What Machine Removes Oil from Fried Food?

Removing excess grease is crucial for ensuring the taste of fried foods, but what machine removes oil from fried food? During the fried food processing process, effectively removing excess grease is crucial for ensuring product quality, taste, and shelf life. To make fried foods crispier, more flavorful, and less greasy, degreasing equipment is often used to complete this process.

The most commonly used equipment is the centrifugal deoiling machine. The working principle of this equipment is to use the centrifugal force generated by high-speed rotation to throw away the oil attached to the surface of the food, thereby achieving the purpose of deoiling.

1. Working Principle

Fried food (such as potato chips, French fries, fried banana chips, fried onions, etc.) is fed into the de-oiling drum. When the machine is turned on, the drum rotates at high speed. Centrifugal force on the food propels the fat on its surface toward the drum wall and out through the oil drain holes.

After a short period of operation, most of the fat on the food surface is removed, significantly reducing the oil content of the de-oiled product.

2. Features

High Degreasing Efficiency: Through centrifugal action, it effectively removes most of the oil from food surfaces in a short period of time.

No Damage to Food Surface: A slow-start and slow-stop design prevents food from breaking.

High Automation: Some machines are equipped with timing control and automatic oil drainage systems for easy operation.

After deoiling, the oil content on the food surface is effectively reduced, making the food crispier, fresher, and less greasy. It also significantly slows the oxidation rate of the food, thereby extending its shelf life.

In addition to centrifugal deoiling, vibration deoiling is also very common. It uses mechanical vibration to shake off oil droplets on the surface of food. It is suitable for some fragile foods or products that are not suitable for high-speed rotation.