Production of plantain chips is the frying of perfectly sliced ripe or unripe plantain in hot oil until it\u2019s dry, crispy and crunchy. Plantain chips is a form of snacks, desserts or appetizer. The market size is large and wide. Just like plantain, it is a widely acceptable snacks if well prepared. In Nigeria for instance, plantain chips production is big business. People readily substitute flour base snacks for it because, they see it as natural snacks.<\/p>\n
This increase market demand which now make it a sort after business. The setting up of plantain chips factory is really simple depending on the size and output envisaged. The process involve in production is so simple that a novice in food technology can produce and start a business on it with little amount. The profit margin is good in relation to other manufacturing businesses. The only precaution to watch out for is the seasonality of plantain in Nigeria.You can come for plantain chips training<\/a> in our factory if you want to go into plantain chips production.<\/strong><\/p>\n From April-July, their is always scarcity of plantain and the price is very high. Barely do plantain chips producers break even. To overcome this problem, you can diversify into related products with almost the same production line e.g. potato chips, coco-yam chips, chin-chin.<\/p>\n Production process of plantain chips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n However, the production of plantain chips follow definite process line irrespective of how it\u2019s been done. The production line basically follow this production pattern – Peeling, Slicing, Blanching (optional), Frying, Application of Ingredient (Spec), De-oiling, Cooling and Packaging. The way each of these stages is handled depend on the machine installed and the size of the business. There are three methods of producing plantain chips.<\/p>\n a, manual method. b, semi automated method. c, automated method<\/p>\n Manual Method<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n For a small scale business of plantain chips, manual method will suffice. The process line may go as follows:<\/p>\n Peeling:<\/strong> The anterior and posterior side of plantain are cut with knife and a deep line is drawn across it length slightly touching the inner fleshy part. Open up the line with the knife and aid it with the thumb. Ripe plantain is easier to peel this way than unripe plantain. Collect peeled plantain in a bowl. Click here<\/a> to watch a video on how to peel plantain.
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