How to choose the snack machine for your target snack products
There are many kinds of puffed snacks in the market, and the production technology and equipment of different puffed snacks are also very different. According to the different production technology of puffed food, it can be divided into fried puffed snack and Baked puffed snack.
Here is how to choose the right equipment for different snack foods
Baked puffed snack
divided puffed snack and Core Filling Snack
puffed snack flow chart:
Mixer --- Screw conveyor --- Twin screw extruder --- Air blower ---Recycle belt drying machine ---seasoning system
Core Filling Snack flow chart:
Mixer --- Screw conveyor --- Twin screw extruder --- Core filler --- Shaping machine --- Conveyor ---Recycle belt drying machine ---seasoning system
Fried puffed snack
Divided fried pellet, Cheetos/ Kurkure/Nik Naks, and Fried puffed snack
Fried Pellet
The production of this kind of product is mainly puffing and frying
The main equipment is the twin-screw extruder and fryer, and different shaping machines can be configured to produce different shapes products, such as pillow shape, tortilla, etc.
Cheetos/ Kurkure/Nik Naks
The raw material of Cheetos/ Kurkure/Nik Naks is corn grits. The machine of Cheetos/ Kurkure/Nik Naks is a special single-screw extruder, and fryer.
Fried puffed snack
The raw materials of this kind of puffed snack are mostly starch, and the main equipment is the twin screw extruder, fryer, and seasoning system