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Pistachios grinding Equipment

Grinders use a spinning blade or rotating abrasive elements to reduce the size of various materials. The specifications, RPM and grit of the engineered grinder, will result in various particle sizes. As a result, what you want to make will determine the type of grinder you need. Grinding is used for improving the texture and flow properties of various products and to enhance the flavor of food products such as coffee, spices, sugar, nuts, sesame, poppy seeds, lentils, wheat, and rice. Choosing the right rotational speed, grinding elements, and processing power allow the grinding and shredding of a wide range of materials into coarse or fine powders. Popular types of heavy duty grinders in food processing include angle grinders, bench grinders and meat grinders.

Grinding

Pistachio nuts offer several health benefits and are very nutritious. The most common way they are enjoyed is when they are roasted or eaten raw. Generally, pistachios are harvested when the shell splits. They are mechanically shaken and caught in a tarp. Furthermore, you can hull and dry them properly before roasting. To achieve all of this, you will need special pistachio processing equipment

Pistachios

Pressure from the grinding process can cause damage to food products as well as induce unwanted heating or loss of natural oils.


<h2>Process nuts and other foodstuffs gently, without squeezing</h2>
The IR 250 industrial food processor spins the raw material against the grating drum, before rotating vanes discharge the grated product. Brunner Anliker’s ingenious pre-rotation system utilizes centrifugal force to reduce contact whilst pushing up to 2,000 kilograms of material through the system per hour without undue pressure.
Additions include a sieve drum for breaking up clumped, powdery materials and a mesh drum for straining vermicelli, apple puree and mashed potato.

Industrial nut grater

Dicing nuts can generate a large volume of wasteful and messy powdered nut residue.


<h2>Cube hazelnuts, almonds, peanuts and pistachios quickly and cleanly</h2>
With a high level of operating safety, Brunner Anliker's KSM-N nut dicer is a progressive, technically mature product. Swiss made, it uses rotary cutters to slice the nuts into a consistent end product at a rate of up to 100 kilograms per hour. As with all Brunner Anliker equipment, the KSM-N complies with the most stringent safety aspects and is easy to operate and clean.

Nut dicer

Many confectionery and bakery processes rely on the uniform grinding of raw ingredients such as nuts, nougat, cookie, chocolate and other small-size hard items. A modern grinder produces repeatable, consistent grinds for a wide range of raw ingredients without affecting flavour or quality.


<h2>Accurate and durable grinders for small particle down to powder grinding of hard products</h2>
The Crick-Crock Grinder from MIA Food Tech has been specifically designed for the efficient grinding of toasted nuts (including almonds, peanuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, and more), as well as other hard ingredients such as chocolate, nougat, cookies, crunchy, and other similar ingredients.

Engineered with small scale production in mind, the Crick-Crock Grinder is available in a range of sizes and capacities to suit all grinding requirements, from grain to powder.

Features of the Crick-Crock include rotary blade modules for rapid interchange and cleaning; all stainless-steel construction for longevity and ease of sanitising; product throughput of between 70 and 110kg per hour, depending on grind grain size.

Rotary blades provide an exceptionally uniform grain size while introducing minimum heat to the raw ingredients, ensuring maximum taste and flavour is carried through the grinding process.

Operator safety is ensured through the use of non-removable guards over the product entry hopper and exit chutes, and grind adjustment can be easily carried out in operation by use of the external grind adjustment knobs without the need to stop the machine or for the operator to come in to contact with moving parts.

Small scale nut grinder

When designing a new chocolate line or experimenting with new ingredients for existing processes, the ability to have a scalable roasting solution is particularly advantageous. Precise and repeatable temperature and grinding settings are necessary, and the ability to have a portable unit makes for efficient use of space a distinct advantage.


<h2>Portable roaster and grinder for lab-scale cocoa bean and nuts production</h2>
The IDB25 from DSC is a dedicated lab-line roasting and grinding solution for cocoa and nuts, with a design capacity of 15kg to 25kg per hour, depending on product and process.

