The demand for frozen French fries has been growing over the years, with the growth and remarkable performance of French fries served in restaurants and fast-food chains. About the frozen French fries production process from fresh potato to the finished french fries, there is a complete set of machinery. Take the fully autoamtic french fries production line as for example:
Potato washing and peeling – manual picking – cutting – removing impurity – rinsing – blanching – dewatering – – frying – deoiling – wind cooling – freezing – packaging
Frozen French Fries Production Process Video
Frozen French Fries Production Process of Fully Automatic Type
1. Washing and Peeling
Potatoes are washed and peeled thoroughly by brush roller washing and peeling machine, which is mainly used in a large capacity (2000-3000 kg/h)washing and peeling work. The brush rollers (8-15 pieces) are made of soft nylon material. The potatoes peeled by it have a smooth surface with minimum peeling losses. The residual skin, eyes, and green portions are trimmed manually.
2. Manual Sorting
The manual sorting platform will sort the unquality potatoes. If the the potato is not peeled well, then process it. The conveyor is made of PVC superior food standard conveyor, healthy and safe, meeting food requirement. All plate made of Stainless Steel 304, the motor are speed adjustable, conveyor working is adjustable.
3. Cutting
Peeled potatoes are cut into strips by an industrial potato cutting machine. The thickness can be adjusted freely by increasing or decreasing the spacers between the blades. The cross-section of the sticks ranges between 7 and 12 mm and is generally 10 mm. The length of the strips can be 5-7 cm. The strips are graded for size. Too short, thin strips and discolored ones are removed.
Our commercial potato cutter can also be used to cut other vegetables and fruits in different shapes.
4. Impurity Removing
After the potato chips finished cutting, elevator will send potato chips to the Impurity Removing Machine. To adjust the distance between rollers, general it is 4mm soft brush roller. Potato chips will go down under working of brush roller. If the size of potato chips is less than 4mm, it will leave out. There is one material receiving tank. Thus it can get the effect of sorting. Brush roller material is food standard nylon yarn.
5. Rinsing
After the potato chips coming from the Impurity Removing Machine, the qualified potato chips will drop the Rinsing machine directly. By bubble Agitator Wave Wash, the potato chips will be in roll state, thus it can remove the starch on the surface of potato chips.It also with second water spraying function. All bubble produce device are with speed adjustable.
7. Dewatering
The strips are partially dried to remove excess moisture. The French fries dewatering machine is to dehydrate the surface water of the French fries after blanching, which guarantees the maximum dewatering degree. If the strips are meant to be fried, the water content should be near 70-75%; if they are to be cooked in an oven, the water content should be around 65-70%; and for microwave frozen Fries, it is a measly 55-60%.
9. Freezing
The key step is freezing the French fries. The tunnel instant freezer is used for refrigeration of the French fries to keep them fresh and crispier. It can make the temperature of the French fries to -18℃ within 20 minutes. This prevents them from sticking together and helps protect the flavor.
10. Packaging & Storage
The fries packed by the packaging machine. Packing can not only prolong the shelf life of french fries, but also can be used as a promotion tool. For attractive packaging can also draw attention of your customers. Our french fries packaging machine can pack them effectively and efficiently according to your needs and requirements.
