Vacuum fryer

Working principle

Water boils at lower temperatures at lower pressure. As pressure decreases below that of the general atmosphere, the boiling point of water also drops below 100 °C (212 °F).

Vacuum fryers allow food items to be fried at lower temperatures by lowering the pressure inside the chamber. This allows the frying of heat-sensitive foods that would have otherwise been burned in the normal deep frying process.

Continuous vacuum fryers

For larger production quantities, continuous vacuum fryers are available. In these installations, the vacuum frying pan is installed in a stainless steel vacuum tube. The infeed of the raw product is carried out through a rotary airlock. Depending on the application, the frying pan itself is designed to meet the different product specifications. A transport belt takes the finished product out of the fryer and towards the outfeed system. A lock chamber at the exit of the vacuum tube prevents air from entering the vacuum zone, and a belt system takes the product from one zone to another. The vacuum is created by vacuum pumps, and the whole system is controlled by a programmable logic controller.

In batch fryers, the frying oil has to be replaced quite often as it is sensitive to temperature changes. Continuous vacuum fryers lead to a longer lifetime of the frying oil and therefore lower the production costs. Vacuum fryers can also reduce oil content in fried foods. The amount of reduced oil content, usually 1–3%, depends on the type of vacuum fryer.Journal of Food Engineering Volume 55, Issue 2, November 2002, Pages 181-191, "Vacuum frying of potato chips" By Jagoba Garayo & Rosana Moreira, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station – TX – 77843-2117, USA Received 31 October 2001, Accepted 5 February 2002, Available online 12 March 2002. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0260-8774(02)00062-6

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