Raw Peanuts
Reception
Where the received raw material is analyzed to determine its aptitude to be selected, or its rejection destined to peanut industry.
Conditioning
Basically, it consists of pre-cleaning peanuts in the shell and, if necessary, drying them to a humidity of 9% and their subsequent storage.
Cleaning
With the purpose of separating as many foreign bodies as possible.
Shelling
That is, extract the grains from their pod.
Selection
Selection itself through specific weight separators, electromagnets and electronic selection machines, to separate foreign bodies and grains with damages and defects.
Calibration
To classify the grains by size.
Packaging and Storage
It is packaged in Big bags or bags of 50 and 25 kg. and it is stored in tanks with controlled atmosphere (temperature and humidity).
Blanch Peanut
Baked
It facilitates the subsequent extraction of the skin.
Blanch
Through machines specially designed to achieve the detachment of the grain skin.
Electronic selection
To remove damaged grains, as well as grains with skin or skin debris.
Metal detection
To avoid contamination with ferrous and non-ferrous foreign bodies and stainless steel.
Packaging and Storage
It is packaged in Big bags or bags of 50 and 25 kg and stored in tanks with controlled atmosphere (temperature and humidity).