From what, from what, from what are... Pringles chips made of
These chips are a favorite snack that appeared in the United States about 50 years ago. And you can also make a duck beak out of Pringles, since they have a very suitable shape for this. But how are chips given such a shape? As it turned out, this is a truly hypnotic process, which was captured by the Discovery Channel.
Pringles are one-third water.
The recipe also includes two-thirds of potato flakes.
A mixture of one—third water, two-thirds potato flakes and corn starch is sent to the conveyor before the first stop - the press.
The press redirects the mixture to another conveyor to press it.
The resulting mixture will fall on the tape at the bottom and go under a huge roller for pressing.
The conveyor belt uses a pressure of four tons to compress the mixture into a potato leaf, which will then be cut.
With the help of oval templates, chips are cut out of a potato leaf and rolled out with a very heavy roller.
As they move along the conveyor, the ovals end up on the bottom belt, and the excess is removed so that they can then be recycled and made even more chips.
The ovals remaining on the tape are sent to the mold, where they become concave and ideal for packing.
After shaping, the chips are fried for 11 seconds so that they become crispy and easy to stack.
Then the chips get to another conveyor, where a particular taste is given to the batch.
A factory employee checks the chips, after which another conveyor shakes and weighs them for packing.
The weighing mechanism determines how many chips should be in each package, then a special spoon puts them in a tube.
Finally, after the chips are placed in tubes, a special machine knocks on the lids of the packages so that all the chips take their place and are laid flat.