When McDonalds came under criticism for the high fat and salt content of their food, they responded by producing a range of high fat and high salt salads for the health conscious. They also labeled their products with nutritional information so you can tell just how copiously fatty your meal really is. Does this help reduce fat intake? No, not really.
When Dean and FryMaster decided to promote healthy frying and to help fried food lovers and fried food providers limit the fat content of the food, this demonstrated a real desire to make their products as healthy as possible.
Let’s face it, fried food is scrumptious, but is not the healthiest way of cooking. Rather than glossing over this fact, Dean embraced it, accepted it, and decided to treat their customers with respect. The fitfrying.com website was launched to promote the healthy use of their industrial fryers, and to help to educate restaurateurs on the best methods for reducing the fat intake as much as is possible. This helps to make the fried food made by a Dean deep fryer one of the healthiest possible.
The guide for the use of a Dean deep fryer consists of 5 key points for healthy frying, and provides information of a refreshing depth. Not only do they offer a guide to selecting the right fryer, they offer diagrams to help with the explanations and descriptions of how the machines work. They offer a detailed analysis of the 13 main types of oil to be used, with detailed benefits of each. A guide for selecting the right food to use in the fryer, a highly educational detailed process to be followed, and a maintenance guide for the machine you purchase are all covered.
There is a wealth of information on offer including detailed nutritional information, trends throughout the US and even details on nutritional regulation to help you to make sure that you follow the state guidelines for fat usage, in particular with the trans fat and menu labeling initiatives in place. Healthy, legal cooking is certainly the way forward.
So what of the actual fryers? Dean offer energy saving technology, gas and electric models, an innovative fryer filtration system and are part of the Manitowoc Foodservice STAR® Service program, which offers support and ongoing help to operators of the machines. The range starts at a modest 35lb capacity, and runs up to 100 lb machines, suitable for even the largest fried food chain. These freestanding fryers start at around $700 for the lowest capacity up to around $3500 for the larger machines.
A company which takes voluntary healthy eating initiatives such Dean should be rewarded. These highly commendable steps demonstrate a level of customer care which is sadly a rarity. Taking such an active role after the fryer has left the factory demonstrates excellent customer serve and care for the purchasers of their products. If you are looking for a heavy duty, super high capacity frying system for your customers then a Dean deep fryer not only performs the task very well, but it is from a company that can be trusted and are actually keen that you produce the highest quality healthy food. It is a shame that more manufacturers do not take this lead and put a little more effort into customer service. After all, there is more to the full sales process than getting just getting the signed check.