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Modeling of food-frying processes2606

S. Eichenlaub; C. Koh    PepsiCo Global R&D, Plano, TX, USA

Abstract

Frying is an important processing operation in the food industry. Such processes range from the batch frying of French fries found in fast food restaurants worldwide to the continuous frying of a variety of shelf-stable snacks or refrigerated or frozen foods. The advent of computer simulation and improved physical and chemical modeling have significantly enhanced our capability to improve the design and execution of frying technology. In this chapter, we begin with a brief description of frying (types of fried food and frying equipment). ...

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