Leisure Food Processing Machinery Applications

Twin-screw snack food processing machinery uses twin-screw extrusion technology to produce food. Its core principle is to use the rotation of the screw to extrude, mix, heat, cook, and shape raw materials. It is highly efficient and versatile. The following details the types of snacks it can produce and the commonly used raw materials:

Due to its flexible process control capabilities, twin-screw snack food processing machinery can produce snacks with a variety of shapes and textures, mainly including:

These snacks have a crispy texture and are commonly found in round, bar, flower, and animal shapes.
Examples include potato chips (non-fried), shrimp crackers, rice crackers, corn on the cob, and puffed biscuits.

Based on grains or nuts, these snacks can be extruded and molded into the following:
Examples include granola bars, energy bars, mixed nut crisps, and cereal balls (can be flavored with sugar, chocolate, or dried fruit). 3.

Snack food processing machinery uses flour and other raw materials to produce:
Examples: Crispy noodles, instant noodles (some non-fried), noodle chips, and sandwich noodle snacks.

Processing of beans (such as peas and broad beans) or potatoes (sweet potatoes and potatoes):
Examples: Pea crisps, dried sweet potatoes (semi-puffed), and potato chips (non-fried).
Functional/Healthy Snacks
Ingredients such as dietary fiber, probiotics, and protein can be added to produce:
Examples: Low-calorie puffed bars, high-protein cereal crisps, and meal replacement snacks.

Twin-screw extruders are highly adaptable to raw materials and can be used singly or in combination. Common raw materials include:
1. Cereals
Corn flour, wheat flour, rice flour, oat flour, buckwheat flour, etc. (provide basic carbohydrates and texture).
2. Beans
Pea flour, broad bean flour, soy flour, mung bean flour, etc. (add protein and dietary fiber).
3. Tubers/Root Vegetables
Potato flour, sweet potato flour, yam flour, etc. (for unique flavor and texture).
4. Auxiliary Ingredients/Additives
Seasonings: Sugar, salt, spices, essences, chili powder, cheese powder, etc.

5. Functional Ingredients: Milk powder, protein powder, dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, etc.
Snack Food Processing Machinery Processing Auxiliary Ingredients: Oil (small amount, to improve taste), emulsifiers (to improve mixing of ingredients), leavening agents (to adjust crispness), etc.
Others
Nut flours (such as almond flour, walnut flour), chopped dried fruits (such as raisins, dried mango), starches (corn starch, potato starch, to adjust viscosity), etc.

The advantages of twin-screw extruders are: by adjusting parameters such as screw speed, temperature, and pressure, the product's texture (crisp/soft), density (fluffy/firm), and shape can be flexibly controlled. Furthermore, the product can be formed in one go, reducing subsequent processing steps. At the same time, snack food processing machinery has a high utilization rate of raw materials and supports non-frying processes, which is more in line with the production needs of healthy foods.