How are chips made? How potato chips are made How potato chips are made at the factory.

22.01.202127.05.2017

It is believed that chips originated over 150 years ago in the United States. Legend has it that at one of the finest American restaurants, a customer (railroad tycoon Vanderbilt) did not like the restaurant's signature dish, "French fries," and returned it to the kitchen, claiming the fries were too fat. The chef of the restaurant decided to play a trick on the client and cut the potatoes into thinnest slices and fried them in oil and served them to the table. Surprisingly, the client especially liked the dish, and since then a new dish has appeared on the restaurant menu - chips.

Today in we will learn how chips are made.

Lay "s chips have been produced since 1938. Today, Frito Lay is one of the leading manufacturers of savory snacks both in the world and in Russia. Lay" s chips were supplied to Russia in the mid-90s, and in 2002 was the first Frito Lay plant was opened in Kashira near Moscow.

The base of the chips is good potatoes. According to the company's estimates, four kilograms of potatoes make a kilogram of chips. The plant purchases potatoes mainly from Russian suppliers from the Moscow and Tula regions.

Employees say that not every potato variety is suitable for making chips. Fruits should be dense in structure and contain a minimum amount of sugar, there are only seven such varieties.

Potatoes are delivered to production in trucks, which can carry up to 20 tons of product at a time. Arriving at the factory, the machine pours the potatoes into the receiving container. An employee examines the potatoes to see if they are good for chips. If the tubers have a lot of greenery or black spots, such a batch can be sent back to the supplier.

The potatoes are transported through the conveyor system to the bins, where the first stage of sorting takes place - cleaning from sprouts and soil. The potato tuber should be from four to nine centimeters in diameter, so very small tubers are discarded, and the machine throws them into a separate bag. There are only eight such bins at the plant, each of them can hold 40 tons of potatoes, which are completely processed in four hours.

From the bins, the potatoes go to the next section, where the potatoes are washed and separated from foreign dirt, stones and chips. Cleaning takes place in a large container - a drum is installed inside it, onto which clean water gets through the nozzles. Then they get rid of the peel using a round-shaped installation: getting into it, the tubers rotate around the rough walls, and the peel is erased. This happens in just 90 seconds.

Particularly large potatoes are then cut in half. The sorted tubers go to the inspection table - employees monitor the quality of the product, manually cut pieces that have been missed by the machine or discard unsuitable ones.

After sorting the potatoes through the conveyor system, they go to the next section - a slicer, which cuts the tubers into thin slices: the permissible thickness of one slice is no more than 1.3 millimeters. The slicer has five "heads", inside of which there are drums with knives - slicers. For the preparation of corrugated chips, the knives are changed to wavy ones.

Then the slices are transferred with a stream of water to the stage of rapid washing, where they are washed again - this procedure is necessary in order to get rid of excess starch. The starchy water goes to a special installation, where the liquid is evaporated, getting dry starch. His company collects and sells.

Finally, the slices go to the frying stage, which takes place in a closed container at a temperature of 180 degrees. Chips are in the fryer for only three minutes - during this time, each slice is immersed in a hot mixture of vegetable oils until cooked. At the exit from the apparatus there are moisture meters that check if the potatoes are fried enough. If suddenly the potatoes turn out to be soggy and poorly cooked, the system will signal the operator, and he will be forced to dispose of the batch. The next stage of the check is optical sorting, during which chips with defects are “shot off” with the help of nozzles. Only then is the product sent to the spice application area.

The chips are fed into a large rotating drum, inside which the seasoning is sprayed. Due to the fact that the slices are buttery, the seasoning fits well on each slice and sticks to it. Herbs (dried parsley, onion or dill), spices, flavorings and salt are used as seasonings in production. All these ingredients are mainly purchased in Russia, they are delivered to the conveyor in a mixed form.

The company says that for some flavors - for example, garlic, tomato and paprika - a powder is applied to the chips, which consists of chopped vegetables. Monosodium glutamate and flavors are also used to enhance the flavor. The company clarifies that all flavorings are food and are identical to natural products. “All of this is indicated in the composition on the pack,” the employees add.

Eight different flavors of chips can be made in production at the same time. Some flavors are produced only for Russia - for example, "Porcini mushrooms with sour cream", "Salted cucumbers" and "Crab". It is not the first year that the most popular taste among Russians is Young Green Onion.

