Happy Clucker Company produces frozen pre-cooked breaded chicken patties for foodservice and upscale restaurants. The patties are received as raw, pre-shaped and refrigerated, and are received and...

Happy Clucker Company produces frozen pre-cooked breaded chicken patties for foodservice and upscale restaurants.
The patties are received as raw, pre-shaped and refrigerated, and are received and processed within two days.

The Figure below is the flow diagram. After cold storage the patties are unboxed and placed, in a single layer, on a conveyor belt. The patties are 8 oz +/- 0.5 oz. The patties travels through a breading unit, continuous fryer and a spiral freezer. The breading is dry, premixed and not reused. The frozen product is then packaged in wax impregnated cardboard boxes.