Vacuum Fryer Technology enables product line extension for snacks

THE Unitized Vacuum Fryer (UVF) from Heat and Control is a complete system that can process 1,100 lbs (500 kg) per hour of finished potato chips and features support/auxiliary equipment including Vacuum Generation System, KleenSweep®, Centrifugal Oil Filtration System, Heat Exchanger, Fryer Support Module, PLC - System Controls, Automatic Heated Centrifuge and Fryer Support Platform.

The patented UVF has no external vacuum chamber and its unitized design eliminates an external vacuum chamber, making the fryer its own vacuum chamber. Such design allows for easier maintenance and clean-up, requires less floor space and allows the vacuum fryer to act like a regular “non- vacuum” fryer.

Heat and Control releases another Unitized Vacuum Fryer

The Unitized Vacuum Fryer technology offers product line extension for snack manufacturers so that high sugar food products that could not be turned into snacks with a traditional frying system, can now be processed into innovative snack products. The vacuum fryer will fry products with high sugar content such as apples, carrots, sweet potatoes, high sugar potatoes, beets and more without over-browning. The vacuum frying also minimizes formation of acrylamide by frying at lower temperature.

The UVF is part of Heat and Control’s complete line of snack processing and packaging solutions.