When seasoning is applied, the process of making chips ends. The slices first go to the weigher, and then the mass is fed into an open bag that looks like a sleeve. The former fills the bag with nitrogen and seals it: this way the product can be stored for a long time and not spoil. The cooking time for one batch of chips is a little less than an hour.

After packing, the packages are folded into boxes and sent to the warehouse, from where they go to stores in Russia and the CIS countries.

Potato chips are food trash that has become a part of the lives of adults and children. They are used for snacking, taken in parallel with alcohol, used as an additive in salads. It is one of the world's best-selling products and the least nutritious food item. But only store-bought chips are not useful. Therefore, it is important to know how to make chips at home.

If you cook them at home, you can get an almost harmless treat. The main thing is to find a good recipe with a small amount of harmful ingredients. The second rule is to choose the right cooking method.

In the chips that are bought in the store, there is practically no benefit, but there is enough harm. The fact is that potatoes contain a large amount of starch. It turns into glucose, which makes the body satiety. And glucose is able to turn into acrylamide - a component dangerous for the body.

If consumed regularly, cancer can develop. The most vulnerable to this disease are women 30-45 years old, because they are the ones who develop tumors in the uterus and ovaries.

Other reasons why potato chips are considered harmful are as follows.

The same oil is used for cooking, when it needs to be changed after each batch of potatoes. Because of what, the amount of cholesterol in the blood rises.
Chemicals are added to the product. Most often these are flavors, dyes, flavor enhancers. According to the regulations, a certain proportion of these components are indeed permitted, but manufacturers often exceed this standard. This affects the general well-being of a person, is fraught with metabolic disorders, the occurrence of allergic reactions, and the destruction of tooth enamel.
Excessive amounts of fat. This leads to obesity and indigestion. Appetite worsens, immunity decreases.
It contains a lot of salt. It interferes with the normal growth of hair, nails and bones by destroying vitamin C. Excessive consumption of these chips can eventually lead to heart problems.

But potato chips are not only harmful to human health. They also have some useful properties, including satisfying hunger, improving mood (especially when this product really wants to eat, that is, emotional, psychological hunger sets in).

How to make potato chips at home?

Homemade potato chips are a great treat to use as a snack. They taste completely different from the purchased product, regardless of the method of preparation. And most importantly, when cooking, it is possible to regulate and control the amount of salt and seasonings, add them as desired.

To make healthy and tasty potato chips at home, you need to choose the right raw materials. This product requires potatoes with a high dry matter content (from 20%). If it is too watery, then crispy chips will not come out. These potato varieties are perfect:

Lady Rosetta;
Bullfinch;
Fantasy;
Pushkinets;
Story;
Saturn.

They are bred by selectors specifically to create this treat. In most cases, the tubers are the same size, so the chips will match.

To make healthy chips with this recipe, you need the following ingredients:

500 g potatoes;
2-2.5 st. l. vegetable oil;
oil;
salt and pepper (added to taste).

First, the potatoes are peeled and washed under cold water. Spread on a towel so that it dries a little (about 20-30 minutes, no more).

After that, a large amount of oil is poured into it. Allow it to warm up enough and cut the potatoes in parallel in small circles (2-3 mm in thickness). You can use a special vegetable cutter, but you can do it with an ordinary kitchen knife.

Put the potatoes in a frying pan with heated oil. The individual slices should not be in contact with each other, otherwise you will get an ordinary fried potato.

When the chips turn golden, they are removed from the pan, salted and sprinkled with spices. Spread on a napkin or paper towels to remove excess oil. Chips are ready to eat!

In the oven

First, you also need to peel the potatoes, cut them into thin slices. But in addition to this component, you need greens (dill is best suited) and garlic. Therefore, after the potatoes, garlic and dill are peeled and finely chopped.

The garlic must be chopped, because when using a press, garlic puree is obtained, which will not allow you to get crispy chips.

A small container is placed on the stove, where oil is poured in a small amount. Chopped garlic and herbs are thrown inside. Put the potatoes inside the container and shake slightly so that each slice is saturated with spice oil. Let it brew for 30-40 minutes.

