RESEARCH DOCUMENTS PROTECTOR^® FRYER’S OIL-SAVING BENEFITS

SHREVEPORT, La. – Frymaster, LLC’s new, oil-conserving electric Protector fryer delivers significant savings by extending trans fat-free oil life up to four weeks and reducing oil use by over 50%, and the proof is in the pudding – or actually, in the French fries, new research proves.

ESCA Enterprises, Inc., of Glen Mills, Pa., compared the Protector’s performance to a conventional 50 lb frypot electric fryer. The Protector is a reduced oil-volume fryer, requiring only 30 pounds of oil to fill while offering the same production capacity as a 50-pound fryer. That’s 40% less oil every time the frypots are filled.

 The fryer also has an automatic oil top-off feature, the Oil AttendantTM, which senses the level of oil in the frypot and automatically replaces it when needed.  The research results reveal the continual supply of fresh oil to the frypot along with daily filtration maximized trans fat-free oil life to up to four weeks, while cooking 93 lbs of French fries a day.

The study simulated a real-world quick service restaurant (QSR) frying environment and utilized a high oleic, low linolenic canola oil to determine what oil savings could be realized with the innovative Protector Fryer.  The tests included a variety of oil quality and sensory measurements, including levels of trans fat, oil breakdown products (total polar materials (TPM), free fatty acids, peroxides, color),  and taste panel evaluations. A TPM of 24 percent was stipulated as the end point of the oil’s life.

“The Protector fryer is much more efficient in maintaining oil quality and maximizing oil life than the manual-fill 50 lb fryer,” said Alan Samson of ESCA Enterprises. “The manual-fill fryer’s oil had a marked change in oil degradation after day 10, and reached the 24 percent TPM threshold on day 19, while the Protector oil remained under that threshold when the study ended at 27 days.”

Highlights of ESCA’s findings follow.

• The 30-pound frypot Protector fryer took 40% percent less oil to fill initially than the 50-pound fryer.
• The manual-fill 50 lb fryer demonstrated measurable oil quality loss after 10 days, deteriorating rapidly after that point and reaching the 24 TPM endpoint threshold on day 19.
• The Protector fryer never reached the 24 TPM endpoint when the study was concluded on day 27, more than a 40 percent increase in oil life compared to the manual-fill 50 lb fryer.
• The Protector fryer consistently maintained a better oil quality than the manual-fill 50 lb fryer.
• The French fries cooked in the Protector fryer had a consistent sensory panel acceptance throughout the entire study.  
• The French fries cooked in the manual-fill 50 lb fryer had a consistent sensory panel acceptance until the day the oil reached 24% TPMs, when taste changes were noted by the panelists.

“Considering the higher costs of healthier oils, this research proves that foodservice operators can get healthy frying at a cost-effective price with the Protector fryer,” said Brenda Fried Humphreys, vice president of marketing for Frymaster, an Enodis company. “That’s a win-win for the operator and their customers as well.”

Frymaster, an Enodis company, is the world’s leading manufacturer of commercial fryers for the foodservice industry. For more than 70 years, the company has manufactured superior-quality fryers that leverage forward-thinking manufacturing, design innovation and unmatched quality control backed by the STAR Service program.  To learn more about Frymaster, visit www.frymaster.com or call (800) 221-4583.

Enodis plc (www.enodis.com) is a worldwide company focused on the design, manufacture and supply of food equipment.  Through its two operating groups, Global Food Service Equipment and Food Retail Equipment, it has 28 factories in eight countries and a large portfolio of premium brands, including Delfield, Scotsman, Frymaster, Lincoln, Cleveland, Garland, US Range, ICE-O-Matic, Jackson, Merco, Savory, Dean, Varimixer, and Merrychef in foodservice, and Kysor/Warren and Kysor Panel Systems in food retail equipment.