Industries — Food & Beverage
Food and beverage covers everything from thin juices to thick sauces, delicate particulates to CIP chemicals. No single pump handles all of it well. IPE draws on a broad set of lines to fit each product, viscosity, and sanitation demand.
The Variety Problem
No other vertical spans such a range of product in a single facility, under such strict hygiene. Four pressures shape pump selection.
One plant can run thin juice, thick paste, and chunky sauce — no single pump fits all, which is exactly where a multi-line supplier earns its keep.
Food and beverage is where 3-A, EHEDG, and aseptic design matter most, with direct food contact and high-purity requirements throughout.
Emulsions, fruit pieces, and delicate product degrade if sheared or crushed — and texture and appearance are the product.
Frequent product changeovers demand fast, thorough clean-in-place without disassembly to protect flavor and prevent cross-contamination.
Product Matching
Because we carry a wide range of lines, we can match thin liquids, viscous product, and gentle particulates each to the right pump. Here's how a food and beverage line tends to break down.
Viscous and often particulate — chunky salsa, relish, dressings, and condiments moved with positive displacement that won't shear the product or crush the pieces.
How PD pumps work →
Tomato paste, fruit puree, and concentrates — very high viscosity moved with steady, positive-displacement flow that doesn't fall off under load.
How PD pumps work →
The high-flow workhorse for thin, free-flowing product — juices, beverages, and low-viscosity liquids moved efficiently at volume.
How centrifugal pumps work →
Whole berries, fruit pieces, and delicate product moved gently — the seal-less hose path carries pieces through intact with nothing to bruise or crush them.
How peristaltic pumps work →
Sticky, high-viscosity product — syrups, honey, chocolate, and nut butters — moved and metered, warmed where needed, without losing throughput.
How PD pumps work →
Unloading and transferring ingredients from drums, totes, and IBCs — air-operated pumps that self-prime, run dry, and handle a range of viscosities.
How AODD pumps work →
Frequent product changeovers demand fast, thorough clean-in-place, and high-purity products demand aseptic, hygienic design throughout.
How centrifugal pumps work →
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Working With Us
One brand can't be right for juice, sauce, and CIP all at once, and its rep won't tell you so. We can match each product honestly because we carry the range.
Enviroflex, Ampco and more, spanning thin to viscous and gentle to aggressive, so each product gets a pump that fits.
Lines built for direct food contact with 3-A and EHEDG pedigrees and full clean-in-place.
Transfer, dosing, particulate handling, CIP, and the drives to run them, from a single source.
Sizing and support across North America, from people who know how varied food and beverage duty really is.
The Lines
The lines that do the most work across a food and beverage plant. Tap any card for the full manufacturer profile.
The food and beverage centerpiece: centrifugal for thin liquids, rotary lobe and circumferential piston for viscous and particulate, aseptic options, and the SP liquid-ring for CIP. 3-A and EHEDG.
View the Ampco line →
Seal-less hose pumps for delicate and particulate product, and AODD pumps for drum and tote transfer — the gentle and flexible end of the line.
View the Enviroflex line →
Twin-piston systems that move diced, chunky, and particulate product — from diced tomatoes to fruit pieces — holding shape and definition.
View the Marlen line →
Hygienic stainless gearmotors and MOVI-C automation to run and control the pumps — IP69K and NSF-H1 for wash-down food environments.
View the SEW-Eurodrive line →
Food & Beverage Questions
Straight answers to what food and beverage processors ask most about moving their products.
What pump handles thick sauces, pastes, and purees?
Positive displacement rotary lobe pumps, such as Ampco's, move viscous sauces, pastes, and purees with steady flow that holds up as viscosity rises, and they handle particulate such as diced or chunky ingredients without shearing them.
How do you move delicate product with fruit pieces or chunks?
Two ways: seal-less peristaltic pumps, such as Enviroflex, move whole berries and chunky product gently because the hose is the only wetted part, and Marlen twin-piston systems carry diced and particulate product while holding its shape.
What is best for thin liquids like juice and beverages?
Sanitary centrifugal pumps, such as Ampco's, are efficient for thin, free-flowing product at high flow rates, which makes them the workhorse for juices, beverages, and other low-viscosity liquids.
Are the pumps certified for food and aseptic duty?
Ampco's positive displacement pumps are EHEDG certified and conform to 3-A standards, with aseptic and CIP-capable designs for high-purity duty. IPE confirms the exact certifications and hygienic requirements your product needs.
Can one supplier cover a plant that runs many different products?
That is the point of a multi-line distributor. A food and beverage plant runs everything from thin juice to thick paste to chunky sauce, and IPE matches each product to the right pump instead of forcing one pump to do every job.
How do I size a pump for my food or beverage line?
Describe the product and step, including viscosity, particulate, temperature, and flow, and IPE will recommend and size the right line. Call 206-790-0775, email [email protected], or use the quote form.
Tell us the product and the step — sauce, juice, puree, delicate fruit, or syrup — and IPE will spec the pump to match.
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