Pre-cook this steps may vary. Generally we wash potato slices to remove starch or put them in the refrigerator and fry the next day ; 5. Fry sliced potatoes in hot oil; 6. Use grease blotter to remove extra oil for a healthy diet; 7. Mix fried potato chips with your favorite sauce like tomato paste or salt. Like the above homemade steps, large potato chips production has similar but larger processing machines. And these potato chips processing line can be automatic or semi-automatic.
Fried potato chips, featured by sliced potatoes, have strong potato scent and best luster. Blanching machines in the potato chips plant have the functions to inactive enzymes and reduce microbial to keep original taste and color.
Unlike fried potato chips production which process potatoes directly, compound potato chips production line has the pre-processing machines to grind potatoes into powder. The first steps from washing to blanching are the same while for a different purpose. If we regard pre-processing steps in fried potato chips production is to get finished products — fried potato chips, the pre-processing steps in compound potato chips production is to get raw material — potato powder.
Blanched potato slices have to be fully cooked and carefully mashed. Only potato powder in the tiny mesh can be made into good potato chips. The following processing steps are to mix, mold and shape, fry and de-oil and flavor and package same as fried potato chips process.
The chips were lifted out of the hot oil in a basket and spread out on a counter to cool and to be salted. Then the potato chips would be put into wax bags, stapled shut, ready to be put into cartons to be delivered to local stores and restaurants.
The wax bags did not protect the chips from light or moisture very well; providing quality potato chips to the customers was a challenge.
The difficulties in producing a high quality product drove many of the local hometown potato chip companies out of business. The companies that overcame the obstacles to produce good-tasting products thrived. Frederick used this to differentiate his product and get his potato chips into the local stores.
Once business was secured, it was essential to keep the customers. Frederick was also determined to make every package of Jones Potato Chips that left his factory of the highest possible quality. The unique-tasting Jones Potato Chips became a local favorite and the company grew.
In order to increase production, pieces of automated equipment were added to the cooking process. Upper- and lower-wave forms are fed into the computer at varying amplitudes, frequencies, and phases. The computer then spits out the corresponding models. Researchers are also working on genetically engineered potatoes with less sugar content since it is the sugar that produces brown spots on chips.
Trager, James. The Food Chronology. Henry Holt, Toggle navigation. Other articles you might like:. User Contributions: 1. Please, send me the pictures of modern machine of potato chips, Processess, rawmaterials, ans marketing strateggy. Bob Hayes. Can you inform me further on the "Fatty free acids" from the frying oil? Also Where would I get information on the machinery used in packaging chips?
What would your equipment recommendation slicer and fryer be for a start up operation that will produce to Kg per week. I would also like to see some picures that gives a clearer and much more interesting insight. Thanks Yanga Jonas. Was just wondering if you or anyone else ever purchased a bag of potato chips that was the end of a roll of bags, you know, when they had to load a new roll of bag material?
I have one. They taped the rolls together and there is actually one half bag inside the other with the clear red tape connecting them together. I called the company and they said it was the end of a roll bag and was supposed to have been taken out. Farmers grow special chipping potatoes that have a long shape for easy cutting. After the potatoes are picked they are sold to the chip company.
The potatoes are stored in temperature controlled environments, if not, their starch turns into sugar and will ruin the potato. Potatoes can be stored this way for about 4 months.
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