In the autumn season, housewives delight their home with a variety of pumpkin dishes: bake it with cinnamon and honey in the oven, make pancakes from it, make jam and, of course, cook wonderful pumpkin soup, which is so pleasantly warming in the cold weather. Unfortunately, not everyone can appreciate this wonderful product, since pumpkin has a rather specific taste and not everyone likes it. However, its use is not only in the pulp, but also in the seeds, which are now becoming especially popular.
Cooking use
Vegetable oil is prepared from seeds. You can also sprinkle baked goods on them. Pumpkin seeds are ground into powder, added to desserts and salads, or consumed just like that. So that every housewife can use them in her kitchen, it is necessary to prepare raw materials on a large scale. Next, we learn about the benefits and how to clean the seeds in production.
Positive properties
Pumpkin seeds are a storehouse of nutrients. The kernels contain antioxidants, vitamins A, C, D, K, E, some representatives of group B, as well as proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Seeds are rich in minerals, especially zinc, magnesium, phosphorus. Ingestion of pumpkin seeds helps to treat and prevent many diseases, saturate the body with nutrients, fill the lack of calcium in the bones, eliminate parasites, lose weight and slow down aging.
How to get pumpkin seeds? Of course, the best way is to grow an environmentally friendly fruit in your own garden. Cut, separate the seeds from the pulp and dry on their own. However, in the conditions of the city and the pace of modern life, this is difficult. It is much easier to purchase a small bag of already peeled. How it's done?
How to clean pumpkin seeds in production
Cleaning on an industrial scale requires a clean production room in which the sanitary and epidemiological standards and fire safety regulations are observed. The production of pumpkin seeds includes several stages.
First, the raw material is separated from the pulp and subjected to thorough washing, after which it is dried using heat generators. The next step is to double clean and calibrate the seeds, i.e. sort by size. Then they are separated from the husk using a seed-breaking machine. In case of insufficient cleaning, the raw material is subjected to repeated processing.
If necessary, the product is fried, and then packaged.
Sunflower seeds
No less popular are sunflower seeds, which are consumed fried or raw. Seeds are rich in phosphorus, magnesium, selenium, potassium, zinc, B vitamins, tocopherol, and do not contain harmful cholesterol. Regular use of sunflower seeds due to the presence of fiber contributes to the proper functioning of the intestines, has a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin, hair and nails, keeps the whole body in good shape. How to clean seeds in production? The process of cleaning sunflower seeds is not much different.
To begin with, they are cleaned of dust and dirt and placed in a special bunker, where they are stored for some time. Then they are sent for calibration and are cleaned of husks on special equipment.