This unit consists of an infrared toasting unit, a cooler/peeler unit, a grinding unit, and a sieving unit.

As well as cooling for cocoa beans, almonds and pistachios, the combined cooler/peeler can also clean toasted hazelnuts and peanuts.

The patented grinding system allows granulation without pressure or heat, retaining product quality, oils, and flavor compounds. It’s adjustable to provide grains above 4mm, 2 to 4mm, or flours of less than 2mm. In addition, it comes in all-stainless steel construction for strength and ease of cleaning.

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R&D roaster for cocoa beans

Many confectionery and bakery products use nuts as a key ingredient or decoration. The ability to accurately chop nuts into the desired size for a wide range of purposes is vital in many recipes. Traditional small-scale machinery tends to crush the ingredients, affecting quality and taste. A chopping solution provides flexibility as well as excellent product quality.


<h2>Accurate and adjustable chopper for chopping and granulating nuts</h2>
The TR100 from DSC is a versatile chopping and granulating machine for small scale production. Portable and robust, the TR100 is the ideal solution not only for nuts but also for other hard ingredients, including chocolate and biscuit.

Made from stainless steel and featuring removable feed hopper, the TR100 is easy to clean inside and out.

The machine features two pairs of individually adjustable chopping rollers, and a final pair of granite finishing rollers, again adjustable to allow a uniform final size of the product grains. Chop size can be adjusted from coarse grains down to a powder in increments of 0.1mm.

The unit has a simple control panel where the speed of the chopping rollers and finishing rollers can be individually controlled. The TR100 can utilise only one set of chop rollers if the production requires this.

Small scale nut chopping machine

When producing smooth and tasty pastes from nuts and seeds, challenges such as long grinding times, high energy consumption, and product wastage during changeovers often arise. Efficient processing techniques are essential to achieve high-quality results.
<h2>Grind nuts and seeds into smooth pastes</h2>
The Pulsar universal mill by Bühler Group is designed for grinding various nuts and seeds, including peanuts, hazelnuts, almonds, sesame seeds, cashews, and pistachios, into a fine paste. The mill features a unique stator and high-speed rotating pins, allowing it to produce pastes with fineness between 25 and 40 micrometers in a single pass. With its corrugated stator and stainless-steel grinding chamber, the Pulsar ensures efficient grinding and easy cleaning using oil or water. It supports fast changeovers without wasting product and has a lower energy consumption of approximately 10 to 20 kWh/ton compared to conventional nut paste production, reducing carbon footprint. The hygienic design of the mill, with all materials in contact made from stainless steel, meets high food safety standards. Additionally, options for magnets or metal detectors are available for removing foreign matter from the incoming product stream.

Universal mill for grinding nuts and seeds

Chia seeds have ancient origins and are native to Central America, where they have been consumed for centuries. The chia plant, scientifically known as Salvia hispanica, is a member of the mint family and is native to regions of Mexico and Guatemala. After harvesting the seeds must be thoroughly cleaned and then dried. The sieving process comes next and is important to remove any further impurities. Full of dietary fiber chia seeds make a great addition to smoothies and breakfast puddings.

Chia seeds

In Ancient Rome, hazelnut plants were valuable gifts as it was believed to bring happiness. In modern days, hazelnuts still bring happiness, mainly in the form of Nutella. While most nuts are botanically classified as fruits, hazelnuts are, along with chestnuts and acorns, <em>true nuts. </em>Once harvested, the nuts are dried and ready to be processed in various hazelnut processing equipment.

Hazelnuts

Cashews come from a tropical tree native to Central America. They have become prominent and your nut mix will not be complete without them. The cashew processing method involves roasting, shell drying, peeling, grading, fumigation and packaging. You have to conduct these processing methods with care to obtain quality cashew nuts. In order to achieve this, you'll need the appropriate machinery for your cashew processing plant.

