Self-developed innovation drives industry transformation: Shanghai Sinofude's CBZ500 Series Popping Boba Production Line

In recent years, with the explosive growth of industries such as novelty tea beverages, baked confectionery, and frozen foods, popping boba have emerged as a sought-after ingredient, offering both textural complexity and visual appeal, leading to a sustained rise in market demand. From signature fruit teas at chain bubble tea shops to creative plating in high-end Western restaurants, and even as DIY ingredients for home baking, popping boba have become a core ingredient bridging diverse consumption scenarios with their unique ‘pop-in-the-mouth’ experience. However, traditional production methods commonly face challenges such as limited capacity, inconsistent quality, hygiene concerns, and cumbersome operations, struggling to meet market demands for large-scale, standardized, and high-quality production. Against this backdrop, China's leading popping boba equipment manufacturer, Shanghai Sinofude, has independently developed the CBZ500 series production line. Leveraging breakthrough core technologies and full-scenario adaptability, this line has emerged as an industry upgrade accelerator. The 2022 launch of the S series further elevates production efficiency and intelligent capabilities to unprecedented heights.

Equipment Design and Material Innovation

The core competitiveness of the CBZ500 series stems from a profound understanding of fundamental food processing requirements and multiple technological innovations. Regarding material composition and hygiene assurance, the production line features an all-stainless steel construction, strictly adhering to food hygiene standards. Its design eliminates welded dead corners and structures prone to hiding contaminants, thereby preventing raw material contamination risks at the equipment source. Stainless steel not only offers high strength, corrosion resistance, and ease of maintenance, but also withstands prolonged, high-frequency production environments, extending equipment lifespan and reducing long-term maintenance costs for businesses. This represents an indispensable core advantage for processing equipment handling food intended for direct human consumption.

Innovation in the Control System

The integration of an intelligent control system enables the production process to achieve ‘precise controllability and full automation’. The production line incorporates a PLC programmable logic controller and a servo control system. Operators can set key parameters such as popping boba size, output volume, and production speed via a streamlined control panel, with the system automatically executing the entire workflow—from raw material processing, molding to cooling. This intelligent design not only significantly reduces human operational errors but also ensures each popping boba maintains a diameter tolerance of no more than 0.1mm. The popping boba exhibit uniform, vibrant coloration and a perfectly rounded, regular shape, fundamentally resolving the quality issues of inconsistent sizing and uneven texture prevalent in traditional production. Whether producing batches of 3mm mini caviar-like popping boba or 12mm extra-large popping boba, precise parameter adjustments enable tailored production to meet diverse consumer scenarios.

Innovation in the Depositing System

The innovation in distribution disc technology represents the crowning achievement of the CBZ500 series. Addressing the drawbacks of traditional nozzle designs—cumbersome replacement, difficult cleaning, and limited production capacity—Sinofude's research and development team innovatively replaced conventional nozzles with distribution discs. Through an adjustable hole configuration, this design enables flexible adaptation to both production output and product specifications. For standard popping boba production, a single distribution disc can accommodate up to 198 orifices. For mainstream 8-10mm products, the orifice count can be increased to 816, boosting output by 3-5 times compared to conventional equipment. Crucially, the distribution disc's installation, removal and cleaning processes are remarkably straightforward, requiring no specialized tools. This reduces changeover time by over 50% and boosts cleaning efficiency by 30%, significantly cutting labor and time costs. Consequently, equipment downtime for maintenance is substantially reduced, further enhancing overall production efficiency.

Upgrade of the Cooking System

The highly efficient and stable cooking system provides a robust foundation for the quality of the popping boba. The CBZ500 series features dual cooking pots, dual ingredient storage tanks, and dedicated transfer pumps, equipped with a high-speed shear mixer and a triple-layer insulated jacket. This ensures thorough mixing and uniform heating of ingredients such as sodium alginate solution, fruit juice, and syrup during the heating process, preventing localized clumping or nutrient loss. This design not only enhances the outer shell's resilience and the filling's encapsulation, creating a more layered ‘bite-and-burst’ sensation, but also preserves the natural flavor and nutritional value of the ingredients. The CBZ500S upgraded series incorporates newly added plate heat exchangers and coolers, further optimizing raw material processing efficiency and shortening production cycles. This simultaneously increases output capacity while maximizing the preservation of raw material freshness and texture, achieving a dual victory of ‘high-efficiency mass production’ and ‘uncompromised quality’.

