Corn Sticks Processing Line
Corn sticks processing line is one of the most popular snack food products in the world. But how to produce corn sticks? It takes corn grits as raw material and processing them through a range of corn sticks making machines. What’s more, if you are interested in cheetos, this production line can also apply in cheetos production. Welcome to contact us for details.
What do you need to do before frying corn sticks?
Mixing material with water
For mix and to moisturize the raw materials, there are two different models: the vertical grits mixer and the horizontal ribbon mixer. In vertical raw materials is feed from floor level and a screw bring the raw materials into the mixer. Then you can add water and prepare the mix.
Extrusion corn sticks shape
This machine as a type of puffing machine to puff ingredients into snacks. It mainly converts mechanical energy into thermal energy. The heat generated when the machine rotates is used to press the cooked materials.
How to design corn sticks frying system?
Provided you plan to process shaped corn sticks. Besides mixing and extrusion, you also need to do following things for it:
Baking shaped corn sticks
FPL specially design a frying system with wire-mesh belt. It can arrange with precise oil heating control and dwell time control to get the optimum frying. So three-layer oven is the best choice for you, which is suitable for large scale corn sticks baking.
Flavoring line for corn sticks
Corn sticks need a coating to become attractive. This is done in a coating drum immediately after frying. And the coating drum comes in various sizes and has on the inside a self-cleaning profile. In order to ensure uniform residence time, strips are mounted in the drum. In addition, the rotation speed of drum are variable.
Cooling the fried corn sticks
This step is to prepare for the following packaging. If you package fried corn strips directly, water vapor will be generated. Then these water vapor will damage the corn strips, affecting their appearance and mold will occur in a humid environment.
Packaging the final product
As corn sticks are a fragile snack, special attention should be paid when packaging them. In order to prevent the damage of corn strips, nitrogen packaging machine is the best choice for you. Because after you fill it with nitrogen, the volume of the packaging bag will increase, making the food less likely to be crushed.
