Foodservice

Boost Your Profit by Extending Fryer Oil Life and Reducing Kitchen Waste

Photograph: Oil Solutions Group

We love deep-fried food for its combination of crispy crust and soft, juicy interior, for its mixture of sweet and salty. As any restaurant cook can tell you, though, it takes skill to work the deep fryer. The oil must be the right temperature. The food must remain in the right amount of time. And the fryer itself must be properly maintained.

One of the most important parts of deep frying is using good oil. But quality oil is expensive, both to buy and to dispose of. Savvy restaurant owners reuse the same batch of oil for as long as possible. But it’s also important to take good care of your oil. That’s why it makes sense to switch to the Masterfil® Reusable Fabric Filter from Oil Solutions Group®.

Double your oil life

The Masterfil® filter can double your oil life and reduce top off by 10%. It also improves the oil’s color: instead of darkening over time from crumbs and bits of food, oil filtered through Masterfil® remains light and clear.

This is because the Masterfil® filter is made from proprietary synthetic fabric, not paper. It’s sturdier and denser than standard cellulose-based filters, capable of filtering out particles as tiny as 0.5 micron. Even the thickest cellulose filter can only filter down to 20-60 microns. Despite its density, Masterfil® filter has a faster flow rate than paper filters and uses half as much oil as a conventional filter. Restaurants that use Masterfil® filters report throwing out just two ounces of oil per day. By contrast, restaurants that use daily filters typically dispose of as much as two pounds every day.

Easy to use

Masterfil® is also easy to use. A paper filter needs to be changed every day, a process that can take as long as half an hour and requires employees to handle hot oil, a potential health and safety hazard. A Masterfil® filter lasts for a whole week. Daily maintenance requires nothing more than scraping crumbs off the surface of the filter and then putting it back in place. The fabric is impossible to rip.

Masterfil® filters are also better for the environment. The filters themselves are entirely synthetic: no trees are killed during production. Because Masterfil® filters use half as much oil as conventional filters, that’s less oil that ends up in landfills. Oil that’s filtered through Masterfil® fries more efficiently, leading to energy savings.

Switching to Masterfil® won’t disrupt your kitchen at all. Masterfil® filters are compatible with all major fryer brands and installation is a breeze: just pop it in and you’re ready to go.

Best of all, the Masterfil® filter helps restaurant owners cut down on operation costs and save money. Most Oil Solutions Group customers report a ROI within the first month and save an average of $3,000 per year per fryer.

To learn more about Masterfil® Reusable Fabric Filter, visit Oil Solutions Group website and use the Oil Savings Calculator to determine how much money you can save while cooking with cleaner oil in a safer kitchen.

This post is sponsored by Oil Solutions Group

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