potato chips production line/fresh potato chips making machine french fries

potato chips production line/fresh potato chips making machine french fries

Raw material & products quality target

 Raw material standard: fresh potatoes, no belt, no deteriorate, no plant diseases and insect pests; no concave on the head of potato, surface smooth, any crack and hollow;Dry matter content and potato starch≥20%, deoxidize sugar content≤0.2%

Fry material content≥20%;Oval in shape;

Sugar content≤0.2%;

Length ≥68mm

Color outside is yellow

Color inside is white

Size is 8*8, 9*9, 10*10mm

Frozen French fries process  

Potato Washing -- peeling—cutter—washing—blanching—dewater machine—drying line--pre-fry—deoil machine—cooling line--freezed--packed --store in cold room

Washing process:

Washing process is for washing off the potato starch on the potato chips which can keep it from fall in the oil and keep long-use life for the frying machine.

At the same time, the potato chips is totally immersed in water which can keep it from enzymatic-oxydative browning, because the sugar can be affected with amino acid and the produce the black and brown color

Blanching process:

Blanching is a necessary procedure. After washing, the potato sticks go into the blanching machine which is about 65-90 ℃hot water. It can destroy the enzyme activity, and improve and soften the organizational structure which can be easily dried and also can keep from blistering. It can add the Sodium hydrogen sulfite or Sodium pyrosulfite  to keep good color.

Prefrying:

frying temperature is about 180-190 °C, and the frying time is about 1 minutes. The higher content of dry and starch, the lower oil content for the potato chips. Inner is soft and outside is crisp.

Freezer and cold room:-18 - -25℃

Packing size and weight is based on customers’ requirement

Packing machine: 520, 720

Frying For final customers

The frying time for frozen French fries before eating is about 3 minutes at 168 ℃ of oil temperature. The oil content is about2.5%-4.3%

Beef tallow:it is the best oil for frying potato chips and french fries. It is very incense and of low melting point( vegetable oil is of higher melting point which is drying in surface.

Palm oil:good for health, cheap and white

potato chips production line/fresh potato chips making machine french fries