Detailed explanation of processing technology for almond series products

1. Technical introduction: China is quite rich in almond resources, and most almonds are exported as raw materials with very low economic benefits. This project conducted research on processing methods for almond series leisure foods. The products include fruit-flavored sugar-coated, amber, and crispy-fragrant types, 3 types and 13 products, and are excellent almond health food series.

The Institute of Comprehensive Utilization of Agricultural Products, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, adopted self-designed almond peeling and debittering methods, making almond peeling clean and debittering rapid without damaging the almonds; in the processing experiment of fruit-flavored sugar-coated almonds, in-depth research was conducted from different aspects such as the preheating temperature of the sugar-coating machine, sugar dissolving conditions, sugar coating process, and temperature change requirements; repeated tests were carried out on various links such as sugar boiling and frying of amber almonds, obtaining the optimal technical conditions for each processing link; microwave was used first to mature almonds, and compared with the traditional far-infrared maturation process. The results proved that microwave maturation is not only fast and low in energy consumption, but also superior to traditional far-infrared in maturation effect; comparative tests on the use effects of more than 30 kinds of domestic and foreign flavorings of different brands required in the processing of this project were conducted, and flavor varieties suitable for baked almond foods were screened out, forming a complete set of processing technology for almond leisure foods.

This project already has the conditions for industrialization. It is suitable for almond production areas in northern China or economically developed areas with convenient transportation.

This project has two national @#@78@#@, "A kind of large almond and its processing technology" and "Sugar-coated almond and its preparation method".

2. Economic benefits: China produces more than 24,000 tons of bitter almonds and more than 3,800 tons of kernel almonds annually, with quite rich resources. At present, almond foods on the market are mainly beverages such as almond dew and almond frost, and a small amount of canned almonds for side dishes, with very few product types. This project has developed three major categories and more than ten kinds of almond foods, with huge market potential and broad prospects for promotion and application.

Building a small almond processing enterprise with an annual output of 120 tons of bitter almond products and 90 tons of kernel apricot large almond products, the total output value of products is 9.8 million yuan, and the annual profit and tax is 2.75 million yuan. This production scale can only convert 0.7% of the total almond raw materials, and the economic benefits are very considerable.