Snack food fryer with consistent thermal fluid heating

Achieve uniform frying with precise thermal fluid technology, ensuring consistently vibrant color and texture for a range of snack products, from tortillas to nuts, while efficiently managing temperature shifts and simplifying cleaning processes.

Fry Snack Foods with Uniform Temperature Control

The MasterTherm Snack Food Fryer utilizes thermal fluid heating from Heat and Control to deliver consistent frying results across various snack foods, such as corn chips, plantain chips, and roasted nuts. This fryer stands out with its tube-in-tube heat exchanger design, which efficiently circulates minimal thermal fluid volume, allowing for rapid adjustments to cooking oil temperature in response to product load changes. Ideal for integration into high-speed, continuous operations, it ensures uniform color and texture across a range of end products, including tortilla chips and cheese puffs.

Equipped with features that reduce cleaning efforts, such as generous spacing between heating tubes to eliminate fines accumulation, the fryer supports seamless processing and cleaning cycles. It is suitable for diverse industry applications, from snack foods to prepared meals, and offers enhanced oil filtration and cooling options with auxiliary modules. Customizable to your needs, it facilitates efficient thermal stress prevention through independently moving heat exchanger tubes, providing longevity and reliability in demanding production environments.

Benefits

  • Ensures consistent product quality with precise temperature control, enhancing snack food appeal.
  • Minimizes cleaning time and prevents contamination through an accessible design that eliminates fines accumulation.
  • Adapts rapidly to changes in production load, improving operational efficiency.
  • Extended equipment lifespan by preventing thermal stress with independent heat exchanger tube movement.
  • Integrates seamlessly into high-speed, continuous production lines for diverse snack applications.

General


Applications
Extruded snacks,Pellet snacks,Snack foods,Namkeen,Nuts,Popcorn,Plantain and banana chips,Legume snacks,Corn and tortilla chips
End products
Plantain chips,Banana chips,Tortilla chips,Puffcorn,Lentil snacks,Roasted almonds,Cheese puffs,Popcorn kernels,Corn chips,Namak para
Steps before
Corn Cooking,Soaking,Blending,Cutting,Corn Grinding / Masa Preparation
Steps after
Oil Filtration,Product Cooling,Seasoning,Packaging
Input ingredients
corn,pellets,popcorn kernels,plantains,banana slices,extruded snacks,legumes,namkeen mix,raw nuts
Output ingredients
corn chips,tortilla chips,pellet snacks,popped popcorn,fried plantain chips,fried banana chips,extruded snacks,legume snacks,roasted nuts,namkeen
Market info
Heat and Control (Mastermatic) is known for manufacturing industrial engineered-to-order food processing equipment, specializing in frying and cooking systems, and is recognized for high-quality, innovative solutions and reliable customer support in the food production industry.

Technical Specifications


Heating Technology
Thermal fluid direct heated
Uniform Temperature Control
Yes
Heat Exchanger Design
Tube-in-tube
Oil Volume in Heat Exchanger
Reduced
Oil Temperature Adjustment
Rapid
Thermal Stress Prevention
Independent tube movement
Cleaning Facilitation
Generous spacing between tubes

Operating Characteristics


Batch vs. continuous operation
Inline Continuous
Automation level
PLC / SCADA
CIP/SIP
CIP
Energy efficiency
Low kWh/kg
Cleaning method
CIP

Material Compatibility


Density/particle size
0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm

Product type Characteristics


Product size uniformity
Yes/No

Physical Characteristics


Machine Footprint
Compact
Heat Exchanger Design
Tube-in-tube
Oil Volume in Heat Exchanger
Minimal
Heating Tube Spacing
Generous

Custom Options


Control panel type
Touchscreen HMI
Integration possibilities
PLC/SCADA support
Discharge method
Automated