Cashews

The average corn cob has 800 kernels, but each of those comes from one tiny grain. The quality of corn farming rests on the conditions of foundation lots. And these depend on the integrity of the process. Corn seed processing equipment prepares the grains so they can grow into multiple products ranging from food to energy to cosmetics.

Corn seeds

From being grown in the field to roasting and slicing, the manufacture and processing of almonds is a multi-tiered operation. After removing their hull, also known as almond hulling, you can process almonds in various ways to achieve the requested consistency. Whether you chop the almond, finely mill them or turn them into almond milk, they require special care and equipment for nut processing.

Almonds

Masterpack Group is a leading developer of high-end packaging solutions for big bags, and flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs) used to protect, store and transport bulk and delicate goods worldwide.

When storing your nuts, seeds, and milk powders in bulk, the big bag sizes usually range from 250 kg to over 2,000 kg. <a href="https://www.masterpackgroup.com/">Masterpack</a> has now come up with a smaller alternative. We spoke to Jos Smeitink, Director of Business Development, who introduced the compact modified atmosphere packaging (MAP).
<h2>The long-awaited compact MAP has a major impact on storing organic products</h2>
Jos explains that more and more people are opting for organically grown food, and MAP plays a pivotal role in storing these products.

“These companies cannot use any pesticides and they are plagued with insects that are eating away at the packed or the organic food products. The MA process of Masterpack Group will store food products under low oxygen, because of the low oxygen all insects in the FIBC will die,” says Jos.

However, the applications of compact MAP don’t stop here. Jos states that there is no specific industry or customer segment for the compact MAP and everyone looking to store their products in a modified atmosphere can use these bags.

“In general you could say that shelf-life, depending on your product, will be extended for six months to 12 months at least,” explains Jos.

Although for some products the shelf life can be even longer. For seeds, it can be even way over two years.
<h2>Super-fast processing of 25 kg bags with the easy cap</h2>
Masterpack’s innovations extend even further, as they have developed the easy cap, that you can apply to your compact bags.

“It’s much faster in handling, connecting the MA machine to the bag, and closing the valve. It’s called easy cap but it is actually a valve,” clarifies Jos.

Using it is as easy as it sounds: put it on the bag, and switch on the MA machine, when the process is done you can close the cap with its connector and then remove it. So there is no need to screw the cap onto the machine and then unscrew it later on.

So everything sounds compact and easy, right? We know that there is more to come from Masterpack and we’re staying tuned to see how they continue to innovate the packaging industry!

An organic way of killing insects! MA concept, now available for 25 kg bags

Food

A fresh salad with a walnut oil dressing or a peanut butter sandwich? A bag of roasted cashews or a pack of almond cookies? The common thread among these tasty treats is nut processing equipment. Not all nut ingredients are indeed nuts, botanically speaking. But the machinery that transforms shelled fruits, legumes, and drupes into fried snacks or a paste is similar. As for the food products, there is a nut recipe for every mood and occasion.

Nuts

Whether for personal consumption or agricultural purposes, you process seeds to make them clean and maximize yield. Seed processing equipment includes the steps of polishing, threshing, separation, sorting, and drying. Some cases require additional processes. For example, the extraction of the seed from fruits or vegetables. Or, pressing the seed to extract oil.

Seeds

When sealing large bags containing bulk products, a sealer must be reliable to keep the MAP safe in order to avoid products going to waste due to subpar sealing quality. Manual operation for sealing is still very common in the industry, but it is prone to error and inconsistent output. Automating the sealing process can minimize operator error and produce consistently secured sealing.


<h2>Automated complete sealing by single-button operation</h2>
The Automatic Spout Sealer, from Somsix, is a sealing system for large bags used in industrial applications. The system features automated, user-friendly controls where the sealing settings can be preset for a consistent output in every cycle. This method significantly reduces operator error over manual hand-operated sealers. The operator simply positions the spout in the seal mouth and presses one button to execute the sealing process, including the cooling necessary after heating for a complete and secured seal.

