Fryer Filtration Information

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How Does Filtration Save Money and Improve Food Quality?

During use, oil composition changes as it interacts physically and chemically with food, oxygen and heat to create byproducts. Some of these byproducts evaporate harmlessly while others stick around to change the nature of the oil. Contaminants, including food particles, water and starches, migrate from food during and after normal cooking. However, there are several ways operators can minimize potential oil contamination and slow changes in composition. For normal contaminants entering the oil during cooking, careful and frequent filtering, coupled with good fry station management, will remove solid contaminants including food particles and non-dissolved salts.

Frequent oil filtering removes sediment and contaminants from food, slows the creation of compounds that affect oil quality, and significantly extends oil life. Experts suggest that most operators filter oil at least once daily. In high volume operations and when frying heavily battered items, you should filter periodically throughout the day. With integrated or built-in filters, oil filtering can be conducted at start-up and at various times during the day when patron traffic in slower. Built-in filters make this process easier and more convenient for employees, increasing the likelihood that it actually happens.

Frymaster 006-PF50 Portable Filter Dean 006-MF90U80 Portable Filter	Portable Filtration
	There are two different filtering options for commercial fryers - portable filtration systems and built in filtration systems. For portable filtration systems, oil or shortening is gravity-drained from the fryer into the filter where it is then filtered through filter paper. Filter powder also enhances this process and is distributed over the paper prior to filtering.

Frymaster Filter Magic Built-In Filtration System	Built-In Filtration	Frymaster FootPrint Pro Built-In Filtration System
	Built-In filtration systems offer the safest, easiest, most efficient form of oil filtration and are located inside the fryer unit underneath the frypot. While some single fryers offer built-in filtration by themselves or with the addition of a spreader unit, most built in filtration systems can accommodate from 2 to 6 fryer units in a battery system. In most cases, operating built-in filtration systems is as easy as switching off the fryer, opening the drain valve and starting the filter pump.

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