Processing process of American almond (almond):
1. It takes about 4 processes to shake an almond from the tree and box it for shipment. First, there is a special fruit collecting machine to sweep the pods shaken by the tree shaker into piles and send them to the workshop. After removing pods, hulls, branches, straw sticks, broken shells and other processes, almonds are separated.
2. The separated almonds are packed in many large wooden boxes with a capacity of one ton, waiting for sorting. In the manual sorting workshop, there are six square metal pipes that continuously send almonds to six production lines. There are three female workers in each production line, who want to pick out those unqualified almonds (such as broken, incomplete skin and leaking white pulp).
3. The quality supervisor in the workshop will take samples from the manually sorted almonds at any time for inspection, and at the same time, keep samples for inspection by the US Food and Drug Administration. Magnetic devices are installed at each pipe mouth to suck out metals that may be mixed in almonds.
4. After sorting, almonds are generally stored in boxes, silos or other large containers. The key to ensure the quality of almonds is to store them in a cool and dry environment. High temperature and humidity will obviously reduce the quality of almonds and shorten the shelf life.
5, if stored at ℃ to 5℃ and the relative humidity is less than 65%, the whole almond with skin can be stored for two years, and the quality will not change basically. If it is fried or baked almond products, because they are all produced at high temperature, direct sunlight should be avoided, because direct sunlight will cause the almond surface to be dull and black. In addition, contact with oxygen should be avoided, and nitrogen filling or vacuum packaging can be selected. Some finished almonds have to be finished according to customer requirements, such as peeling, slicing and chopping.
6. The finished almonds can be divided into 8 grades according to the size and shape, and the selling price is also different. For example, candy factories use almonds as accessories and like small almonds; Importers in the Middle East prefer large ones; China likes medium. After disinfection, the finished almonds that have passed the grading and quality inspection are packed into one-ton large package and 5-pound small package, waiting to be transported to Auckland port and exported to all parts of the world.
Almond enjoys Mediterranean climate, with high temperature and long sunshine. Central California is one of the few places in the world where Almond can be successfully planted commercially. Almond is the second most valuable crop in California. Most almond orchards in California have no more than 1 acres, and nearly 9% are family farms, many of which are managed by third or fourth generation family members.
In China, Xinjiang has a continental climate with a large temperature difference in the morning and evening. Long sunshine and drought. In order to adapt to this environment, plants accumulate a lot of sugar and oil in their bodies, so the melons and fruits in Xinjiang are particularly sweet. Xinjiang almonds are higher in oil and sugar than foreign almonds, and taste sweeter. There are many varieties of almonds in Xinjiang, about forty, which are divided into five families, namely soft-shell sweet almonds, sweet almonds, thick-shell sweet almonds, bitter almonds and peach almonds. The best varieties of the first two families are: paper badan, soft shell badan, thin shell badan, Shuang Ren badan, etc. They are called "P Kakazi badan", "Kakazi badan" and "Queke badan" in Uighur.
almond is also known as almond with thin shell. California is the largest supplier of almond in the world. More than 8% of almond in the world is produced in California, and almond in California is sold to about 1 countries around the world. In China, it is mainly produced in Xinjiang, mainly in Shule, Yengisar, shache, Yecheng and other counties in Kashgar Oasis south of Tianshan Mountain.
Almonds is a nutrient-intensive healthy snack, which contains protein, dietary fiber, vitamin E and carotene. Almonds is more nutritious than nuts from other trees and contains no cholesterol. Almonds is accepted and loved by consumers as a snack in China.
almonds have high nutritional value. According to laboratory tests, Almond contains 55-61% vegetable oil, 28% protein, 1-11% starch and sugar, and contains a small amount of vitamins A, B1 and B2, digestive enzymes, amygdalase, amygdalin, calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium, and 18 trace elements such as iron and cobalt.
The nutrition data label of 23 California almonds by the US Food and Drug Administration shows that they contain 6.4g of protein, 3.7g of dietary fiber, 14.8g of fat, 7.9mg of vitamin E, 9.3g of oleic acid, 3.6g of linoleic acid and 8mg of magnesium. 23. Why? Because 23 is about equal to one, the doctor's advice is that one handful of California almonds a day is good for the heart. The vitamin E content of a handful of California almonds is half of the vitamin E needed by the human body every day.