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Biblioteca(s): 	Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura.	
Data corrente: 	13/02/2007	
Data da última atualização: 	15/02/2008	
Autoria: 	PESSOA, J. D. C.; LEEUWEN, J. V.	
Título: 	Development of a shelling method to recover whole kernels of the cutia nut (Cauepia edulis).	
Ano de publicação: 	2006	
Fonte/Imprenta: 	Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, Jaboticabal, v. 28, n. 2, p. 236-239, ago. 2006.	
ISSN: 	0100-2945	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Conteúdo: 	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 sheling off machine prototype, which produces whole kernels without serious risks to its operator, is described and tested. The machine makes a circular cut in the central part of the fruit shell, perpendicular toits main axis. Three ways of conditioning the fruits before cutting were compared: (1) control; (2) oven drying immediately prior to cutting: (3) oven drying, followed by a 24-hour interval before cutting. The time needed to extract and separate the kernel from the endocarp and testa was measured. Treatment 3 produced the highest output: 63 kernels per hour, the highest percentage of whole kernels (90%),  and the best kernel taste. Kernel extraction with treatment 3 required 50% less time than treatment 1, while treatment 2 needed 38% less time than treatment 1. The proportion of kernels attached to the testa was 93%, 47%, and 8% for treatments 1,2 and 3, respectively and was the main reason for extraction time differences.	
Palavras-Chave: 	Amazon; Extraction method; Kernel; Nut.	
Thesaurus Nal: 	instrumentation; shelling.	
Categoria do assunto: 	--	
Registro original: 	Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura (CNPMF)	
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