Expert in Bake-Off specialties
Mola, one of Europe’s most modern industrial bakeries, produces over a million of bake-off specialties every day — from croissants to savoury snacks. To keep pace with growing demand for savoury puff pastry products, Mola developed a fully automated meat purée and curry sauce dosing installation together with Nuutro. Nuutro was responsible for the complete project: from concept engineering through to commissioning.
The Company
Operating from Beugen, Mola supplies frozen bake-off products to retailers and foodservice customers across Europe. With over 200 employees, 12,000 m² of production space, and a capacity of up to 50,000 snacks per hour, the company operates at full industrial scale. To sustain that growth, Mola continuously invests in modernising and expanding its production processes.
The Challenge
Growing demand for savoury puff pastry products required a significant capacity expansion for (meat)filling production. The existing paddle-mixing systems performed well qualitatively, but could not be fully automated and were not CIP-cleanable — an increasing bottleneck for a bakery committed to maximum hygiene and minimal manual handling. The product itself added further complexity: (meat) fillings are structure-sensitive and cannot be agitated too intensively without losing its texture. The new system also needed to integrate curry sauce dosing and be fully cleanable without disassembly.
Our Approach
In close collaboration with Mola, Nuutro designed and built a fully automated production installation that accounts for the product’s structural sensitivity. The mixing solution combines gentle, controlled movement with full CIP-cleanability. As an integral part of the system, Nuutro also supplied a dedicated CIP installation, enabling the entire production line to be hygienically cleaned without manual intervention. Nuutro assumed complete project responsibility: from process design and engineering through to prefabrication, installation, and commissioning. The system was successfully handed over in early 2026.
Why Nuutro
Mola and Nuutro had already worked together on a previous project, which provided a solid foundation of trust for this engagement. Nuutro was valued for its flexibility, pragmatic approach, and genuine willingness to think alongside the customer — even as technical requirements evolved during the project.
“Nuutro is a wonderful organisation — open, transparent, helpful, and exceptionally collaborative.”
— Patrick van den Berg, Manager Technical Services, Mola
- Technology independent — the best solution for the product, not for the catalogue
- Tailored to the project and the client — custom in design and in collaboration
- Able to take responsibility — one point of contact from concept to handover
Results & Future
With this installation in place, Mola now operates a future-proof, fully automated, and hygienically cleanable production line for its meat preparations — with the capacity to support further growth of its savoury puff pastry range. The project demonstrates that Nuutro is the right partner for established food producers facing complex process challenges. The collaboration with Mola exemplifies how Nuutro builds lasting customer relationships — from trust to execution.
