How It’s Made French Fries

French fries as one of the most common fast food, it is popular all over the world. People usually eat fries at lunch or dinner, but also as a snack. French fries have a significant market in the food industry, and the demand for french fries is increasing. So, how it’s made fries? Next, I will share with you how it’s made fries and the method of making fries in large quantities.

Made french fries at home

1. Use large potatoes. Peel and cut into straight strips of fries, as wide or thin as you want.
2. Put the potato strips in a pot, cover with water, bring to a boil over medium heat, then switch to low heat and cook for 5 minutes, or until half cooked.
3. Drain the potato strips and let cool.
4. Add oil to a frying pan and heat over medium heat. When the oil temperature reaches about 130 degrees, you can put potato chips in, be careful to put them one by one.
5. Turn down the fire slightly and try to control the oil temperature at about 130 degrees. Gently flip the potato strips over and fry the other side, cooking through both sides, 6 minutes per side.
6. When the potato strips are fried, they look crisp and golden in color. Scoop them out onto a plate lined with oil-absorbing paper and strain the oil.
7. Sprinkle with seasoning. Just eat it.

The process of large quantities fries production

Step 1: Washing and Peeling. Put fresh potatoes in a potato washing and peeling machine.
Step 2: Cutting. Put it into potato cutting machine and cut potatoes into fries, the size can be adjusted from 7*7 to 12*12mm according to your needs.
Step 3: Blanching. Put the potato chips in the blancher. Through 60-95 degree hot water blanching to inhibit the activity of the enzyme and maintains the original vivid color of the fries.
Step 4: Dewatering. Put into a vibrating dewatering machine to remove excess water. This wewatering machine can adjust the dewatering time according to your needs.
Step 5: Continuous Frying. The continuous fryer allows the strips to be quickly fried in 180° oil for about 40 seconds to avoid sticking and extend shelf life.
Step 6: Deoiling. Use a deoiling machine to remove oil from the surface of the fries. Through high frequency vibrating to achieve deoiling purpose.
Step 7: Freezing. Using the freezering machine, through mechanical vibration and wind pressure, the fluidized quick freezer floats the product on the stainless steel mesh belt, freezes the product and prevents sticking to achieve IQF.
Step 8: Packaging and Storage. Put the fries in the automatic weighing packing machine for packaging and storage. This machine can automatically fill nitrogen, automatically weigh, automatically seal, and automatically pack.

Automatic french fries making machine

After that, let's take a look at the details and advantages of the automatic french fries production line. This set of production lines is a new type of french fries production line developed and developed by our company. This production line is made of high quality 304 Stainless Steel. PLC electrical control, safe and efficient.The production line adopts advanced technology, the output is high, and the ex-factory price is directly sold. This is the best choice for businesses and the most ideal device. 

Components of automatic French fries making machine

A fully automatic french fries making machine contains: elevating, potato washing and peeling machine, picking machine, potato cutting machine, water tank elevator,fries sorting machine, bubble washing machine, blanching machine, vibration dewatering machine,air drying machine, elevating conveyor, continuous frying machine, vibration deoiling machine, pre-cooling machine, freezing machine and automatic weighing packing machine. The automatic potato chips and french fries production line is designed and developed by absorbing the essence of similar equipment, retaining the advantages of large-scale equipment for concentration, and referring to the feedback information of users all over the country. It has the characteristics of low one-time investment, low energy consumption, multiple functions, small size, high profit, and convenient use and maintenance. A complete set of equipment consists of cleaning and peeling, slicing (strips), blanching, dehydration, oil-water mixed frying, degreasing, seasoning, packaging and auxiliary equipment