Take a baking sheet and cover the bottom with paper. Potatoes are spread on it, but only one side. The oven is preheated to 200 ° C, where the chips are sent for 15-20 minutes. After that, they are checked for readiness. Can be placed in the oven for another 15 minutes if desired for a crispier finish.

When the chips are cooked, they are allowed to cool for 30-40 minutes, no less. Recommended to be served with sour cream.

To prepare chips in this way, you only need 3 components - 25 ml of oil, 300 g of potatoes and spices. This portion is enough for 1 adult.

The sequence of actions is as follows.

The potatoes are peeled, washed and cut into small slices. Leave in cold water for 15-20 minutes to release the starch.
The slices are dried with paper towels and sprinkled with the selected spices (sometimes just adding salt and pepper is enough).
Take a flat container and lay the potato slices on it in 1 row.

The cooking time for chips is 4-5 minutes. Provided that the maximum cooking temperature is set. After 2 minutes from the start of cooking, turn the chips.

Chips are considered ready when they have a golden brown crust. Then they should be removed from the microwave and allowed to cool, otherwise they will simply burn out.

In a deep fryer

The number of components depends on the type and size of the fryer. Usually 1 kg of potatoes and 1-2 liters of oil are enough. As spices, they take their favorite spices - suneli hops, salt, pepper, paprika, red pepper, etc.

Do the same with potatoes as in the previous recipes. When it has been cut into thin circles, fill the deep fryer with oil. The device is turned on, the required program is activated. A special signal will notify when the potatoes can be immersed inside the equipment and when it can already be taken out.

Finished chips are spread on paper so that the glass has excess oil. Only then are they sprinkled with spices. Best served with homemade sauces (cheese, barbecue, ketchup, etc.).

Whenever you want something tasty, you can make homemade chips. An excellent snack option for both children and adults. Doesn't require many ingredients (usually 2-4 ingredients are needed). For children, fruit and vegetables are more suitable, for girls on the right diet - from lavash, for men - potato.

Some young mothers or girls who monitor their health do not want to eat fatty and high-calorie potato chips, and think about how to make chips without harm to the body. Then you can prepare healthy and tasty treats from fruits and vegetables.

For ecochips, kiwi, apples, mangoes, pumpkins, Sicilian and common oranges, grapefruits, zucchini and other food products are used. Sometimes they even take sheet pita bread. And you can crunch such a snack even in the evening without harm to health and shape!

From apples

It is better to make them in an oven or a special drying machine. Cooking time takes about 2 hours, of which 15-30 minutes is spent on preparing the components and 1.5 hours on cooking.

For apple chips you need:

5 small apples with firm pulp;
80-90 g sugar;
200 ml of water;
0.5 teaspoon of citric acid.

The first step is to prepare the syrup. For him they take sugar and citric acid, which are poured over with warm water. The container with these components is put on fire and brought to a boil. When the sugar is completely dissolved, the syrup is removed from the heat and allowed to cool.

The second stage is harvesting apples. They are cut into thin circles (1-2 mm) and the core is removed. The slices are placed in syrup and left to infuse for 15 minutes.

Not all apple mugs can be immersed in the syrup container. This is often done in stages. The quality of the finished chips will not suffer from this!

Taking the apple mugs out of the syrup, they are placed on paper towels to remove excess moisture. 5-10 minutes is enough.

The third step is placing the slices on parchment paper. They are laid in 1 row at a short distance from each other.

The fourth step is to place the baking sheet in the oven. It is preheated to 60 ° C.

It is best to place the baking sheet on a medium level. This will soak the apple chips evenly and quickly.

The fact that the slices are cooked is evidenced by their wavy edges.

Take 2-3 young zucchini, which are cut into rings or long slices. Place in a bowl with 100 g of flour and mix.

So that each slice is covered with flour on top, it is better to take not a container, but a bag. You can shake it, as a result of which all the pieces will be evenly powdered.

Next steps.

Grease parchment paper with oil. Put slices of zucchini on it in 1 row.
Place the baking sheet in the oven at 200 ° C. On average, it takes 15-20 minutes to cook, but there is no exact time. The main landmark is the toasted crust on top.
Sprinkle with hard cheese if desired. Then they are sent back to the oven for 10 minutes. When a golden crust appears, take out and allow to cool.

