The Importance of Filtering Your Oil

Whichever type of catering industry you are working in, it goes without saying that you want to provide excellent quality food. And there is a whole lot more that goes into running a successful catering business than being able to cook. There are many other aspects to your business that need to be considered on a daily basis. For example, balancing the quality of produce with making a profit. You also want to refine all of your processes so there is limited waste.

When it comes to your cooking oil, you need a good oil filtration process in place and there are a number of essential reasons for this:

It is healthier – There is an increasingly large focus on healthy eating and the way that food is cooked is being scrutinised more than ever. If you are going to appeal to the customers that want their meals prepared as healthily as possible, then you need to demonstrate good oil filtering. Our new Pro Fry Filtration Units are perfect for this and is known for being one of the best filtration units on the market!

People are becoming more aware of the impact that food preparation has on their health, like the risk of heart disease. So as a catering business, it is in your best interests to provide the healthiest food that you can. And whilst frying food is never going to be regarded as a healthy food option, there is a big demand for it; so providing the healthiest form of fried food is the next best thing. You can minimise oil use by good temperature control, as if the temperature is too low your product will absorb more fat.

To reduce costs – Oil is one of your biggest outlays, so it pays to optimise your oil. Filtering it regularly will remove the particles that both break down your oil and provide a lower quality of food. If you ensure that any contaminating items are removed, your oil will last longer, meaning that you don’t need to spend nearly as much on it.

Food quality – Without regular filtering, the taste of your product could be severely impacted, which could draw bad feedback from customers. We operate in a world where people are happy to write a TripAdvisor review without a second thought about the effects it could have on a business. There is no margin for error and no place for neglecting important processes like regular filtering of your oil. The last thing you want is for a customer to tell the world that they just had the greasiest meal of their life from your business.

Hygiene – As a business owner, you have a huge responsibility to maintain a high level of kitchen hygiene. Food hygiene ratings are integral to your business, not just in terms of whether you are allowed to operate but also from a reputational point of view. Hygiene ratings are now published online making it very easy for your business to take a big PR hit if you have an aspect of concern when you are assessed. A good oil filtering process will ensure that you don’t fall down in this area of your food hygiene assessment. Regular filtering results in cleaner fryers, which are obviously better from a hygiene perspective but will also mean less time spent on cleaning.

If you run a business that is reliant of frying food, the filtering of your oil should be of huge importance for all of these reasons. There is now more demand to know how many calories are in a product or details of how food is prepared. So make sure that you have a good oil management program if you want your business to do well.

Our new Pro Fry Filtration Units are perfect for all of the points mentioned above. By getting rid of the tiny carbon particles that are found in the pan and tend to make foods taste different, you’ll soon notice the difference in quality! And of course, better quality means bigger queues and bigger queues mean more profit!

If you’d like to have a chat with us about our Pro Fry Filtration Units then please contact us.

Our Pro Fry Filtration Units