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Buyer guide · Potato peeler
Potatoes, peeled fast and clean, before the real work begins.
Peeling by hand is where a chips business loses hours every day. Here is what a potato peeler actually does, in plain language.
The short version: sort and wash your potatoes, load them into the peeler drum, rinse off the loosened skin, then hold the peeled potatoes in water until you are ready to slice.
The process
Six steps from raw potato to peeled and ready.
Wash thoroughly
Wash the potatoes well to remove soil before they go anywhere near the peeler.
Load the drum
The machine uses an abrasive rotating surface plus a water spray to rub the skins off as the potatoes tumble inside the drum.
Rinse under running water
Rinse the peeled potatoes to wash away any loose skin left behind.
Hold in water
Place peeled potatoes in water to prevent browning until you are ready for the next step.
Move on to slicing
From here, potatoes typically go to a slicing machine for thin, uniform slices, then blanching, frying or drying, flavouring and packing. The peeler is the first stage of a larger chips or wafers line.
Choosing the right machine
What actually matters.
A dhaba peeling a few kilos a day and a chips manufacturer running continuous batches need very different peelers.
- How many kilograms of potatoes do you process per day?
- What drum size do you need for your daily batch?
- Do you need a continuous or a batch-fed machine?
- What happens to the peeled potatoes next: do you also need a slicer?
- What water supply and drainage do you have at your site?
Bring us these answers and we will help you find a peeler sized to your actual daily volume, not just the biggest one available.
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