Chips and manufacture thereof

摘要

A method of manufacturing a snack chip, the method comprising the steps of: i. providing a plurality of pellets including at least one potato ingredient; ii. compressing the pellets in a closed mould; iii. baking the compressed pellets in the closed mould at an elevated baking temperature to form a snack chip having a moisture content of from 4 to 10 weight % based on the weight of the snack chip; iv. ejecting the snack chip from the mould; and v. drying the snack chip to a final snack chip moisture content of from 0.5 to less than 4 weight % based on the weight of the snack chip.