A method and a device for treating shellfruits or oilseeds is provided, wherein a force is imparted on a shellfruit. The force is selected such that the kernel of the shellfruit is separated from the shell without substantially breaking the shell.
The invention relates to devices (1) and methods for processing and/or producing a cocoa and/or chocolate mass, comprising a screw extruder (2); at least one supply device (3) for filling with raw food product, in particular a cocoa and/or chocolate mass, cocoa beans, or cocoa nibs with and/or without shell portions; at least one outlet opening (5) for the cocoa and/or chocolate mass; and at least one outlet opening (6) for cocoa butter. The device comprises an adjusting device (20) for selecting a desired intermediate or final product, namely for selecting between a pellet- or flake-shaped pressed cocoa cake and a pasty cocoa and/or chocolate mass, wherein the size of at least one outlet opening (6) for the cocoa butter can be adjusted in particular.
The invention relates to a method for drying and/or roasting a food which is performed in a treatment apparatus (2), comprising a treatment chamber (3) and at least one heating apparatus (4). The method comprises the step of heating a gas by means of the heating apparatus (4). A further step comprises heating an outside (5) of the treatment chamber (3) and in particular conducting part or all of the heated gas through the treatment chamber, wherein the heated gas can be conducted through the treatment chamber (3) before the heating, after the heating, or simultaneously with the heating of the outside (5). The food in the treatment chamber (3) is dried and/or roasted due to the heating and/or by means of the heated gas conducted through the treatment chamber. During the drying and/or roasting, a control value in the treatment chamber (3) is determined on the basis of a measured value of a sensor. The heating and/or the conducting of heated gas through the treatment chamber is controlled in dependence on the determined control value, in particular the moisture.
The invention relates to a method and to a system for processing plant remains, in particular shells of seeds and nuts, even more in particular shells of cocoa beans, shells of grain seeds, and rice remains. The method comprises the following steps: (i) providing plant remains having a shell portion of at least 20 wt%; and (ii) at least partially hydrolyzing constituents of the plant remains, in particular at least partially hydrolyzing and/or fermenting a carbohydrate, a fat, and/or a protein. A liquid phase having dissolved constituents and a solid phase can subsequently be separated. The solid portion can be used as dietary fiber and the liquid phase can be used as feed for a biogas plant.
The method for pasteurisation and/or sterilisation of a food according to the invention comprises, in a first step, provision of a device (1) for the impingement of steam, particularly water vapour, on a food. The food is then impinged upon with steam for the pasteurisation and/or sterilisation of the food by means of the steam in order to achieve a reduction in the quantity of a microorganism present on and/or in the food, particularly a pathogenic microorganism. Before the food is impinged upon with steam, the temperature of the food is brought to a preheating temperature greater than or equal to the pasteurisation and/or sterilisation temperature.
A23L 3/00 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs
A23L 3/16 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by heating loose unpacked materials
A23L 3/18 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by heating loose unpacked materials while they are progressively transported through the apparatus
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