Production line for turning of fresh potatoes to crisps or french fries

Producing of healthy snacks / dryed vegetable / dryed fruit /  vegetable chips

Model: SnackPro Line Profi

The equipment is designed for the whole treatment of potatoes. The finished result is fried crisps or fries ready for packing. It comprises of a system of continuous machines allowing activities like: pre-cleaning, washing, brushing, cutting, frying.

The line is constructed for making crisps or french fries from fresh potatoes. The effect of these processes are healthy flavoured chips. It is achievable to process various types of vegetables like potatoes, beets, carrots, parsley and many others. The finished product may be flavoured with salt or spice.

Whole line includes:

1. Drum washer with conveyor

The product is loaded into the washing machine mechanically, after processing (washing) the product is unloaded using a conveyor elevator.

2. Brush washer

The device is suitable for cleaning root vegetables such as carrot, beet, potatoes. The product is washed through the built-in brush.

3. Conveyor with hopper

The hoper and conveyor are made of stainless steel. The material is transport into drum washing machine.

4. Vegetable cutter

Rotary continuous root cutting device for slices: discs/rings (chips).

5. Vacuum fryer

Frying under vacuum (using lower temperatures) represents an exclusive and innovative heat processing.

6. Conveyor with hopper

The hopper and conveyor are made of stainless steel. Material is then transported into drum coater.

7. Drum coater

Drum coater is suitable for flavoring product. The cylinder (drum) operates continuously, thereby maximizing the use of the material, and is continuously available.

Benefits:

- Vacuum fryer may be branched into two types: financial benefits, plus quality ones.

- Enables you to produce chips with a higher added worth at low electricity expenses and

other expenditure comparing to standard frying, giving the producer competitive advantage.

- Saving oil – the oil will remain fresh long, it wont burn, it will not keep the flavor of the

lastly fried material, and it wont have to be changed so often.

- Less flavor ingredients and flavor enhancers are required.

- A ambitious product in the market:

   • less oil (a few percentage),

   • appealing colour, almost to the original colour,as the product doesnt darken and

     doesnt go black,

   • oil doesnt turn contaminated, not giving the product an bad flavor or aroma,

   • preserving of nutritious characteristics,

   • no acrylamide or other carcinogens,

   • fried vegetable crisps are appropriate for children that don’t like vegetables in other forms.

Vacuum processing

The effectiveness of an innovative thermal vacuum processing system is based on short time and low frying temperatures. This technology brings the possibility of producing a healthy product. As a result, it is a crunchy, low-fat product, thanks to its fast processing, which prevents unnecessary oil saturation.

The fryer is equipped with an automatic control system via the PLC controller.

The operator and control system has two adjustment modes: automatic and manual.

For a free price quote, send us an email to sales@normit.com