Pro-Wax delivers semi-automatic cheese waxing machinery to producers worldwide – developed and manufactured in Denmark by Chocoma, with more than 30 years of experience.
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Cheese waxing is the process of coating cheese with a thin layer of protective wax during maturation and storage. It extends shelf life, ensures a consistent appearance, and gives the cheese a distinctive identity on the shelf. Pro-Wax machinery automates this process for small and medium-sized dairies – reliably and efficiently.
For more than 30 years, PRO-WAX cheese waxing machinery has operated worldwide. The system has replaced the labor-intensive manual waxing process and provided increased capacity for small and medium-sized manufacturers, enabling them to increase their production by up to 4 times. A typical throughput for 200 gms mini truckles is 70 pieces per minute.
With Pro-Wax cheese waxing machinery, small and medium-sized manufacturers get:
A complete Pro-Wax cheese waxing line consists of a waxing machine, one or more wax tanks, and a take-off table or cooling tunnel – all available from Pro-Wax and designed to work together as a single production unit.
PRO-WAX is designed to wax cheese sizes ranging from 50 gms to 2.500 gms. Each cheese gets a full coating (bottom included) and appears nice and uniform from just a single pass through the waxing chamber.
Wheels or ½ wheels ranging from 2.5 kg to 10 kg can usually be coated too. However, depending on the kind of cheese and specific operating parameters double coating may be necessary.
In order to coat the cheese with different wax colors, PRO-WAX employs mobile wax tanks, quick-change pumps, and grill belt assemblies to enable fast color changes.
Due to PRO-WAX’s quick readjustment abilities, there are great possibilities for using wax coloring as a brand-enhancing element. Creative use of different wax colors in combination with descriptive product names can bring a strong identity to your cheese brand while preserving productivity.
Pro-Wax machines are suitable for waxing a wide range of semi-hard and hard cheeses, including Cheddar, Gouda and Havarti. The optimal waxing parameters are determined by cheese type, size and surface condition – and can be verified through a waxing test before any investment decision.
Back in the 1990s, Vantage House was approached by a cheese manufacturer at a chocolate machinery exhibition and asked, “…if you can put chocolate on a Mars bar – can you put a wax coating around a cheese?”
While this sounded like a simple transition, the execution proved more of a challenge. Vantage House forwarded the question to their manufacturer of chocolate coating machines, Chocoma, the parent company of Pro-Wax, and that was the beginning of Pro-Wax and the first cheese waxing machines.
Today, Pro-Wax cheese waxing machines are installed in dairies across the world. More than 50 machines have been installed in the UK and Ireland alone, and the technology continues to be developed and manufactured in Denmark by Chocoma.
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Vantage House is Pro-Wax’s distributor in the UK and Ireland, and has installed and commissioned Pro-Wax cheese waxing machines for dairies across the region since the 1990s.
“Since then, we at Vantage House have installed and commissioned 50 waxing machines throughout the UK and Ireland, with several companies buying two or more additions as their sales grew. It has been a great joy to see how small cheese artisans have grown their businesses with automatic waxing without compromising the mix in sizes and formats.”
Malcolm Avison, Founder of Vantage House
What is a cheese waxing machine?
A cheese waxing machine is a semi-automatic production unit that coats cheeses with a protective layer of wax. Pro-Wax machines transport cheeses through a wax reservoir, ensuring a full, uniform coating in a controlled, efficient process.
Which cheese producers benefit from a Pro-Wax machine?
Pro-Wax machines are designed for small and medium-sized dairies that currently wax cheeses manually or apply plastic coating. The machines handle cheeses ranging from 50g to 10kg, making them suitable for a wide range of production setups.
How much faster is a Pro-Wax machine compared to manual waxing?
A Pro-Wax cheese waxing machine makes the waxing process 3–4 times faster than manual production. A typical throughput for 200g mini truckles is 70 pieces per minute.
Where are Pro-Wax machines manufactured?
Pro-Wax machines are developed and manufactured in Denmark by Chocoma, the parent company of Pro-Wax, with more than 30 years of experience in cheese waxing machinery.
Can we test a Pro-Wax machine with our own cheeses before buying?
Yes. Pro-Wax offers a waxing test using your own cheeses, allowing you to verify the coating result under your actual production conditions before making any investment decision.
Which countries does Pro-Wax deliver to?
Pro-Wax delivers cheese waxing machines to dairies worldwide.
Pro-Wax has specialised in cheese waxing machinery since the 1990s. Our machines are developed and manufactured in Denmark by Chocoma, and are in operation at dairies across the world.
We offer a cheese waxing test with your own cheeses before any investment decision, so you can verify the result under your actual production conditions.
Contact us to discuss your application or request a quote.