There are many different types of puffed snacks on the market, the production process and production equipment of different puffed snack food are also quite different. The following is an introduction for how to choose the suitable equipment for different snack foods:
1. Baked puffed snack food
The production of this kind of puffed snack food is mainly puffing and baking
The main equipment is a twin-screw extruder and multi-layer mesh belt dryer and seasoning system.
2. Core Filling Snack
Core Filling Snack is a kind of snack product filled with jam, peanut butter, and chocolate sauce when the puffed snack food is formed.
It can be equipped with a core filler and a shaping machine on the basis of the puffed snack production line.
3. 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.
4. 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, which can be equipped with a dryer or a fryer according to different requests.
5. Fried puffed snack
The raw materials of this kind of puffed snack are mostly starch, and the main equipment is the single-screw extruder, fryer, and seasoning system.