Development of a shelling method to recover whole kernels of the Cutia nut (Couepia edulis) Desenvolvimento de metódo para descorticação da castanha de Cutia em amendoas inteiras

Development of a shelling method to recover whole kernels of the Cutia nut (Couepia edulis) Desenvolvimento de metódo para descorticação da castanha de Cutia em amendoas inteiras

The kernel of the cutia nut (castanha-de-cutia, Couepia edulis (Prance) Prance) of the western Amazon, which is consumed by the local population, has traditionally been extracted from the nut with a machete, a dangerous procedure that only produces kernels cut in half. A shelling off machine prototy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: José Dalton Cruz Pessoa, Johannes Van Leeuwen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Fruticultura 2006-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura
Subjects:
instrumentação
amêndoa
castanha
casca
método de extração
Amazônia
instrumentation
nut
kernel
shelling
extraction method
Amazon
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452006000200018

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