Potato Wafers are one of the most popular snacks eaten world over. Potato Wafers are made by cutting potatoes into thin slices. To reduce the starch content from the potato slices they are washed in cold water and hot water. The slices are then rapidly dehydrated to reduce the moisture content and then fried in cooking oil. Excess oil is extracted and fried potato wafers are seasoned with salt and other spices as per the requirement and then packed in pouches using suitable packing machine.

Machines Involved in making Potato Wafers:

Potato Peeling Machine

To wash and peel the potatoes for making potato wafers

Potato Slicing Machine

To slice the potatoes into thin slices for making potato wafers as per required type and thickness. It is possible to make different types by simply changing the cutting knife of the machine

Slice Washing Machine

To wash the prepared slices and remove Starch form it.

Water De-Hydrator Machine

To reduce the moisture content from the potato slices so that they get easily fried in the frying machine

Continuous Frying Machine

To fry the potato slices in hot cooking oil

Oil-Extractor Machine

To extract the excess oil from the Potato Wafers before packing

Automatic Seasoning Machine

To add oil and required seasoning to the fried Potato Wafers to give the different flavors to the Potato wafers

Automatic Pouch Packing Machine

To pack the Potato Wafers into attractive printed pouches with gas flushing.

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