Popped snacks, thought to be healthier, more wholesome than other snacks, can be made of corn, rice, potato, chickpeas, or a mixture. If you are interested in production line equipment for popped snacks, look no further than Reading Bakery Systems (RBS).
Headquartered in Robesonia, PA, Reading Bakery Systems is a leader in designing, engineering, and manufacturing high-volume commercial snack production equipment. We serve global customers with reliable, efficient systems for popped snacks, pretzels, cookies, crackers, biscuits, baked potato chips, bread snacks, baked crisps, pet treats, etc.
Popped Snack Systems
Partners Reading Bakery Systems in Pennsylvania and Incomec, a Belgium-based popping/puffing equipment manufacturer, supply popped snack systems in the U.S. and Canada.
RBS supplies the auxiliary equipment you will need, including conveyors, feeders, seasoners, and sales support, installation, and technical support for the Popped Snack Systems.
Incomec supplies either a Pellex C+ or Cerex Processor based on the final product you wish to produce. The Popped Snack line can also be scaled, so processors can be added to your line as your business grows.
- Pellex C+ Processor (Popped chips food processor.) This processor converts micropellets and dry ingredients with high free starch levels, such as broken rice, corn grits, and potato-based materials, into crunchy, wavy chips.
- Cerex Processor (Puffed cakes food processor.) This grain processor converts untreated grain, pellets, and cereal blends with high free starch levels into unique popped products. Traditional rice cakes and biscuits and cracker-like products of varying sizes can be produced with quick and simple changes of the forming dies.
- Ingredients are delivered through a hopper, metered volumetrically, and introduced into the heated mould by a feed slide.
- Next, the Processor pressurizes the ingredients for a short time. This pressurization converts the ingredient moisture into steam, resulting in popping or expansion.
- Then, the mould is opened slightly, enabling the ingredients to form the product.
- Ejected onto a conveyor, the finished products are led to a Cleaning Drum to remove unpopped ingredients and fines, and then they proceed to flavoring and packaging
The Popped Snack Process
Reading Bakery Systems installed a Pellex C+ Processor at our Science & Innovation Center in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, for demonstrations and product development testing. We encourage you to visit with our team at the Center to test your products and processes on our equipment and decide which equipment may be best suited to your products.
Whether you are new to popped snack production or a veteran snack food processor, better baking begins with production line equipment from Reading Bakery Systems. Call us at (01) 610-693-5816 for more information, or click here to contact us online.