Heat and Control Unitized Vacuum Fryer for the snack industry

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Heat and Control’s vacuum fryer technology, Unitized Vacuum Fryer (UVF), enables snack manufacturers to expand their processing capabilities.

With a typical installation capable of processing 500 kg/h of finished potato chips, the system features auxiliary equipment including a Vacuum Generation System, KleenSweep, Centrifugal Oil Filtration System, Heat Exchanger, Fryer Support Module, PLC - System Controls, Automatic Heated Centrifuge and Fryer Support Platform.

With the elimination of an external vacuum chamber, the equipment is easier to maintain and clean, requires less floor space and allows the vacuum fryer to act like a regular ‘non-vacuum’ fryer.

The technology offers product line extension for snack manufacturers so that high-sugar food products such as apples, carrots, sweet potatoes, high-sugar potatoes and beets can be processed into snack products without over-browning. A further benefit is the ability to minimise formation of acrylamide by frying at lower temperature.