, clamshells, or boxes at target weights and across multiple commodities. Available in varieties of 2, 8, 12 and 16 filling stations.

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Color Sorter

Suitable for small fruits, the Color Sorter maximizes packhouse potential by combining high speed with accuracy, versatility, and intelligent traceability.

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Soft Sorter

The Soft Sorter’s Dura Touch technology measures and sorts fruit according to its physical attributes. This results in high-quality end product with an extended shelf life.

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Integrated turnkey line

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Our blueberry sorting machines

Blizzard

The Blizzard is ideal for sorting products after the IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) tunnel. Despite its small footprint, this cost-effective sorter packs a big punch, minimizing product loss.

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TOMRA 5C

Capable of unrivaled foreign material removal, this highly efficient machine is powerful and robust, easy to use and maintain, reduces storage needs, is easily movable, and saves on labor.

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CUSTOMER STORY

Ambrosia Citrus Estate, South Africa

Integrated blueberry solution

Ambrosia Citrus Estate reached out to TOMRA Food wanting to find an integrated packing solution for their blueberry line.
Thanks to our wide array of solutions, we were able to help Ambrosia with:
- Sizing and grading their product to answer their customer's needs.
- Steering away from the need to grade the product by hand.
- Providing feedback on the blueberries' softness, for which they previously had to rely on the pickers.
- Meet the request for increased processing speed as fresh product is supplied more rapidly.

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Operational costs continue to increase, and every little saving makes a difference.
Our automation works smarter, wastes less, and optimizes your lines to ensure quality is consistent and potential recalls are a thing of the past.

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In the spotlight: blueberries

How modern grading and packing solutions enable blueberry packhouses to gain and retain competitiveness

For blueberry businesses, this is a time of change. Global demand is climbing. Production is increasing. New growing regions are gaining market strength. And consumers’ quality expectations are rising. All these changes mean that growers and packhouses must now be more productive and efficient than ever before.

Read our in the spotlight article on blueberries

Integrated blueberry solutions: post harvest to pack