The Duravant family of operating companies serve the food processing, packaging and material handling segments.

Snack Food Processing Equipment


Whether you’re producing a premium beef snack or extruding corn masa or potato-based snack foods, we offer a variety of solutions for your savory snacks as well as those for fun, indulgent and healthy snack options. From slicing and dicing, dehydration and extrusion, our food processing equipment results in higher product quality, taste and yield of your snack foods.

Equipment that fits your needs


  • Jerky
  • Corn Masa & Potato-based Snacks
  • Guacamole
  • Carruthers AE5000 1D Slicer

    AE 5000 1D Slicer

    AE 5000 1D slicer is a one-dimensional slicer for continuous slicing of whole muscle, cooked or fresh log meats and other products.
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  • Carruthers AE Dicer 2D 12-in

    AE 5000 2D Dicer

    Our AE 5000 2D Dicer provides cuts to length and width spec, in sequence (leaving natural height/thrid dimension in tact). Known as a meat dicer, this model processes whole muscle cooked or fresh...
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  • Carruthers AE 3D Dicing System

    AE 5000 3D Dicer

    AE 5000 3D Dicer is designed for three-dimensional cubing. A combination of the 1D Slicing and 2D Dicing models provides complete versatility for cubing of whole muscle, cooked or fresh log meats and...
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  • Carruthers DuraKut 6000 2D Dicer

    DuraKut™ 6000 2D VFD (or) Servo Dicer

    Just like our AdvantEdge dicer series, our DuraKut™ series dicers are designed and built in the USA for complete cutting versatility of fresh, vacuum tumbled, crust frozen or cooked products into cubes or...
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    Industrial Dehydrator

    Custom designed around your product, process and facility. Our industrial dehydrator provides a more uniform product, precise and repeatable results, complete data reporting, and easy access to serviceable areas. Visit our Riverside facility...
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  • Marlen OPTI-Xtrude Extrider

    Opti-Xtrude Extruder

    Marlen’s Opti-Xtrude Extruder is designed for the extrusion of viscous, shear-sensitive corn masa or potato starch. Our Opti-Xtrude model, with its zero-slip, low-shear operation is capable of extruding a variety of products with...
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  • Marlen OPTI 100 Vaccum Stuffer & Pump

    Opti 100 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Maximum capacity 10,000 lbs per hour, 250 psi pumping pressure. Ideal for smaller application...
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  • Marlen OPTI 120HP Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Opti 120 HP Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Available in three models with maximum capacity of 20,000 lbs per hour, 500 psi...
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  • Marlen OPTI 120HP Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Opti 200 Outboard Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Maximum capacity 20,000 lbs per hour, 250 psi pumping pressure. Ideal for applications requiring...
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  • Marlen Opti 280 Vaccuum Stuffing & Pumping System

    Opti 280 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Maximum capacity 28,000 lbs per hour, 500 psi pumping pressure. Ideal for all applications....
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  • Marlen Opti-340 Vaccum Stuffer & Pump

    Opti 340 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Maximum capacity 34,000 lbs per hour, 250 psi pumping pressure. Ideal for higher volume...
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  • Marlen OptiServ 340 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    OptiServ 340 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    With the pumping process powered entirely by servo motor technology, Marlen's OptiServ series pumps deliver exemplary high quality output while dramatically reducing the complexity and cost of operating at peak performance levels. With...
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  • Marlen OPTI 200 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Opti 200 Inboard Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Maximum capacity 20,000 lbs per hour, 250 psi pumping pressure. Ideal for applications requiring...
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Quality extruded snacks.

Our OPTI-Xtrude is specifically designed for the extrusion of viscous, shear-sensitive corn masa and potato-based snack foods. Optimum product density with maximum oil absorption for higher product quality, taste and yield.

Premium dehydrated beef snacks.

Increased air velocity over the surface of the product results in more uniform processing conditions during the dehydration process. Our innovative design keeps air in the “processing” zone for better performance and better beef snacks such as jerky