Potato chips are snacks made from potatoes and are an important part of the snack market in many countries. The technological process of industrialized potato chips production has also made great progress after years of iteration. In order to complete the production of potato chips, some potato chip production line equipment support is required.
The processing of potato chips generally consists of the steps of peeling and cleaning - cleaning - slicing - cleaning - blanching - draining - frying - degreasing - seasoning - packaging, and can also be designed according to the finished product. Specific details increase or decrease related steps.
The potatoes are cleaned and peeled by the brush cleaning and peeling machine, or professional peeling equipment can be used. The multiple cleaning of the production line is to wash off the potato skin, starch, etc., so that the potato chips have a crisp taste and are not easy to stick during production.
The multi-function vegetable slicer slices the cleaned and peeled potatoes, and the thin and thick shapes can be customized according to requirements. Potato chips are easy to change color after being exposed to air. The purpose of blanching by blanching machine is to protect the color and prevent oxidation.
Before frying, it is necessary to drain the water through the vibrating dehydrator to remove the moisture on the surface, and some can also pass through the air-drying equipment to avoid splashing into the fryer.
Continuous frying machine is the main equipment for industrial production of fried food. After continuous frying, the water content of potato chips is reduced from 80% to 2%, and crisp products are obtained. The oil content in the finished potato chips is between 30% and 40%.
The fried potato chips pass through the deoiler to remove the oil on the surface of the potato chips, improve the taste of the finished product, and reduce the loss of production. The differentiated production of potato chips also needs to consider seasoning. Through the seasoning machine, the original flavored potato chips are seasoned according to the designed finished product, so as to meet the diversified needs of the market for potato chips.
The packaging can be vacuum-packed to increase the shelf life of the potato chips, and inflation can make the potato chips protected during transportation and not easily broken.
This process is suitable for processing a variety of materials, such as sweet potatoes, yams, bananas, and other sliced fried materials.
