Consumers love to snack, but creating the products they love is not easy. Seasoning is crucial to the flavour and appearance of your snack product, with taste being the deciding factor for most consumers.
On a snacks production line, on-machine seasoning and process area seasoning equipment do what the name suggests: applying seasoning. While it sounds simple, the perfect application of herbs, spices and flavouring starts well before the powder hits the product.
When sourcing equipment, it is important for manufacturers to look for solutions than can deliver top performance, efficiency, application accuracy, and of course, flavour. Choosing the right equipment for a specific product and recipe does not need to be complex decision.
With the right choice of professionals, one can quickly and easily uderstand the various systems and technology for a specific application, providing access to years of industry experience and snacks seasoning process knowledge.
The most commonly-used seasoning systems for savoury snacks are: conveyor-based dusting systems; drum-based single-stage dry flavour applications; drum-based two-stage oil and dry flavour applications; and drum-based slurries.
When it comes to snack products, one must choose the correct solution for different types of snacks. For fried potato chips and crisps, and fried pellet snacks, dry-only systems for products with natural tack are the best choice. On the other hand, oil and dry systems are used for products without natural tack, such as: tortilla chips, corn chips, baked chips and crisps, mini rice cakes or other dry puffed products, popcorn, and extruded snacks. The last three types of snacks (puffed snacks, popcorn, and extruded snacks) are also suited for slurries.
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