Manufacture of private-label instant beverages: cocoa, coffee and tea-based powders and toppings via spray drying and agglomeration.
H. Schoppe & Schultz GmbH & Co. KG (Schoppe Instant Beverages by Uelzena)
Ratzeburg (Head office/Production) · Uelzen (Production)New on Amplifa
About Schoppe Instant Beverages
Schoppe Instant Beverages (H. Schoppe & Schultz GmbH & Co. KG) is a manufacturer specialising in instant beverages, based in Ratzeburg and part of the Uelzena Group. The company develops and produces private-label beverage powders such as cocoa powder, drinking chocolate, coffee whiteners, toppings, coffee- and tea-based beverage powders as well as frappés for vending machines, capsule systems and manual preparation. Production takes place in several spray towers with different water evaporation capacities, various mixing techniques for different batch sizes and various agglomeration processes at the Ratzeburg and Uelzen sites. In the packing centre, sticks, sachets, tins, pillow and stand-up pouches as well as big bags are filled; a pilot plant with vending systems and capsule sealing serves for testing under realistic conditions. Quality assurance includes chemical, physical and microbiological laboratories as well as a sensory panel according to DIN standard. In addition to its own brand SCHO®, the company supplies customers from the vending, HoReCa, food retail, industry and capsule systems sectors, also with organic, Fairtrade or Rainforest Alliance-certified raw materials.
- Site
- Ratzeburg
- Processes
- Spray drying (spray towers for instant beverages), Agglomeration (various agglomeration processes), Mixing (mixing techniques for different batch sizes and powder structures), Packing into portion packs (sticks, sachets) in folding cartons, trays or displays, Filling into tins, pillow bags, stand-up pouches and big bags, Product development instant beverages (recipe development, pilot plant trials, climate/storage, Quality assurance / testing (chemical, physical, microbiological; sensory panel according to DIN, Product development / recipe development for instant beverages
- Materials
- Cocoa / cocoa powder, Coffee (Robusta or Arabica), Tea (black tea, tea extract), Skimmed milk powder, Whole milk powder, Whey, Sugar (cane sugar, selected sugar grain size), Cocoa butter
- Certificates
- EU Organic Regulation (organic certificate), DIN EN ISO 50001:2018 (energy management), FSSC 22000 (Version 6), Fairtrade (Trader Corporate Certification; coffee, cocoa, cane sugar), Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture (Supply Chain, Multi Site), FSSC 22000 (V6), ISO 50001:2018, EU Organic Regulation (DE-ÖKO-009), Fairtrade (FLO ID 4624), Rainforest Alliance
- Industries
- Vending / machine operators, HoReCa / gastronomy, Food retail (FSD), Capsule systems, Food industry, Office coffee service
- 01
Raw material procurement and supplier auditing
- 02
Recipe/product development in the pilot plant (climate, sealing and brewing
- 03
Spray drying
- 04
Agglomeration
- 05
Mixing
- 06
Quality control (laboratories, sensory analysis)
- 07
Packing (sticks, sachets, tins, bags, big bags)
- 08
Storage and dispatch
Raw materials & processes
Cocoa powder / cocoa butter
Basic component for vending cocoa, drinking chocolate and beverage powders of the white chocolate type (cocoa butter content up to 30 percent).
Coffee (Robusta, Arabica)
Coffee base for instant mixes such as cappuccino, latte macchiato, milky coffee and frappés.
Tea / tea extract
Base of tea-containing beverage powders including lemon, Turkish apple and chai types.
Skimmed and whole milk powder, whey
Milk components for toppings, capsule cocoa and milk-containing beverage powders; 80 percent of milk raw materials come from northern Germany.
Sugar (selected sugar grain size)
Component of the cocoa recipes influencing flowability and taste; also available as a Fairtrade raw material.
Vegetable fats, glucose syrup, casein
Ingredients of coffee whiteners with a fat content between 30 and 50 percent.
Milk protein / lactose
Base for topping powders, also in lactose-free and clean-label variants.
Sites
Ratzeburg
DEHead office and production (Heinrich-Hertz-Straße 28-30)
- Materials
- Cocoa-, coffee- and tea-based beverage powders, toppings
- Spray drying systems
- Mixing technology systems
- Agglomeration technology
- Packing centre with filling lines
- Pilot plant with capsule sealing and vending systems
Uelzen
DEProduction site (Uelzena Group)
- Materials
- Beverage powders
- Spray drying systems
- Mixing technology systems
- Agglomeration technology
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spray drying (spray towers for instant beverages)Plastics | – | – | – | – | Cocoa, Coffee, Tea, Milk, Sugar |
| Agglomeration (various agglomeration processes)Plastics | – | – | – | – | Cocoa, Milk, Coffee, Tea |
| Mixing (mixing techniques for different batch sizes and powder structures)Plastics | – | – | – | – | Cocoa, Coffee, Tea, Milk, Sugar |
| Packing into portion packs (sticks, sachets) in folding cartons, trays or displaysPlastics | – | – | – | – | Beverage powder |
| Filling into tins, pillow bags, stand-up pouches and big bagsPlastics | – | – | – | – | Beverage powder |
| Product development instant beverages (recipe development, pilot plant trials, climate/storageEngineering | – | – | – | – | Cocoa, Coffee, Tea, Milk |
| Quality assurance / testing (chemical, physical, microbiological; sensory panel according to DINTesting | – | – | – | – | Beverage powder |
5 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spray tower (spray drying system for instant beverages, various with different | – | several | – | – | Uelzen and Ratzeburg |
| Mixing technology systems (for different batch sizes) | – | – | – | – | Uelzen and Ratzeburg |
| Agglomeration technology (various processes) | – | – | – | – | Uelzen and Ratzeburg |
| Packing lines (packing centre for sticks, sachets, folding cartons, trays, displays, tins, | – | – | – | – | Ratzeburg / Uelzen |
| Pilot plant facilities (production systems on a small scale, incl. capsule sealing, vending systems | – | – | – | – | Ratzeburg |
Additional services
Quality & certificates
Quality assurance monitors raw materials, production and end products using chemical, physical and microbiological laboratory methods, an external laboratory and an in-house sensory panel according to DIN standard. Production follows HACCP guidelines; FSSC 22000 is the standard certification, and regular customer audits are also carried out.
| Evidence | Ratzeburg | Uelzen |
|---|---|---|
| FSSC 22000 (V6) | ||
| ISO 50001:2018 | ||
| EU Organic Regulation (DE-ÖKO-009) | ||
| Fairtrade (FLO ID 4624) | ||
| Rainforest Alliance |