Almond Meal vs. Almond Flour

What is Differences between Almond Flour & Almond Meal?

Almond Flour

Almond flour is made from very, very finely ground almonds. The almonds in almond flour have been slightly processed, but not processed in a bad-for-you way. The skins of the almonds have been removed so that the desirable fine, almost fluffy texture of flour can be achieved. They are typically blanched, so that the flour is a crisp white color, just like the good wheat flour, it is mimicking. Therefore, if you want to make almond flour, the almond used must be skinless, blanched, slivered almonds.

Almond Meal

Meal in general, such as cornmeal, are made by a similar method as flour. The final grain or particle size is just a bit larger/coarser. In other words, it hasn’t been ground as finely as flour. Almond meal, though, is typically made from unblanched almonds with the skins on. This is most likely why a lot of people are gravitating towards almond meal—the skin holds additional nutrients that are lost when they are removed. The result of grinding whole, skin-on almonds is a more dense product with a slightly grainy texture.

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Hazelnut vs. Filbert vs. Cobnut

What is the difference between a Hazelnut and a Filbert and a Cobnut?

To begin with, there are between 14-18 species in the Corylus genus, depending on the botanist. All of the Corylus species are technically in the Corylaceae Family which many modern botanists are calling the Hazel family. Therefore all Corylus species produce “hazelnuts” in a general term.



The name “hazel” likely comes from the Anglo-Saxon word haesel which means bonnet or head-dress. This describes the shape of the shell surrounding the nut. It is unlikely describing the color of the nut.

Many hundreds of years ago, the hazel species in Britain were given the common name “filbert”. Species that were discovered by British botanists in later years were often given the common name filbert if they were a shrub and hazel if they were a tree.

So where did the name “filbert” come from? There are two possible reasons for this name. The first is that the nuts mature around 22 August, a.k.a. St. Philibert’s Day (Saint Philibert of Jumieges was a French monk). The second reason is that the husked shell of a hazelnut resembles a beard, and the German word for “full beard” is vollbart. Over time, with English influences, this word may have became “filbert”. However, no one is really sure which the real origin of the name is.

With all that said, any Corylus species that have the common name “filbert” (i.e. European Filberts, Common Filbert, etc.) produce filberts, but they technically are all hazelnuts.
Now to further confuse the issue, some varieties of hazels grown in Britain are called “cobnuts”. This was based on a game kids used to play with the nuts where the winning nut was called the cob. Most cobnuts are cultivars of a variety named Kentish Cob. Cobnuts are also unique in that they are typically sold fresh, not dried. This gives the nuts a seasonal market and unique culinary uses.

To be complete in my explanation, some will say that filberts are longer and thinner, and non-filberts are shorter and more round. This is sometimes true, but is often based on species and varieties/cultivars.

Finally, what really throws this whole naming scheme off is that people have regional preferences for what they call the nut from Corylus species. If you are in eastern North America, they may be called either filberts or hazelnuts depending on your family history. If you are in the Pacific Northwest, they are filberts to the older generation; the younger generation knows them as hazelnuts thanks to marketing starting in 1981. If you are in England or Europe, you probably call then filberts unless you specifically are speaking about cobnuts. If you are in Turkey, you probably call them hazelnuts. Of course, in Asia the local names are completely different.

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Hawaii Macadamia Nuts-How to Buy & What You Can Buy

Macadamia nuts are together with Kona Coffee two of the ‘signature crops’ of Hawaii – and they are good for your health!

Macadamia nuts grow on trees, and there are many macadamia trees on the Big Island: over 17000 acres.

Macadamia nuts grow on large, spreading, evergreen trees that reach height of 30-40 feet and starts producing fruits after 10 years and continue indefinitely. A healthy tree will produce 30-50 pounds of nuts every year.

Mature nuts fall to the ground from October to late January. The nuts are than de-husked and air dried for at least 2 weeks before they are cracked open and processed.

If you are interested in sampling these local gems, you can either visit a macadamia nut orchard and collect them yourself, or buy macadamia nuts at the farmers market or in the supermarket.

Macadamia Nuts in Local Food and Candies

Macadamia nuts are one of the ‘signature crops’ of Hawaii. Macadamias are used in different menu items, ranging from macadamia nut coffee to macadamia nut pesto to macadamia nut butter. The nuts can be eaten raw shelled macadamia nut or roasted, whole or chopped.

