Potato Chip Production

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Potato Chip Production

• Processing Lines in Food Industry
• Topi Karilainen

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Introduction

• Potato chips are deep fried or baked potato
  slices.
• The first chips were made in 1853 in New York
  State.
• Mass production from 1910.

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Economic Value

• 16 400 000 000 in 2005
• 0,5 of total processed foods market

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Production
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Goals of Production

• Quality Product
• Taste
• Storability
• Fast, Cheap and Flexible Production
• Low PL construction and operation costs
• Ability to produce variety of products

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Production Phases

• Unloading
• Storage
• Dirt and stone removal
• Peeling
• Slicing
• Frying
• Salting and seasoning
• Packing

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Production Phases

• A - Unloading
• B-E Storage Dirt and stone removal
• F - Peeling
• I - Slicing
• N - Frying
• T - Salting and seasoning
• Y - Packing

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Unloading

• Goals Speed, minimum damage

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Storage

• Sizing
• Loading in crates

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Dirt and stone removal

• Finger rolls remove dirt during transport to
  storage

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Peeling

• Batch peeler
• Continuous peeler/washer
• After peeling, transport on open conveyor belt
  for inspection

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Slicing

• Feeders ensure uniform flow to slicer

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Frying

• Heat exchangers, heat recovery
• Cooking oil filtration
• Control

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Salting and seasoning

• Applied pneumatically or from a belt

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Packing

• Weighing
• Bag making
• Loading into boxes
• Checkweighing

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Thank you

• Remember, don't eat too much!