Puffed food is now very popular with consumers. Although the puffed snacks in the supermarket are said to be unhealthy, they are not always bought. Puffed foods are so popular because they are delicious, crisp, easy to carry, and have a wide range of raw materials and flavors. Therefore, puffed foods are increasingly becoming a favorite food for consumers. With the continuous improvement of people's living standards, it has become an important part of the food industry, and the market potential is huge. The market demand for puffed food also promotes the development of food puffing machinery and equipment.
Development status of China's puff food expansion technology
Food extrsuion technology has a long history in China. Due to various reasons, the development of modern puffing technology in China is slow. In the late 1970s, research on modern puffing technology and puffed food began in China. In the early 1980s, puffed snack foods began to appear, enriching traditional Chinese traditional snack foods with seeds, peanuts, biscuits, and sweets. It also drove the establishment and development of a number of new businesses.
In the 1990s, with the further expansion of the consumer market, domestic expansion technology gradually matured, and international puffed food enterprises settled in China, bringing advanced technology, equipment and experience. Puffed food enterprises have embarked on the road of industrialization. In the 21st century, more and more snack foods have emerged, and the puffed food made from various raw materials is dazzling, enriching the food market and people's lives.
Due to the different uses and equipment, there are three types of puffed foods: one is corn, potatoes as raw materials, and the food puffing machine is used to produce snacks; the other is based on vegetable protein, using a puffing machine to produce tissue protein food (vegetable meat) The third is to use beans or potatoes as raw materials after puffing with European ceramics. Staple food. In addition to the trial production of the indirect heating extruder, various puffed foods were prepared using the concentrated puffed powder.
Therefore, efforts should be made to improve to meet market demand. On the one hand, it strengthens the innovation ability of food expansion machinery manufacturers, on the other hand strengthens the brand awareness of enterprises and improves production concentration.