Some of our favorite macadamia snacks include chocolate covered macadamia nuts or white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. You are sure to encounter some of these items on your vacation on the Big Island and when you do, we heartily recommend you try them.

Macadamia Nut Health Benefits

Macadamia nuts are tree nuts, just like for example almonds, hazelnuts, and pistachios. Like these nuts, the macadamia nut has a claim on many health benefits. Macadamias are a good source of protein, calcium, potassium and dietary fiber and very low in sodium. The nuts may be fat, but they contain more heart-healthy monounsaturated fatty acids than any other nut! This is also confirmed in the scientific literature:

• A diet based on macadamia nuts also has been found to significantly lower cholesterol levels! 
• Another study in the Journal of nutrition demonstrates that macadamia nut consumption as part of a healthy diet favorably modifies the plasma lipid profile in men with high cholesterol levels despite their diet being high in fat. (lipids are a broad group of molecules that naturally occur in your blood)

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Salted Peanut Roasting Machine

Salty Peanut Roasting Machine Introduction

Salted peanut roasting machine is generally applied for drying nut materials like peanuts, chestnuts, cashew nuts, hazelnuts, ginkgo and other granular materials. These final roasted products made by the roaster are good in taste, clean and sanitary and meet the export standards. The electric peanut roaster machine is featured with reasonable structure, high efficiency, energy saving and easy operation, which highly be proven by lots of peanut product factories.

Spotlights of Salty Peanut Roaster

1. Take advantage of electric heating with hot air roasting
2. Easy and safe operation, low cost, high level sanitation
3. Equipped with two discharging barrels, one has holes for sieving roasted products out of the machine, the other without holes for taking salt from the roaster
4. The roasting time, speed and temperature can be controlled and adjusted
5. Uniform roasting, no damage and pollution on roasted materials

Working Principle of Salted Peanut Roaster

The salted peanut roasting machine takes electric heating system, and use hot air as drying medium to make the heat effect on the roasted materials. During nut processing, these materials flow into the inner barrel under the function of flow deflector and then into the outer barrel. Therefore these roasted nuts can flow continuously in the roasting machine. At last the evenly salted and high quality roasted nuts can be achieved successfully.

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Shelled and Peeled Nuts Production

A nut is a fruit composed for hard shell and/or soft peel, and sometimes they are shelled and/or peeledfor further processing and better taste. But it is not an easy work to shell and/or peel, so many shelling and peeling tools and machines emerged. At the same time, nuts consist of protein, fat, mineral and vitamin which are good to health and fitness, and this is why people love nuts so much.

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How to Start Palm Kernel Oil Production Business in Indonesia

Palm Oil VS Palm Kernel Oil

When talking about palm kernel oil, people are always confused with palm oil. Therefore firstly let’s make clear what is palm oil and what is palm kernel oil. Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the reddish pulp of the fruit of the oil palms, so palm oil can also be called palm fruit oil. Palm oil is naturally reddish in color because of a high beta-carotene content. While palm kernel oil is derived from the kernel of oil palm fruit and it is obtained by pressing and extraction from the palm nut kernels bypalm kernel oil press machine, after which the palm nut kernel oil is refined by palm kernel oil refining machine. Its color is not red. At room temperature, crude palm kernel oil is solid, yellowish-brownish and has a characteristic smell and taste. Once it has been refined, it becomes a white to yellowish seed oil with a typically neutral, pleasant taste. It contains more saturated fats than palm oil and is very commonly used in commercial cooking because the higher saturated fat content allows for greater stability at higher temperatures and better shelf life.

Favorable Conditions to Start Palm Kernel Oil Production Business in Indonesia
► Abundant raw material resources
Indonesia has the third-largest area of contiguous tropical forest in the world and unique weather conditions and mature growing technology guarantee the high output of palm fruits. Annually about 63 million metric tons of palm oil is harvested from tropical plantations, 87 percent comes from Indonesia and Malaysia. And Indonesia has surpassed Malaysia as the top producer of palm oil. Palm oil is derived from the flesh and kernel of the fruit of oil palms. Nowadays,the current total plantation area covers 8 million hectares,and are expected to rise to 13 million hectares by 2020.
Besides, with the abundant raw materials, the cost for the palm oil and palm kernel oil is low comparing with other vegetable oil. Therefore the demand for the oil keep increasing and set to exceed 70 million metric tons by the middle of the next decade.