Banana

Banana chips are often made using lemon. You need 2-3 bananas and 1-2 lemons.

Bananas are peeled and cut lengthwise or crosswise. First, the oven is heated to 85-90 ° C. Then the banana rings are placed on a baking sheet on parchment paper. Juice is squeezed out of lemons and sprinkled with future chips.

Cooking takes 1-1.5 hours. The temperature in the oven is 180 ° C. But if after this time the chips are not ready, they continue to bake.

For cooking, you only need ripe and fresh bananas. Too soft won't do.

From lavash

These chips are often made by girls who adhere to the principles of good nutrition. This is a great snack when you want something salty, but not harmful.

To prepare such homemade chips, you need 100 ml of vegetable oil, 2 thin pita bread and spices to taste. Cooking time is 20 minutes.

While the oven is heating, lavash is cut into squares, triangles, and other shapes. Placed in a container, moistened with oil and dipped in spices. After that, spread on a baking sheet and leave for 15 minutes in the oven at a temperature of 220 ° C.

You can spread pita bread in several rows.

Cheese with brisket

An excellent snack with beer or wine. Compared to store-bought chips, they are lower in calories.

You will need the following ingredients:

200 g of cheese;
70-80 g chicken breast;
2 cloves of garlic;
10 g of dill or other herbs.

First, the cheese is grated on a coarse grater, and the chicken breast is cut into thin slices. Add grated garlic and chopped dill. Mix and spread in small portions on a baking sheet. In the oven at a temperature of 220 ° C, leave for 15 minutes.

Fruit and vegetable chips are best cooked in the oven. So fruits and vegetables will not lose their beneficial properties and vitamins. Their use will not affect the figure or the work of various organs in any way.

It is better to store such chips in cloth bags, glass jars, paper bags. The shelf life is usually 3-6 months, after which the chips lose their useful properties and gradually deteriorate.

After cooking, the treat should be left to cool for 15-20 minutes. This is necessary in order for the chips to be really crispy.

Conclusion

Chips are a great snack, but often the store product isn't particularly healthy. If a person is a lover of such harmful snacks, then it is better to make snacks at home. The main ingredients are zucchini, potatoes, apples, pumpkins, cheese and breast, etc. The main principle is less spices and oils.

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The topic of today's report is the PepsiCo plant for the production of Lay's potato chips, which has recently opened in the city of Azov, Rostov region. In addition, the plant produces Khrusteam crackers. Let's walk sequentially along the entire production line and consider it in detail.

Lay's chips have been produced since 1938. Today the Frito Lay company is one of the leading manufacturers of salty snacks both in the world and in Russia. Deliveries of Lay's chips to Russia began in the mid-90s, and in 2002 the first Frito Lay plant was opened in Kashira, Moscow Region.

Unloading, washing and temporary storage of potatoes

2. Nine 20-ton trucks with potatoes are unloaded here every day. The potatoes are transported along a conveyor belt to the washer, where recirculated water is used to clean them. There are three such automatic car washes in the world. It is physically impossible to remove the washing process, everything takes place in a closed container. After washing, the potatoes are temporarily stored in bins - special containers, from where, as required, they are fed to production.

Cleaning, sorting and cutting potatoes

3. Before the potato tubers enter the special cutting machine, inspectors visually inspect the tubers moving along the tape and, if necessary, remove visible defects.

4. By the way: Not all potatoes are suitable for the production of chips. There are so-called chip potatoes, which are characterized by a high starch content.

5. All employees periodically undergo a medical examination and have medical records, this is done so that a sick person does not get into production. In addition, before entering the workshop, everyone must wash their hands.

6. Cleaning of potatoes takes place in abrasive drums of periodic action. First, the required amount of potatoes is loaded into the weighing hopper, after which it is unloaded into the drum.

7. Directly cutting occurs mechanically due to the rotation of the tapered bottom of the drum. Inside the cutting machine there are eight pairs of sharpest blades that cut the tuber into thin slices. Each slice is less than two millimeters thick.

Roasting

8. After cutting, the potato slices go to the very heart of the chips production line - a frying vat for frying the slices and getting the base chips. This unparalleled equipment was created specifically for the PepsiCo plant and cannot be shown.

