SUMMARY– An experimental cling peach peeler was developed for continuous removal of alkaline peel as a solid rather than the dilute slurry of common industrial practice. The peeler consists of rows of soft rubber disks rotated in such a manner that peel material is gently wiped from the surface of fruit and flung into collectors. Cling peach halves were successfully peeled in a number of tests, with peeling losses comparable to those normally obtained commercially. Both mature and immature Bartlett pears were also successfully peeled. Dewaxing of immature pears with isopropy1 alcohol was necessary to obtain adequate peeling. In single tests, whole apricots and freestone peaches were also successfully peeled.
In this study, the effects of corn steep liquor addition to cassava tubers during retting were monitored. Peeled and washed Cassava tubers were cut to 4cm weighed and then soaked in different sample buckets containing 100.0%, 80:20%, 60:40%, 20: 80% and 0:100% water to corn steep liquor ratio. The Temperature, PH value and degree of softness was monitored. The highest temperature recorded was 30 o C at a pH of 3.75. It was observed that corn steep liquor increases the period of fermentation from 4 to 8days. When the corn steep liquor was neutralized with NaoH solution to PH 4.69 from 3.98, period of fermentation was reduced to 5days showing that the high acidity of the raw corn steep liquor was detrimental to cassava softening process.
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