A Mechanical Method Fob Extracting Tamarind Pulp

Benero, José R.; Rodríguez, Angel J.; Rivera, Alma Collazo de

doi:10.46429/jaupr.v56i2.10863

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“…It can be obtained by shaking trees and gathering up fallen fruits. The fruits are usually allowed to ripe on the tree before being harvested, reducing the moisture content to around 20% [4]. If left unharvested, the pods can stay on the tree for over a year after flowering, and will inevitably descend.…”

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Postharvest Technology of Tamarind

Sudha¹,

Rajkumar²,

Joice³

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Postharvest Technology - Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Applications

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Tamarind is a multi-purpose long-lived tree with heavy drooping branches and thick foliage. The entire fruit consists of 55% pulp, 34% seeds, and 11% hull and fibers. The tamarind tree produces numerous elongated fruit pods in a season that encompasses its branches in myriad. Brittleness in shell, changes in testa color, and a hollow sound from fruit when finger pressed signify matured fruit of the tree. Postharvest operations involved in Tamarind are drying, dehulling, defining, deseeding, pressing into cake, and storage. These operations are carried out by traditional and mechanical methods. Tamarind dehullers and deseeder were developed with efficiencies of around 94% and 83% respectively to minimize the losses involved in manual handling. The intrinsic value of raw tamarind may be furthermore desirable through processing into value-added products.

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Section: Postharvest Handling Practices 21 Harvest Operationsmentioning

confidence: 99%