Vacuum frying snacks benefit that the crispness, flavor, structure and color of the products will be maintained. More importantly, acrylamide reduction in the process is achieved.
Fried products are liked by all age groups and play an important role in consumer’s diet because of their unique flavour and texture.
Vacuum frying is an excellent alternative to conventional frying, which is carried out in a closed system, below the atmospheric pressure, substantially reducing the boiling point of water and, hence, the frying temperature.
Vacuum frying snacks benefit that the crispness, flavor, structure and color of the products will be maintained. More importantly, acrylamide reduction in the process is achieved. It is reported that vacuum fried potato chips and apple chips keep 95% of their vitamin C, compared to 50% retained by conventional atmospheric frying. Also, vacuum fried carrot slice and potato chips absorbed about 50% less oil uptake than atmospheric-fried chips, apples about 25% less. Vacuum frying also reduces the amount of acrylamide in a potato chip, a suspected carcinogen found in starchy fried food.
At the moment, vacuum fryers are more expensive to install and operate than standard frying devices, and are considered financially risky.
Vacuum Frying will be absolutely in line with the public demand for healthier snack food in the near future.
Small scale vacuum fryer is an intermittent operation low fat chip fryer which is suitable for fruit and vegetable chips vacuum frying process.It is easier to maintain natural colors and flavors of the finished fried snacks with no acrylamide content.
A crisp fruit-vegetable chips process with vacuum frying is brief introduced, it is quick freeze process is necessary before vacuum frying in particular.
A vacuum fryer is a machine designed to fry vegetables, fruit, fish, and meat at low temperatures. The equipment has the ability to reduce the oil content of the food, sometimes well below 15 percent. It can also help to inhibit the loss of nutrients that commonly occurs with food cooked or fried at high temperatures. The vacuum fryer also maintains the food item’s color, consistency and flavor. Food fried with this frying method can be stored for a longer time than other types of fried food.
