Snack Food Processing
Hot Oil Filtration for Clean Oil & Dry Filtered Solids
Eliminate oil waste in your snack frying process by removing Free Fatty Acids & Crumbs, Fines, or Flour
Benefits of Hot Oil Snack Filtration with the Oberlin Filter for Snack Products
Increase Oil Life with High Efficiency Filtration Down to 1 Micron
The Oberlin Filter is the ONLY automatic filter capable of removing almost all 1 micron particles. Oil can be preserved and reused indefinitely. Maintain oil quality and snack food processing standards throughout the frying process.
Removal of Removal of Free Fatty Acids (FFA’s) and Total Polar Compounds (TPC’s)
The Oberlin Filter provides ultra fine filtration that can remove Free Fatty Acids (FFA’s) and Total Polar Compounds (TPC’s) to bring your oil back to its virgin quality so it can be continually reused.
Extremely Clean Oil and Dry Filtered Solids
The Oberlin Filter will provide your fryer with a very clean supply of oil online during production or offline in a batch filtration process. Crumbs, fines and flour are automatically dried within the filter and discharged into a bin for easy disposal.
BENEFITS OVERVIEW
1 Micron Filtration Benefits
- Slows the breakdown of the oil
- All Crumbs/Fines/Flour removed from oil
- Eliminate dark color/spots
- Consistent color of product
- Eliminate oil smoking
- Reduce Cleaning of Fryer
- Enable longer production runs
- Eliminate waste oil entirely
- Reduce oil purchase and disposal costs
FFA Removal Benefits
- Delaying the growth of TPC/FFA’s in conjunction with absorption of oil in the food product will eliminate the need to change or dispose of oil
- Can recover oil with a starting point of up to 0.8% FFA
- Remove FFA’s down to 0.07%-0.09%
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At Oberlin, we're dedicated to providing not just any solution, but the best one for you. Provide a sample of your contaminated process fluid to us. We'll come back with a test report, showing our ability to ensure the cleanest fluid and the highest return on investment for your operations.
Hot Oil Filtration Processes
Oberlin Filter has multiple processes to suit your hot oil filtration needs for snack food production. Our highly experienced engineering and laboratory team will work directly with you to develop a hot oil filtration process that will allow you to continually reuse your oil. With an Oberlin Filter you will never throw out your oil again!
Online Filtration for Continuous Crumb or Flour Removal
In this process the Oberlin Filter operates online during production to remove crumbs, fines and flour from your fryer. In some applications FFAs are removed as well.
Applications Include: Pork Rinds/Cracklin, Mozzarella Sticks & Onion Rings
BENEFITS:
- Eliminate dark color and spots – Consistent product
- Maintain fryers – Reduce frequency, duration and cost of cleaning
- Enable longer production runs
- Eliminate oil smoking
- Extend oil life
Online Continuous Treatment System with FFA Removal
In this process the filtration system will remove FFAs online when straight filtration alone will not. Crumbs, fines and flour are also removed.
Applications Include: Tortilla Chips & Nuts
BENEFITS:
- Eliminate dark color and spots – Consistent product
- Maintain consistent Free Fatty Acid Level – Consistent & better taste
- Extend product shelf life
- Maintain fryers – Reduce frequency, duration and cost of cleaning
- Enable longer production runs
- Eliminate oil smoking
- Extend oil life
Offline Batch Treatment with FFA Removal
In this process FFAs along with crumbs, fines and flour are removed offline in a batch tank. This is often done after a shift of production. This system can be used by multiple fryers.
Applications Include: Kettle Chips, Tortilla Chips & Nuts
BENEFITS:
- Extend oil life by reducing Free Fatty Acid level
- Eliminate waste oil entirely
- Reduce oil purchase and disposal costs
Overview of Hot Oil Filtration Processes
| Snacks Processed | Online Filtration for Continuous Crumb/Flour Removal | Online Continuous Treatment System with FFA Removal | Offline Batch Treatment with FFA Removal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kettle Chips | |||
| Tortilla Chips | ✓ Typical Solution | ||
| Nuts | ✓ Typical Solution | ✓ Typical Solution | |
| Pork Rinds/Cracklin | ✓ Typical Solution | ✓ Typical Solution | |
| Mozzarella Sticks | ✓ Typical Solution | ||
| Onion Rings | ✓ Typical Solution | ✓ Typical Solution |
Hot Oil Filtration - Oberlin's Patented Continuous Treatment System for Removing FFA's and TPC's
VIDEOS & PHOTOS
Filtered crumbs and fines automatically discharge from the Oberlin Filter in a Dry Cake
