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Industrial popcorn machine from China

Output is quoted per kettle for plain corn, while caramel coating, cooling and breaking up clusters decide what the line actually packs in an hour.

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

Popping method

A stirred kettle pops and coats in one pot. A hot air popper feeds a separate sugar cooker and coating drum, which adds machines and floor length.

Heating

LPG, electric oil jacket or induction. One listing states 3 kW for the gas kettle against 23 kW and 43.7 kW for electric ones: electric moves the load onto your supply.

Kernel type

Mushroom kernels pop round and take caramel; butterfly kernels suit plain and salted. Ask which kernel the kg/h rating used.

Cooling and separating

Hot caramel corn sets into clusters. Ask the cooling belt length and how the separator breaks clusters without crushing them.

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.

Flavours: salted, caramel, chocolate, and the share of each.
Kernel type and supplier.
Packed kilograms per hour, not popped kilograms.
Gas or electric supply, and kilowatts available.
Line length the room allows, since lines are sold by the metre.

Turn the claim into a demonstration.

Require this	A pass looks like
One hour of caramel corn with your recipe and kernels.	Packed output per hour at or above the quoted figure.
Count unpopped kernels in a weighed sample.	Below the percentage written into the contract.
Inspect product after the separator.	Clusters within your agreed size, few broken pieces.

The documents that must arrive with it.

Declaration of Conformity under 2006/42/EC or, from 20 January 2027, Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, plus 2014/35/EU and 2014/30/EU.
Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 declarations for kettles, stirrers and cooling belts.
Gas train and burner documentation for LPG kettles.

The one people forget. The burner and gas train certificates, which a local gas engineer asks for before connecting the kettle.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

You sell by the bag in a cinema or shop.

A countertop popcorn machine; an industrial kettle needs extraction and a gas line.

You want puffed corn curls or shaped snacks.

A snack extrusion line working from grits.

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 · 1One listing, September 2026: 100 L kettle 45 to 75 kg/h, 200 L 70 to 115 kg/h, 4 to 6 kg every 4 to 5 minutes, US$6,000 to US$30,000.
Listings · 1One listing, September 2026: 700 and 900 mm kettles, 3 kW gas or 23 and 43.7 kW electric, US$1,500 to US$1,600 per metre, 7 m minimum. Asking prices.
Arithmetic4 kg x 60 / 5 = 48 kg/h; 6 kg x 60 / 4 = 90 kg/h per kettle, before coating.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.

Related machines.

Snack extrusion line. Choose it for shaped puffed snacks made from grits.
Nut roasting machine. Choose it when roasted or coated nuts are your product.

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 industrial popcorn machine: what differs?+

The kettle is a simple pot. Burner safety, temperature control and coating design differ, and so does how easily a local engineer approves the gas side.

What goes on an industrial popcorn machine inspection checklist?+

Kettle diameter against contract, stirrer drive, burner flame failure device, coating drum, separator, and one run with caramel.

What CE documentation does an industrial popcorn machine need?+

A declaration for the assembled line, food-contact papers for every product surface, and gas documents for LPG units.

What does an industrial popcorn machine cost from China?+

Listings price by kettle or by metre of line, so compare only offers with the same kettle count, heating and coating system.

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