How potatoes are treated during the washing process is crucial for the fresh pack industry and particularly when it concerns small and fragile specialty products.
Tummers is known for its destoning and washing equipment, which are commonly used in the potato processing factories.
It is generally thought that industrial washers are too rough on the product and can cause bruising and damage of the potatoes, but Tummers has proven the opposite.
Tummers Marketing Manager Dustin-Dwight Verhagen explains how they did that:
"Based on our ongoing research in optimizing the quality within the processing area, Tummers felt the need to also investigate what the impact is of our equipment on the potato. During the recent years we have gathered a lot of data about the impact on the potato within these large washing lines."
"We used a potato-dummy with a mobile data-logger inside its housing. This way we could see where the handling is critical and needed to improve. We tested on several production sites to get the complete picture under different circumstances, because the demands of specialty potatoes are different to the industrial market."
"These tests gave us a clear view on the process and handling of potatoes in our equipment. Based on this analysis we made some minor adjustments to fulfil the needs in the Fresh pack industry."
"With these modifications we are able to provide an optimal solution to the customers in the fresh pack industry."
"This resulted in our latest washing line, delivered to a major Fresh pack supplier in France for very fragile and small delicacy potato called “La Ratte”. These potatoes have a diameter of ø10mm up ø70 mm."
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