No.	Machine Name	Function	Advantage
1	Elevating	For elevating and conveying potatoes into the next washing peeling machine	1.The size can be customized 2.Conveying speed adjustable.
2	Potato Washing and Peeling Machine	Thoroughly washing and peeling the potatoes	1.  Washing and peeling capacity can be customized. 2. The length of brush can be customized. 3.We use high quality brusher,even old potatoes that are hard to peel can be peeled well. 4.Spraying system to clean the potatoes. 5.Spiral design to make sure automatic discharging. 6. The discharge speed can be adjusted. 7. The whole machine is made of 304 stainless steel.
3	Picking Line	For manually disposing the uncleaned places and selecting the defective potatoes	1.Picking table size can be customized 2.Conveying speed adjustable.
4	Potato Cutting Machine	Cutting the potatoes into fries,  sizes adjustable from 7*7 to 12*12mm	1.  The strips' size such as 7*7mm, 8*8mm, 10*10mm and custom made can be changed by adjusting the blade. 2.Cutting surface is smooth without damage. 3.The whole machine is made of 304 stainless steel, High speed stainless steel blades.
5	Water Tank Elevator	water as buffer to prevent fries breakage, and simply removing starch, meanwhile elevating fries into next step	1.Conveying speed adjustable. 2.The whole machine is made of 304 stainless steel.
6	Fries Sorting Machine	Automatically picking up the small pieces fries	1.Remove the unqualified fries. 2.The screening speed is fast and the quality of Potato fries is high.
7	Bubble Washing Machine	Through high pressure waterflow and water bubbles to impact and scrub the fries to wash off the starch	1.Remove the starch from the potato chips. 2.Strong water flow, bubble impact. 3.High pressure spraying system. 4.Filter system and water recycling system.
8	Blanching Machine	Through 60-95 degree hot water blanching to inhibit the activity of the enzyme and maintains the original vivid color of the fries	1.You can use gas, electricity or diesel as power for this machine depending on your needs. 2.It can effectively protect original vivid color of the potato strips/potato chip. 3.You can add additives during blanching process.
9	Vibration Dewatering Machine	Through vibration to remove the surface water and also to transport the fries uniformly to the next machine	The de-water time is adjustable.
10	Air Drying Machine	Through high pressure wind blowing for pre-cooling and removing the excess water in short time, effectively prevent the fried oil jumped phenomenon	1.The multi-layer mesh belt conveyor belt and special fan outlet completely remove the moisture on the surface of the potato fries. 2.Fan can be adjusted up and down.
11	Elevating Conveyor	For elevating and conveying the fries into next fryer machine	1.The size can be customized 2.Conveying speed adjustable.
12	Continuous Frying Machine	For quick frying the fries around 40 seconds in 180°oil to avoid the adhesion and extend the shelf life	1.Automatic lifting system, easy to clean. 2.Double mesh belt transmission to avoid the chips floating. 3.Oil filter and recycling system to automatically and continuously filter the oil residue to extend the service life. 4.Electric or gas heating.
13	Vibration Deoiling Machine	Through high frequency vibrating to achieve deoiling purpose, and also to convey the fries uniformly to next machine	The de-oil time is adjustable.
14	Pre-cooling Machine	Through high pressure wind blowing for pre-cooling and deoiling the fries	1.The multi-layer mesh belt conveyor belt and special fan outlet completely remove the oil on the surface of the potato fries. 2.Fan can be adjusted up and down.
15	Freezing Machine	Through mechanical vibration and wind pressure, the fluidized quick freezer floats products on stainless steel mesh belt, frozen products and prevent adhesion, achieve IQF	Customized according to customer needs
16	Automatic Weighing Packing Machine	For packing the finished frozen potato fries	It can fill Nitrogen automatically, automatic weighing, automatic sealing and automatic packing.

Automatic french fries making machine technical parameters

200-300kg French Fries Production Line
No.	Machine Name	Powder	Size	Price(Dollar)
1	Potato Washing and Peeling Machine	3.37kw	2300*700*1400	4300
2	Potato Cutting Machine	1.5kw	750*500*1100	1230
3	Blanching Machine	40kw	1200*700*950	3300
4	Dewater Machine	1.1kw	1000*500*700	1400
5	Frying Machine	40kw	1200*700*950	3300
6	Deoil Machine	1.1kw	1000*500*700	1400
7	Seasoning Machine	1.5kw	1000*800*1300	1880
8	Packing Machine	3kw	1300*700*1450	2600
Support customization according to customer requirements.				19210

2. Semi Automatic French Fries Production Line

In addition, our company also produces semi-automatic french fries making machine with small output. With high efficiency and relatively small output, it is the best choice for small-scale manufacturers.

Components of semi automatic french fries making machine

A semi-automatic french fries making machine contains: potato washing and peeling machine, potato cutting machine, blanching machine, dewater machine, frying machine, deoil machine, quick freezer and packing machine.

Semi automatic french fries making machine technical parameters

200-300kg French Fries Production Line
No.	Machine Name	Powder	Size	Price(Dollar)
1	Potato Washing and Peeling Machine	3.37kw	2300*700*1400	4300
2	Potato Cutting Machine	1.5kw	750*500*1100	1230
3	Blanching Machine	40kw	1200*700*950	3300
4	Dewater Machine	1.1kw	1000*500*700	1400
5	Frying Machine	40kw	1200*700*950	3300
6	Deoil Machine	1.1kw	1000*500*700	1400
7	Seasoning Machine	1.5kw	1000*800*1300	1880
8	Packing Machine	3kw	1300*700*1450	2600
Support customization according to customer requirements.				19210

French fries making machine advantage

1.Processing flow can be customized: Different machines for making potato chips or frozen french fries.Different machines for semi automatic or fully automatic processing.
2. Process capacity: Output capacity available from 30kg/h, 50kg/h, to 100kg/h, 300kg/h, to 1000kg/h, 2000kg/h
3. Material: All equipment are made of food grade SUS304 stainless steel.
4. Heating method: Electric, gas, or diesel heating source for blanching and frying machine.
5. The size of french fries and the thickness of potato chips are adjustable
6. For french fries line, we have special equipment to remove the unqualified fries.

Do you want to join the fries business? If you are interested in the fries make line or have questions about the fries make line, please feel free to consult us.

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