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The Vacreator

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The Vacreator

The hygienic and effective Vacreator system for steam-pasteurising cream is shown in this 1947 photograph. It was developed in the 1930s by two Waikato dairy farmers, and later became popular in the US.

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Mark Derby, Inventions, patents and trademarks – Farming inventions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25397/the-vacreator (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 11 May 2010, updated 1 February 2015.