Lutosa flakes production facility
The Lutosa potato flake production facility includes 9 rotary drying cylinders, producing 3,5 tonnes of flakes per hour. Our high-quality flakes are mainly used for industrial purposes (producing snacks, gnocchi, etc.) or as instant mashed potatoes for commercial and institutional catering.
Stages in the manufacturing process:
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- Drying cylinder
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- Shredding
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- Optical sorting
- On completion of the cutting and cooking phases, the cut potatoes go through a mashing press. At this stage additives are incorporated to improve colour, stability and storage properties.
- The resulting mash is distributed by a screw mechanism onto chrome drying cylinders with steam passing through them, where it is dehydrated and successively stretched to obtain a thin homogenous film of the required density. Impurities that are unable to adhere to the drum are removed by a continuous spiral screw system. Controlling the cylinder speed and steam pressure guarantees superior flakes.
- The film of dehydrated potato taken from the drying drum is shredded and flaked to obtain a finished product in the form of flakes (shredding).
- It is then visually inspected by an optical camera in order to eliminate any final defects. An additional grinding phase is required to produce micro-flakes.
- Packaging of the flakes is fully automated. This enables packs to be produced in weights ranging from 1 to 25 kg, as well as big bags of up to 1,100 kg.
- The flakes are stored on pallets at ambient temperature in a moisture-free environment.
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During the manufacturing process, the flakes are subject to various checks:
Humidity check Microbiological monitoring Colour monitoring
every hour every 8 hours of the various preparations
every hour