9. Thinly sliced \u200b\u200bpotato slices go into an oil bath, in which they are fried for three minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. Quality oil, like quality potatoes, is the basis of the flavor of the chips.

10. The recipe was improved at the plant, using a special blend of vegetable oils, including locally produced high-olin sunflower oil, due to which the saturated fat content in the final product was reduced by 25%.

11. Every day at the plant, the quality of products is checked. Check both the base chips just out of the oven and the fully wrapped bags.

Adding spices

12. At this stage, special aromas and flavors based on salt are added to the fried potato chips.

13. Three flavors can be produced on the line at the same time.

Packaging

14. By the way: The plant is designed to produce 50 thousand tons of finished products per year. Some fantastic figure, in my opinion.

15. On three conveyors, ready-made chips are delivered to packaging. First, distribution and weighing takes place.

16. By the way: Please note that there are very few workers along the entire length of the line. It uses modern equipment that works in a fully automated mode. In addition, it is important that as few people as possible come into contact with the finished product.

17. Weighing machines weigh several portions at the same time and calculate the best weight combination that has the most accurate weight in order to meet the standard and the weight indicated on the package.

18. Considering that the net weight of one pack is 28 grams, you can imagine the accuracy of the equipment setting.

19. The weighed portion is discharged onto the packaging line.

20. The portion passes the control for the presence of impurities (metal detector) and falls into the bag, which by this time has been prepared by the packaging machine from packaging materials (foil). Before the seam is sealed, food nitrogen is supplied to the bag, which ensures the required shelf life of the product. Weighing and packaging equipment works synchronously, at a speed of up to 80 bags per minute.

21. A packaged bag of chips is delivered to operators, who manually fold the bags into cardboard boxes.

22. Boxes of chips are stacked on pallets and transported to the warehouse.

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There is a parallel line along Production of croutons

24. A mixture of flour and water is fed into the extruder, heated and thoroughly mixed. Crackers come out of the extruder in the form of strands, which are cut to size with rotating knives.

25. The next step is to dry the crackers in the oven and go to the seasoning area.

26. The packaging line is identical to the one that produces the chips.

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28. Weighing takes place in a similar weighing machine, which forms several portions and selects the best combination for sealing into the bag.

29. Ready-made croutons.

30. Productivity of one line - 12 tons of finished products per day.

31. Employees are prohibited from wearing watches and jewelry, manicure and false nails are prohibited, hair must be covered with a net so that nothing gets on the conveyor.

32. In addition to the taste and visual compliance of the slices with accepted standards, the quality of the packaging is checked here. The seam should be even and the pack should be opened in one movement exactly along the seam, without tears.

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34. The staff of the plant. By the way, the production line works around the clock in three shifts.

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36. Exterior of the plant.

37. Bon appetit!

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yasya Vogelhardt

PepsiCo's catalog contains about 40 different brands: drinks ("Ya", Lipton Ice Tea, "Aqua Minerale", Pepsi, J7, Mirinda), dairy products ("Merry Milkman", "Chudo", "Imunele"), baby food ("Zdrayvery", "Agusha") and not only. At the Frito Lay plant in Kashira, near Moscow, the international giant produces snacks - Lay's and Cheetos chips, Khrusteam crackers (another snack plant is located in Azov). A year ago, The Village visited the PepsiCo production facility near Moscow and saw. This time we went to the Frito Lay factory to learn how chips are made.

Chips production

The base of the chips is good potatoes. The company estimates that four kilograms of potatoes make a kilogram of chips. The plant purchases potatoes mainly from Russian suppliers from the Moscow and Tula regions. Employees say that not every potato variety is suitable for making chips. Fruits should be dense in structure and contain a minimum amount of sugar, there are only seven such varieties.

Potatoes are delivered to production in trucks, which can carry up to 20 tons of product at a time. Arriving at the plant, the machine pours the potatoes into the receiving container. An employee examines the potatoes to see if they are good for chips. If the tubers have a lot of greenery or black spots, such a batch can be sent back to the supplier.

Frito Lay Factory

Snack maker

LOCATION:
Kashira, Moscow region

OPENING DATE:2002 year

STAFF:1,000 people

PLANT AREA:25 ha

lays.ru

The potatoes are transported through a conveyor system to the bin bins, where the first stage of sorting takes place - cleaning from sprouts and soil. The potato tuber should be from four to nine centimeters in diameter, so very small tubers are rejected, and the machine throws them into a separate bag. There are only eight such bins at the plant, each of them can hold 40 tons of potatoes, which are completely processed in four hours.

