Multiple-Processing of Coconut
Introduction
An Indian research company is offering the technology for processing coconut into 4 different consumer good items: coconut protein, oil, honey and flour.
The steps involved in producing protein and oil are: extracting of coconut milk, filtration, spray-drying and separation of protein from oil. The protein obtained is used in baby-food and other food preparations, while oil obtained is used for cooking and other household purposes.
Honey is produced by filtering and evaporating the clear coconut juice. To obtain the flour, the fluffy mass left after milk-extraction is dried ground, and standardized.
Raw materials needed are coconuts. Among the equipment required are shredders, evaporators, condensers, distillers, vacuum pumps, boiled and compressors.
A plant producing 10 tons of coconut oil, 2 tons of coconut protein, 3 tons of coconut flour and 1 ton of coconut honey per day requires an investment of USD 1.8 million.
