Passion fruit jam
Practical Action
Equipment suppliers
Note: This is a selective list of suppliers and does not imply endorsement by Practical Action
Cutting and slicing equipment
A range of manual and powered cutting and slicing machinery is available.
Eastend Engineering Company
173/1 Gopal Lal Thakur Road
Calcutta 700 035
India
Tel: +91 33 2553 6397
Gardners Corporation
158 Golf Links
New Delhi 110003
India
Tel: +91 11 2334 4287/2336
3640 Fax: +91 11 2371 7179
Narangs Corporation
P-25 Connaught Place
New Delhi 110001
India
Tel: +91 11 2336 3547
Fax: +91 11 2374 6705
Juice filters, strainers and sieves
A range of filtering and straining equipment can be used. The simplest is the filter bag (or jelly
bag) made of terylene or muslin cloth. More sophisticated are the filter presses and strainers
which may be mechanised.
Gauthier
Parc Scientifique Agropolis
34397 Montpellier
Cedex 5
France
Tel: +33 4 67 61 11 56
Fax: +33 4 67 54 73 90
Lakeland Mail order kitchenware
38 Alexandra Buildings
Windermere
LA23 1BQ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)15394 88100
Website: www.lakeland.co.uk
Alvan Blanch
Chelworth
Malmesbury
Wiltshire
SN16 9SG
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 666 577333
Fax: +44 (0) 666 577339
E-mail: info@alvanblanch.co.uk
Website: http://www.alvanblanch.co.uk
Gardners Corporation
India (see above)
Weighing machines
It is important to have accurate weighing machines. Quite often more than one machine is
required - -a large one to weigh the fruit and a small one for weighing out the dry ingredients
such as pectin and spices.
Fisher Scientific
Bishop Meadow Road
Loughborough
LE11 5RG
UK
Tel: +44 1509 231166
Fax: +44 1509 231893
Email: fisher@fisher.co.uk
Web: www.fisher.co.uk
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