From the bins, the potatoes go to the next section, where the potatoes are washed and separated from foreign dirt, stones and chips. Cleaning takes place in a large container - a drum is installed inside it, onto which clean water is supplied with the help of nozzles. Then they get rid of the peel using a round-shaped installation: getting into it, the tubers rotate around the rough walls, and the peel is erased. This happens in just 90 seconds.

After that, the potatoes are washed again in special baths to avoid getting the slightest particles of the peel after peeling. Then there is sorting by size, and a grader is waiting for especially large tubers - in it, the potatoes are cut into several pieces using round knives. Particularly large potatoes are then cut in half. The sorted tubers go to the inspection table - employees monitor the quality of the product, manually cut pieces that have been missed by the machine or discard unsuitable ones.

After sorting the potatoes through the conveyor system, they go to the next section - the slicer, which cuts the tubers into thin slices: the permissible thickness of one slice is no more than 1.3 millimeters. The slicer has five "heads", inside of which there are drums with knives - slicers. For the preparation of corrugated chips, the knives are changed to wavy ones. Then the slices are transferred with a stream of water to the quick wash stage, where they are washed again - this procedure is needed in order to get rid of excess starch. The starchy water goes to a special installation, where the liquid is evaporated, getting dry starch. His company collects and sells.

The chips are fed into a large rotating drum, inside which the seasoning is sprayed. Due to the fact that the slices are buttery, the seasoning fits well on each piece and sticks to it. Herbs (dried parsley, onion or dill), spices, flavorings and salt are used as seasonings in production. All these ingredients are mainly purchased in Russia, they are delivered to the conveyor in a mixed form. The company says that for some flavors - for example, garlic, tomato and paprika - a powder is applied to the chips, which consists of chopped vegetables. Monosodium glutamate and flavors are also used to enhance the flavor. The company clarifies that all flavorings are food and are identical to natural products. “All of this is indicated in the composition on the pack,” the employees add.

Eight different flavors of chips can be made in production at the same time. Some flavors are produced only for Russia - for example, "Porcini mushrooms with sour cream", "Lightly salted cucumbers" and "Crab". For several years now, the most popular taste among Russians is Young Green Onion.

Perhaps the commercials about chips are among the most popular and funniest. Probably everyone has seen the video, shot based on the famous episode of the legendary film "Titanic", when a guy and a girl are standing on the bow of the ship, in the same poses as the main characters of the film.

But the young man has a bag of chips in his hand, and when the girl tries to "treat" them to them, the guy abruptly lets her go and grabs the chips. The young beauty flies down, terrifying the audience, but, fortunately, she fell not into the ocean, but into the pool below - he was not visible in the close-up. And the guy is glad that he got all the chips ...

There are many such stories, and they all seem funny and amusing, at least at first glance. However, if you try to ponder the director's intention, it becomes a little uncomfortable: what kind of chips are these that can muffle even such an important instinct as sexual attraction, not to mention lofty romantic feelings?

Production and composition of chips. How chips are made

Many people truly believe that chips are made from potatoes. It is simply cut into thin slices and fried in a special way, that's all. What's wrong with fried potatoes? After all, we often cook it at home, and it is very tasty. Of course, some substances are added to the chips to make them tastier and keep them longer, but isn't that allowed?

Let's try to figure it out at least a little. Are all chips made from potatoes? Actually, the vast majority of manufacturers use flour - wheat or corn, as well as a mixture of starches. Very often it is soy starch, mainly from genetically modified soy. In the human body, starch turns into glucose, and if chips are eaten often, then excess glucose accumulates in the liver - and this is a sure way to obesity.

Chips are formed from dough obtained by mixing such ingredients, and then they are fried in cheap fats boiling at 250 ° C - after all, the use of expensive, refined oils is unprofitable. Chips should not be cooked for more than 30 seconds, but this rule is rarely followed.

