Potato Processing Machines

We supply potato processing machinery to crisp and chip manufacturers, food service suppliers and contract packers across South America, shipping through Callao, Santos and Valparaíso.

The range covers destoning and washing, abrasive and steam peeling, inspection belts, slicing and strip cutting, blanching, de-watering, batch and continuous frying with oil filtration, de-oiling, seasoning application, cooling, and weighing and packing. Lines are quoted from 100 kilograms to several tonnes per hour of raw potato.

Variety and sugar content decide the finished product more than the machinery does. A potato with high reducing sugars browns in the fryer whatever the line does, so blanching and the frying profile have to be matched to the varieties actually available to you through the year, and storage conditioning matters as much as equipment. We will ask which varieties you are running before quoting a frying specification.

Peru and Colombia supply a great deal of our enquiry volume given the variety base and a domestic snack market growing quickly, alongside Brazil and Chile where food service and frozen French fry production drive the demand. Frozen fry lines need a freezing stage and different cutting and blanching from a crisp line, so the two are quoted separately rather than as one adaptable plant.

Oil filtration is included as standard, not as an upgrade. Projects include layout, utility demand, commissioning and operator training, with drawings, manuals and spare parts lists on shipment.