Characteristics of extremely popular potato snacks, french fries and potato chips
Characteristics of extremely popular potato snacks, french fries and potato chips
May 29, 2024
Traditional French fries are defined as deep-fried potato pieces in the shape of strips with a cross-section of 10*10 mm and a length exceeding 6 – 7 cm, which contain about 4% fat when pre-fried, while ready-to-eat fries may contain about 7% fat.
Potato chips (crisps) are obtained by frying thin slices of potato in fat or oil. The thickness of the slices may range from 1.27 to 2 mm. The moisture content varies between 1.7–1.8% (less than 2%), and the fat content may be approximately 35% (33–38%) in total.
Both French fries and potato chips are all undergo a frying process, French fries @175–180 C and potato chips@175–185 C deep-fried in oil.
A process for preparing frozen French fried fries is introduced, includes potatoes peeling, trimming, slicing into fries, blanching, dehydration, par-frying, de-fating, cooling and individual quick freezing (IQF) .