►Wide use and application of palm kernel oil

Palm kernel oil has been widely used in many kinds of fields, furthermore its relatively low price than other vegetable oils makes it more competitive. Palm kernel oil is an essential ingredient in the manufacture of myriad of products such as many types of chocolates, chewing gum, lipstick, washing powder, doughnuts, soap, and bio-diesel. In Asia, palm kernel oil use is very wide as cooking medium and for noodles which has created a $44 billion industry. According to trade reports China and India are the two biggest importer of palm oil production in the world. Besides, palm kernel oil does not contain cholesterol, so it is a healthy substitute for butter and lard in cooking. Palm kernel oil, when used alone or when mixed with other oil (like, Shea butter) helps in nourishing, and preventing dry skin. Palm kernel oil also aids in healthy hair, nail, and lips treatment. Use as an hot oil treatment on dry, hair scalp for that soothing feeling and needed moisture. Moreover, palm kernel oil can be used in the aluminium industry as a grease during rolling and deep-drawing processes for aluminium sheeting.

► Market demand of palm kernel oil 
Oil palm is one of the world’s most important fruit crops. For oil palm is restricted to the tropics, so it is mainly cultivated in Indonesia, Malaysia, Southeast Asia and some Africa countries, among which Indonesia and Malaysia are the main two countries of growing palm trees. Nowadays Indonesia is the largest producers and exporter of palm oil and palm kernel oil in the world, accounting for almost 47% of the world’s traded palm oils and fats supply. The demand for the palm kernel oil keeps increasing this years, and the palm oil has been the largest consuming oil products overtaking soybean oil , thus start a palm kernel oil production is really profitable in Indonesia with very abundant materials of low price. Indonesia exports about half of its palm kernel oil production.
In Indonesia, palm kernel oil is preferred by industrial users. Oleochemical manufacturers are the main users of palm kernel oil, especially in the form of refined, bleached and deodorized palm kernel olein and palm kernel stearin which are used to make fatty acid, fatty alcohol and glycerol. Indonesia consumes a large share of its domestic production of palm kernel oil.

How to Start Palm Kernel Oil Production Business in Indonesia

Palm kernel oil is a common cooking ingredient. It is semi-solid at room temperature, and is more saturated than palm oil and comparable to coconut oil. Palm kernel oil production is a relative complex process requiring a number of distinct process step which begins with the shelling palm nut kernels which is a time ,labor consuming and hard work.
Basically, the palm kernel oil making processes will go through the following steps:

► The first and most important step is to separate the kernels and shells. How to get the palm kernel is really a tough job for many people. The traditional cracking way will damage the kernel and cause waste. If you want to start a small workshop, a palm nuts kernel shelling machine can help you solve those troublesome work. The palm nuts kernel shelling machine is mainly applicable for cracking palm nut kernel shells with high efficiency. And what you only need to do is putting the palm nut kernels into the palm nut kernel shelling machine and then operate the machine which is easy operation and labor &energy-saving.
► Next, use the palm nut kernel and shell separating machine to separate the palm nuts kernel from the cracked shells clearly and completely. Most importantly, you can get complete kernels without damage and the shelling rate can reach up to 95%. Furthermore there are different capacity for different scale pressing factory.
► After you get the white kernel, you can use an automatic oil press machine to produce palm kernel oil. Then through the last step---refining. Finally you can get what you want and the whole process do not spend you a lot of time.

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The Rapeseed Oil Industry in Europe

High Yield of Rape Seed for Rapeseed Oil Plant in Europe

Rapeseed, a large winter or spring annual oil crop in the Brassica family, is related to mustard, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and turnip. Rapeseed is primarily grown for its oil and meal. In some areas, rapeseed, which contains more than 40 percent oil, becomes more profitable than soybeans which have 18 percent oil. At present, rapeseed has four major production areas, each of approximately equal surface: Chine, India, Canada and the European Union. Here we will mainly analyze the rapeseed oil industry in Europe.
Oilseed rape is an important crop in the European Union, harvested on 3.0million hectares with a production value of €2.5 billion. Three countries (France, Germany, U.K.) account for 90% of the rapeseed production in the E.U. The E.U.annually produces 5.1 billion kilograms of meal and 3.6 billion kilograms of oil from rapeseed. European production of rapeseed plays an important role in increasing E.U. Self -sufficiency in cooking oil production and contributes to limiting European imports of meal for animal feed.
Oil seed rape is planted in both spring and winter months in Europe. Spring oilseed rape is predominantly a crop of northern regions of the U.K., Germany, and France where cold, damp weather prevails. Winter oilseed rape is a crop of western Europe where mild winters dominate. More than 75% of oilseed rape in the U.K. is sown in autumn and is referred to as winter oilseed rape. Growers prefer winter oilseed rape to the spring crop due to its excellent fit with winter cereals and its higher yield potential . Winter oilseed rape is planted beginning in late August and is harvested in July of the following year . The crop goes into a vegetative stage over winter and flowers in spring. This years, many European countries begin to enlarge the plant of the rape.