Automatic FIBC Sealing machine

Manufacturers requiring big bag packaging have specific sizes, shapes, and material requirements to ensure their products can be handled safely during transportation and storage. However, the FIBC manufacturing process is only sometimes considered sustainable since these big bags are made of polyethylene, which is difficult to recycle. An ideal solution would be working on preventing waste by producing custom-made big bags of the exact right sizes and shapes required by the manufacturer to save on excess offcuts and material costs and minimize production waste.
<h2>Preventing 10-20% of waste by producing big bags in custom shapes, sizes, and material</h2>
Masterpack Group, a leading expert in innovative packaging solutions for bulk materials, designed custom big bag containers used as packaging that provide increased protection, prolong product shelf life, and optimize storage space. FIBCs are available in different shapes, such as circular or U-shape. They can be equipped with specific liner materials like conductive, aluminum, anti-static, dissipative, metalized OPP, or whichever is best for your product. Liners also help protect products from oxygen, moisture, and other possible contaminants while providing safe filling and discharge. The FIBCs are hygienic, and the PE films used as liners are designed and fabricated according to the correct size, not cut to shape from a big tubular PE film. This method minimizes waste in the production of each liner.

Modified Atmosphere Big Bags

Products packed in large bulk bags, such as FIBCs, require vacuum pressure and accurate oxygen or nitrogen content control. Modifying the atmosphere inside the packaging by lowering oxygen levels to 1% or less can protect the products from molds and other microorganisms, as well as insects and rodents, resulting in a prolonged product shelf life.


<h2>Creating an atmosphere with oxygen levels below 1% inside your bulk bags</h2>
The Vacuum and Gas Injection Machine, from Somsix, is a system used to create the optimum atmosphere conditions inside FIBCs or large bags during the packaging of bulk products. The unit allows the operator to create a vacuum and insert the necessary gases in a single cycle to increase productivity. The procedure is done by removing air from a sealed container before injecting essential gases like oxygen, nitrogen, or carbon dioxide into that container. It can also reduce oxygen levels in FIBCs down to 1% or lower in a very short time.

The system has an integrated leak test at the end of each cycle to automatically check for possible leaks in every bag. This feature prevents costly and time-consuming errors. The entire system is built based on food-grade standards guaranteeing hygienic operation.

Vacuum and Gas Injection System for FIBCs

Basically, to make milk powder, you need to remove the water content from the liquid milk and turn it into powder. How to do it? After pasteurizing and homogenizing the milk, milk’s water content is removed through filtration, evaporation, and drying. You have then to cool and sieve it before filling the containers. Here's how you get milk powder.

Milk powder

While Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) has long been synonymous with big bags and bulk storage, Masterpack is rewriting the rules, introducing a game-changing solution for smaller-scale packaging.
<h2>Store smaller quantities with the same quality</h2>
Picture this: delicate goods, once resigned to the constraints of bulk storage, now finding refuge in packages weighing a mere 10 to 35 kilograms. Thanks to <a href="https://blog.masterpackgroup.com/biofach-2024-compact-map-machine?hs_preview=KlMYPjuP-155211777607">Masterpack's innovation</a>, the benefits of MAP are now accessible to a whole new realm of products. With the technology, Oxygen content can be reduced to below 2% which results in a significantly extended shelf life for the packaged product. Without the need for chemical treatment, MAP is perfect for storing organic food.

And it's not just about the product; it's about the process. With Masterpack's easy cap technology, sealing and monitoring oxygen levels have been made even easier. The Compact MAP machine is purpose-built for handling these smaller packages with precision and efficiency.

From big bags to compact bags: use MAP in both

Our food chain starts in the soil, growing crops and livestock. But between the fields and the stores, there is a line of industrial food processing equipment. Processes may be as minimalistic as cleaning fruit and as complex as homogenizing milk alternatives made from pressed legumes. In each case, processing technology is an important link in the food production chain.

