2013 Plant of the Year Gallery
Chobani was chosen as Food Engineering’s 2013 Plant of the Year. Chobani's brand-new Twin Falls facility continues to evolve while keeping up with the American public's insatiable demand for Greek yogurt.
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Yogurt maturation tanks stand outside Chobani Twin Fall, ID plant.
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Chobani’s walkable ceiling lets technicians and engineers drop piping and lines into the process area without creating any dust or causing interruptions in the process area.
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Chobani’s boiler room currently houses five 800hp boilers (four are visible) producing 124,200 lbs./hr. of steam.
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The main corridor provides plenty of space for people and uses LED lighting. Stairs to the walkable ceiling are through the left exit doors.
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Eriez X-ray systems are used on all lines to check for foreign materials.
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Four flavors for Chobani’s Tubes are filled on this equipment.
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Frick ammonia compressors provide the cooling for the plant, located in a detached, 28,000-sq.-ft. building.
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A GE RO system provides clean, makeup water for the boilers.
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A GEA Westfalia separator produces Greek yogurt.
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Incoming storage space for cartons is served by a green fabric air duct.
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The lab checks the progression of fermenting yogurt cultures for quality.
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Lid sealing of cups is performed on a high-speed NOVA line.
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Yogurt cups go through lanes to be picked up by the pick-and-place system for cartoning.
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Raw milk is delivered at Chobani. Trucks are weighed before and after to verify delivery quantities.
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One of the separator rooms is lit by LED lighting.
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The sleeving room at Chobani has a white air duct, indicating HEPA-filtered air.
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A sleeving machine prepares the labels to go on yogurt cups.
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The control room for raw milk delivery checks weights, off-loads milk and has CIP functionality.
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