Common Rapeseed Oil Production Processes

● Pre-treatment of rapeseed: to separate the rapeseed from impurities.
● Conditioning of rapeseed for hot pressed oil production: rapeseed is roasted by a roasting machine to 90-110℃.
● Rapeseed oil pressing by automatic oil press machine to get raw rapeseed oil.
● Refining of raw rapeseed oil: raw canola oil can not be consumed directly, so it should be refined by degumming and degreasing machine to be an edible vegetable oil. Basic edible vegetable oil becomes senior cooking oil after being neutralized and bleached.

Current Situation of the Rapeseed Oil Industry in Europe♦ Unique characteristic of EU rapeseed oil
In the European Union rapeseed production is rapeseed 00 with low content of erucic acid and low content of glucosinolates, so the European rapeseed oil does not contain GMO and this makes EU rapeseed oil a highly appreciated edible oil. Many European food consumers prefer rapeseed oil produced in Europe over to other oils or other origins that might be produced from GMO.
♦ Rapeseed oil production in EU

we take France as an example
France is the second biggest producer of vegetable oils in the EU behind Germany, with a production of approx. 2,500,000 tonnes of crude vegetable oil. This production is divided as follows : 68% rapeseed, 21% sunflower seed and 10% soy.In France, 97% of vegetable oil production is derived from its territorialized resources. Every year, approx. three quarters of this production is processed in France by seed crushers, who are its main customers. With the exception of soy (trade balance in deficit)national production more than provides for the needs of the oil seed processing industry. The French oil seed sector in 2012 are 6,1 Mt seed processed for production of 3,4 Mt of meal, 2,5 Mt of crude oil and 2 Mt of refined oils. Rapeseed oil is the most widely used oil in France for both food and industrial applications (68%). Sales have increased threefold over the last 10 years and reached an estimated 1,532,000 tonnes in 2011. Food-grade rapeseed oil (purchased as such or processed in agri-food products) accounts for half these sales. Emerging industrial sectors include green chemistry, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry.

Domestic and Global Market Demand for Europe Rapeseed Oil

● Global rapeseed production has undergone sustained growth over the past 20 years. Having surpassed cottonseed production in the early 2000’s, it is now the second most produced oil seed behind soybeans. The major producers are China, India, Canada and European Union. During this same period, rapeseed crushing has risen strongly, Europe being the major player in this expansion (development of biodiesel) followed to a lesser extent by Canada and China. World exports of rape seeds are dominated by Canada, by far the largest exporter. Japan is a traditional importer, while China and the EU are less regular buyers.
● Canada, German, France, Poland, Denmark, Australia are the main rapeseed oil consumption countries as well as the main producer of oil seeds rape, among which Canada, France and Australia make a great contribution to the world exportation of the rape seed and rapeseed oil. On the other hand, a lot of countries self demand for the rapeseed is increasing wildly in recent years due to the general doubts about the health of the GMO food in the traditional western countries or the European countries. Besides, rapeseed oil begin to share more and more percentage in the world oil consumption structure.
● In France, German, United Kingdom as the traditional European countries, the yield of the oil seeds are increasing year by year with advanced agricultural technology and high quality professional experts.
● Asia is the net importer of rapeseed. The typical countries are China and Japan. China import about 2.50-4.0 million ton per year and Japan also import 2.2 million tons per tear.

Conclusion
All in all, the European rapeseed oil industry has a good prospect for development with high yield rapeseed, advanced technology and increasing global demand of the rapeseed oil. Besides, the development of bio-diesel has induced a significant increase in both the production and consumption of rapeseed oil. Along with the energy use of this oil, there is growing interest in its food uses observed in China (China’s demand for oil has added 2–3 Mt to global consumption), in the USA (1 more Mt per year), and in Korea. Therefore one can expect that the demand will remain sufficiently strong to sustain a continuous progression in rapeseed oil production idustry in Europe.

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