New Addition to the Cleaning System

The integration of an intelligent cleaning system renders equipment maintenance more hassle-free and economical. The production line features automated cleaning and water recirculation systems. Upon completion of production, the system automatically flushes internal pipelines and molding components without manual disassembly, conserving water resources while reducing labor costs. Visualized protective covers enable operators to monitor cleaning progress in real time, ensuring no residual materials remain within the equipment. This prevents cross-contamination between batches, safeguards product quality consistency, and fully complies with food production hygiene standards.

Customized functions

Beyond its core production capabilities, the CBZ500 series offers extensive customization options, supporting upgrades for crystal pearl production configurations. Customers may add hopper insulation units, pipe insulation layers or wire-cutting tools to accommodate varying raw material properties and production process requirements. Whether manufacturing juice popping boba, yoghurt popping boba, or low-sugar, low-fat agar boba and imitation caviar, the production line achieves efficient mass production through flexible adjustments. It serves multiple industries including tea beverages, baking, western cuisine, and frozen desserts, providing the equipment foundation for businesses to create differentiated products.

For enterprises, the CBZ500 series delivers not only enhanced production efficiency but also optimized overall costs and strengthened market competitiveness. Data indicates this production line enables businesses to achieve average savings exceeding 35% in comprehensive costs, primarily realized through three key dimensions: automated production reduces labor input by over 50%, requiring only 1-2 operators to maintain stable operation per line; a water-circulation cleaning system reduces water consumption by 40%; and raw material utilization increases by 15%, minimizing waste during production. Furthermore, the equipment's user-friendly design eliminates the need for specialist technical staff. Ordinary employees can operate it after minimal training, thereby lowering staffing requirements and reducing training costs.

The distinct positioning of the CBZ500 and CBZ500S series ensures enterprises of varying scales can find a suitable solution. The CBZ500 base model achieves a production capacity of 500kg/h, catering to the batch production needs of small to medium-sized tea beverage brands and start-up food enterprises. With moderate equipment investment costs, it enables businesses to rapidly achieve standardized production and enhance market competitiveness. The upgraded CBZ500S model, with its high capacity of 1000-1200kg/h, precisely addresses the large-scale production requirements of major chain brands and food processing plants. It meets intensive production demands such as nationwide ingredient supply for outlets and bulk export operations, empowering enterprises to capture market share.

As a manufacturer with global service capabilities, Sinofude provides worldwide delivery for the CBZ500 series, ensuring timely and efficient equipment delivery regardless of whether customers are located in Asia, Europe, the Americas, or Oceania. The company additionally provides comprehensive product manuals, online demonstration videos, and one-to-one technical guidance to assist customers in swiftly familiarizing themselves with equipment operation. Followed by thorough after-sales maintenance services, this ensures the long-term stable operation of the equipment. Currently, this series of production lines serves food enterprises across dozens of countries and regions worldwide, becoming the preferred equipment for chain tea beverage brands, bakery chains, and food processing plants. Its stable performance and high cost-effectiveness have earned widespread market recognition.

Amidst the industry-wide shift towards standardization, intelligent automation and premium quality in the food sector, the launch of Shanghai Sinofude's CBZ500 series popping pearl production line has not only resolved numerous pain points in traditional manufacturing but also propelled technological advancement and industrial upgrading within the popping pearl production sector. As domestically developed equipment under a homegrown brand, this production line series has broken the technological monopoly and price barriers imposed by foreign counterparts. With designs tailored to the Chinese market, superior cost-effectiveness, and comprehensive after-sales support, it has garnered acclaim from both domestic and international clients, showcasing the technological prowess of China's food processing machinery manufacturing sector.

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