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French fries production line from China

A frozen fries line is a peeler, cutter, blancher, par-fryer and freezer, and the freezer with its refrigeration plant is where two quotes for the same hourly figure part company.

Ask about this machine ↗Where the numbers come from

Written and listings checked 30 September 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price

Freezer and refrigeration plant

Tunnel or fluidised IQF, and who supplies the compressors and refrigerant. Some quotes price the tunnel and leave the plant to you.

Peeling

Abrasive rollers lose more potato than steam peeling on large lines. Ask the peel loss the factory measured.

Blanching and par-frying heat

Thermal oil, gas or electric. Ask oil volume in the fryer and how often it turns over, since slow turnover ages the oil.

Kilograms of what

Raw potato in or frozen fries out. The difference is peel, trim, water and cut losses.

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

Frozen fries out per hour, and potato variety.
Strip cut size and whether you coat the fries.
Refrigeration: new plant, or connection to an existing one.
Energy available: gas, thermal oil boiler, electric load.
Packing format and cold store capacity after the freezer.

Turn the claim into a demonstration.

Require this	A pass looks like
A weighed batch of your potatoes through the whole line.	Frozen output per tonne of raw potato matches the yield written into the contract.
Core temperature of fries leaving the freezer.	At or below -18 °C at the stated belt speed.
Count broken and short strips in a packed sample.	Defects below the contract limit.

The documents that must arrive with it.

Declaration of Conformity for the assembled line, 2006/42/EC or Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 from 20 January 2027.
Refrigeration and pressure papers under 2014/68/EU for the freezer plant.
Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 declarations for belts and fryer.

The one people forget. Acrylamide: Regulation (EU) 2017/2158 requires mitigation measures for fries, so keep the blanching and frying parameters from acceptance.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

You serve fresh fries in a restaurant or kiosk.

A strip cutter and fryer; a freezing line is not needed.

You want thin, crisp slices sold in bags.

A potato chips production line.

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

Listings · 9Nine frozen fries line listings, September 2026: seven gave US$15,000 to US$80,000 for capacities from 100 to 5,000 kg/h; two gave US$80,000 to US$98,810 with no capacity.
Listings · 1One marketplace buying guide, September 2026: 500 kg/h lines with tunnel IQF at US$150,000 to US$300,000, tunnel at -35 to -45 °C, fries at -18 °C in about 12 minutes.
Listings · 1One maker's price page, September 2026: 300 to 500 kg/h semi-automatic at US$50,000 to US$80,000. Asking prices.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.

Related machines.

Potato chips production line. Choose it when you sell fully fried, seasoned slices in bags, not frozen strips.
Snack extrusion line. Choose it when your snack starts from grits or flour rather than whole potatoes.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Food & candy page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

Chinese vs European french fries production line?+

Cutters and blanchers are similar. Freezer, refrigeration plant and peeling efficiency differ, and those drive running cost.

What is on a french fries line inspection checklist?+

Machine list against contract, belt widths, fryer oil volume, freezer temperature, and one run with your potatoes.

What CE documentation does a french fries line need?+

A declaration covering the assembled line, not only single machines, plus refrigeration and food-contact papers.

Who is the EU importer of a french fries line?+

Usually the buyer, who must check the file and appear on the machines or papers.

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