<span style="font-weight: 400">If Popeye needed spinach for his power, you need healthy snacks to boost your energy! From dried fruit chips to nuts and protein bars, healthy snacks have become more popular since the 2000s, and t</span><span style="font-weight: 400">he global healthy snack market will reach USD 98 billion by 2025. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">In the wide range of healthy snacks, raw fruits and vegetables appear as the main ingredient, and these snacks focus on the high protein content and reduced fat or carbohydrate percentages. Also, “less processed” and “less amount of added chemicals” are the primary trend in making healthy snacks as the clean eating movement began after the 2000s. </span>

Healthy snacks

Every year, more than 200 million FIBCs are filled with food for storage and transport. Products must be kept in the ideal conditions to maintain their quality from production up to packaging, storage, and delivery. By controlling oxygen levels during packaging and continuously monitoring the conditions in each package, food manufacturers can benefit from less waste within their supply chain, where up to 40% of the food waste occurs.


<h2>Remote monitoring of conditions inside each modified atmosphere bag to prevent waste</h2>
The Modified Atmosphere Sensor, from Somsix, is a monitoring device for oxygen levels and other conditions inside bulk packages. The device is available in 3 monitoring categories. The first category is called modified atmosphere (MA) sensors for FIBCs. It features remote monitoring of oxygen, temperature, and humidity wherever the FIBCs are located. The second category is a custom sensor, which monitors specific data or packaging applications based on client requests, while the third category is called basic manual probe, where a probe and a set of MA sensors are used for monitoring.

These sensors are mainly developed to allow monitoring of modified atmospheric conditions inside the packages in the most non-invasive and cost-effective way. All sensor caps are easy to install, provide accurate analysis, and monitor each bag every 6 hours. Data collected are sent directly to the operator through a software portal. The monitoring system also allows certification of product quality from departure to arrival.

Sensor for Modified Atmosphere FIBCs

<span data-contrast="auto">When we think of pistachios, our minds travel to Italy: gelato al pistachio, crema di pistachio, pesto al pistachio, the list goes on. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">But before these mouthwatering dishes can be made, you must harvest and transport the nuts. Alas, you are faced with many challenges, starting with another pistachio lover and the harvesters' worst enemy: the navel orangeworm.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">The little menace disrupts the harmony of your pistachio storage, wreaking havoc by feeding on pistachio kernels, driving up the processing costs, and contaminating the nuts with Aspergillus spp., a fungus that facilitates the poisonous aflatoxin. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span>


<h2>Modified atmosphere conquers the worm attack <span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></h2>
<span data-contrast="auto">You can protect your nuts from worms by having good orchard practice. Here the modified atmosphere (MA) technology from Masterpack steps in, to give you a hand in the battle with the pests. You can apply it in hermetically sealed big bags, making it a biobased substitute that eliminates insects. In addition, it reduces mold formation, respiration, and auto-oxidation which can cause fat degradation and rancidity.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">Using Masterpack’s technology you can modify the levels of Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Carbon Dioxide inside the storage bags. You should store pistachios under low Oxygen (~1%), which will reduce respiration, in the short-term inactivating and eventually killing all stages of insects. In addition, it will obstruct the formation of molds by preventing the sporulation of fungal spores and reducing toxic compounds such as mycotoxin. Moreover, it halts the formation of mycelium, a part of the moldy fungus. MA also comes in handy avoiding the auto-oxidation of the fats inside the nuts, ensuring a better taste, smell, and color of your pistachios. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">If the Oxygen level is not low enough to control both insects and/or molds, Masterpack’s equipment allows you to lower the Oxygen levels to 0.5% or increase the CO2 levels in the gas mixture to 10-30%. That is toxic for both molds and insects but is still considered a biological treatment. MA is, therefore, ecologically friendly with the potential to prolong the shelf-life of your pistachios significantly, and most importantly get rid of the infestations of gritty worms. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span>

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