I. Introduction of Italian Style Seasoned Bread Crumb

Italian style bread crumbs are made from dry, grainy breadcrumbs blended with herbs and spices. It has a rich flavor that enhances the taste of many dishes. Because of its finer and drier grains, it contributes crispier texture for food after coating and frying.

The extrusion process is one of the best processes for producing Italian style bread crumbs. The whole process is more controllable. In addition, the extruded high-temperature cooking process stimulates more positive flavor substances in the final bread crumbs.

II. Parameters

III. Features

• Finished Food Quality Ensured: Optimal extrusion solution, premium equipment design, and equipment processing ensure high-level and stable production.
• High Output: High designed capacity; minimal material loss;
• Less Energy: High mechanical coordination, low wear; optimized heating, thermal transfer& insulation details, low heat loss
• Low Production Cost: Flow production, precise control of each process
• Simple and Low Cost Maintenance: Modular structure, easy operation. Lifetime after-sales service
• Safe Material: High-quality food-safe materials for all food contact part
• Failure Rate:  Nearly zero failure as long as preventive maintenance

IV. The General Flow Chart for Italian-Style Seasoned Bread Crumbs

• Step 1: Mixing
• Step 2: Extrusion (With heating and cooling function)
• Step 3: Drying
• Step 5: Wet crushing to form flakes
• Step 6: Screening (to remove small particles)
• Step 7: Seasoning
• Step 8: Measuring and packing

The working process of the Italian Style bread crumbs making machine is as follows:

1) The grain raw material of Italian seasoned bread crumbs can be wheat flour, corn flour, rice flour, or whole wheat flour, etc.

2) Grain raw material powder, water and other ingredients are mixed evenly by a high-speed mixer.

3) The mixed raw materials are cooked, kneaded and extruded by twin-screws under high temperature and high pressure. At the moment of extrusion, the extrudates are puffed due to the pressure difference inside and outside the screw.

4) The puffed blocks/strips are cooled and dried in a drying oven or baked to the required degree.

5) The dried blocks/strip are then crushed into fine granules by a bread crumbs grinder machine.

6) The granules can be directly conveyed to packing station to produce plain breadcrumbs, or to the seasoning station to produce Italian style crumbs. When the original bread crumbs go through the seasoning process, the vanilla and spice seasoning powder is weighed and added, and the seasoning powder is fully and evenly mixed into the bread particles under the rotation of the drum.

7) Finally, it goes through the automatic packing process.

V. Components of Italian-Style Seasoned Bread Crumbs Maker Machines

1. High speed flour mixer
2. Twin-screw extruder
3. Chiller
4. Drying/baking machine
5. Wet bread crumb grinder machine
6. Rotating drum seasoning line
7. Automatic packing system
8. Controlling system (PLC/or instrument control options)
9. Complete conveyors
10. Burner/steam boiler (Optional)

VI. More

Economy

• Continuously and efficiently obtain high-quality breadcrumbs; The whole process is controllable and standardized; It saves more time and labor than the traditional baking process.

Flexibility

• Raw material: Due to the precise controllability of the pressure, temperature and shear force of the twin-screw extruder, precise parameter setting and control can be carried out according to raw materials. In addition to traditional wheat, this bread crumb maker machine can also process corn, rice, whole wheat, barley, rye, etc. The raw ingredients can be one grain or a mixture of two or more grains. Gluten-free bread crumbs can be produced with non-fluten grain flour.
• Corlors: The bread crumbs making machine under extrusion process allows the addition of natural or artificial colors to produce Italian style crumbs in different colors, in addition to white, it can also be such as popular golden yellow, yellow, brown, pink, green, etc.

Production potential 

• Changing the molds of the wet mill, skipping the seasoning process and setting the correct baking temperature allows the flexibility to switch to plain crumb production.
• When adopting the process parameters of panko crumbs, changing the grinding mold of the wet mill, and skipping the seasoning process, this Italian bread crumbs making machine can flexibly switch to the production of panko crumbs. Panko crumbs of different sizes are realized by different grinding molds, such as fine 1mm, medium-fine 2mm-3mm, coarse 6mm, etc. The size is uniform.
• Use golden yellow natural coloring, switch to coarse-grain grinding mold, and skip the seasoning process, and the production line can produce golden breadcrumb.