Harmful flavors for chips

The taste of such chips is far from potato - seasonings and flavorings come to the rescue again, mainly monosodium glutamate. A lot has been written about this "wonderful" supplement, and we will not repeat here information that is easy to find. Let's just remind that monosodium glutamate can turn the most tasteless food into the one that you want to eat over and over again, without thinking about its real value. And the producers of chips first of all need to attract the consumer ...

The harm of chips. Chips are harmful and dangerous!

The hydrogenated fat accumulating in chips leads to the formation of "bad" cholesterol - and this is atherosclerosis, thrombophlebitis and other dangerous diseases. Chips are so saturated with fat in the process of cooking that, by eating a small bag, we get as much as 30 g of this fat, and often the matter is not limited to one 100-gram bag. It seems like they drank half a cup of fat for a snack ...

Of course, there are other manufacturers - they use real potatoes to make chips. However, most often they also choose genetically modified potatoes, because their tubers are large, even and intact - after all, all pests shy away from them. Such potatoes are fried in the same cheap fat.

Not only is it that in the process of frying absolutely everything that is useful in potatoes is destroyed, it acquires other properties - carcinogenic. The breakdown product of fats, acrolein, has mutagenic and carcinogenic properties, and it is formed even with relative adherence to technology. To avoid the formation of large amounts of acrolein, the frying oil should be changed regularly.

Acrylamide is an even more dangerous carcinogen, it is also formed even at home if you choose the wrong oil and heat the pan too hot. What can we say about the conditions of in-line production, when many batches of chips are cooked for a long time in the same refried fats, which are often unprofitable to change?

Further more. Several years ago, glycidamide was found in chips, the brother of acrylamide, which can not only cause cancer, but also destroy DNA. And besides these already found substances, how many other toxins formed during the preparation of chips have simply not been studied?

Scientists still cannot say for sure what is formed in our body when flavors and other E-shki are actively supplied to it, which are found in abundance in every appetizing, crispy round of chips.

Air Chips

There is another type of chips - airy, and today they can be put in last place in terms of the content of toxic substances. These chips are fried for only 10 seconds, but carcinogens accumulate in them, besides, genetically modified potatoes are usually used - the usual has already been forgotten. In general, to obtain 1 kg of chips, up to 5 kg of potatoes are needed, so it is more convenient for manufacturers to use various mixtures.

Pringles' well-known and publicized chips contain no more than 42% potatoes, so their manufacturer was even exempted from paying the necessary taxes for a long time. It's just that Pringles chips weren't considered a potato product, but rather relatives of baked goods, since the manufacturer used yeast dough to make them. Meanwhile, Pringles' production technology is no different from others.

What is not written on packs of chips: cheese, bacon, crabs and red caviar, etc. True, lately, manufacturers have become more honest, and write - "with taste" of this or that product, but consumers still buy - they are already accustomed to crunching chips for any reason and for no reason: for a company with friends, in front of the TV, to interrupt the appetite that has arisen at the wrong time or just "kill" time.

However, time is just turning against us, and gradually chip lovers get heartburn, gastritis, allergies, problems with the work of the intestines.

How much salt is in chips? After all, that is why many lovers of "salty" are drawn to the bag, not thinking or trying not to think about the fact that excess salt in the body inhibits normal bone growth, causes metabolic disorders and heart disease.

Children and harmful chips

And here it would be worth thinking about children: after all, many parents buy chips just to calm down a capricious child, to encourage them with chips as a delicacy, or completely mindlessly - just to buy something.

It is worth saying, after all, that one of the scariest pictures we often see in supermarkets is small, two- or three-year-old children holding packs of crisps in their hands - a poisonous and slowly killing treat bought by loving parents. Can all this be explained by simple ignorance? Rather, it’s just a reluctance to know anything ...

There is no need to give chips to small children, all the more to accustom them to this: after all, without us, adults, they simply will not know about chips. For older children and adults, it is worth trying to unlearn the "crunchy fun", and first try to reduce harm by choosing safer options - for example, puffed chips.

Do not substitute chips for food, do not eat them with beer (although this is what the advertisement calls for), but try to use them, for example, as a side dish for dishes, preferably vegetables - so it will be much easier for your stomach to process this "heavy material".

In general, we sincerely wish you to remember how many truly tasty, healthy and healthy dishes are in our native Russian cuisine, and then you and your children simply will not know what chips are. Is this food?

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