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.
Due to the rising health concern and the trends toward healthier snacks, vacuum fried fruits have become a common product, a wide range of fried fruits are now offered from fried bananas, jackfruits, pineapples, and pumpkins, just to name a few.
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.
Automatic Continuous Vacuum Fryer has excellent performance in fruit & vegetables crispy chips process. Compare with the intermittent operation vacuum fryer, more capacity, labor and energy is saving greatly.
