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San Martin specializes in dehydrated red chili offering a range of different products. All our red chili is locally sourced from our own farm and approved suppliers here in the Hatch Valley and Northern Mexico to fulfill the processing needs to meet our customer demands. From the farm, the red chili travels to our facility located here in Arrey (Hatch Valley) where it is processed and packaged to our customer specifications.
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Good chili production practices involve having the skills to:
* Select healthy and appropriate whole chilies for processing
* Recognize the damaged chilies in a lot at the time of procurement
* Inspect and select the sites for storage of chilies and store the whole chilies (raw material) and chili powder (finished product) using recommended procedures
* Perform milling of whole chilies as per SOPs
* Monitor the chili during storage for insect pest and to control them using appropriate procedures
* Select the appropriate packaging material for whole chilies and chili powder
* Pack the finished product (whole or powder) by using appropriate material and procedure
* Assure the quality of chilies throughout the processing and packaging stages.
Effects of processing techniques on drying characteristics, physicochemical properties and functional compounds of green and red chilli (Capsicum annum L.) powder
Md. Mostafa Kamal, Md. Rahmat Ali, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman, Mohammad Rezaul Islam Shishir, Sabina Yasmin & Md. Sazzat Hossain Sarker
Journal of Food Science and Technology volume 56, pages3185–3194 (2019)Cite this article
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Investigation of the Effect of Different Comminution Methods on the Quality of Chilli Powder
The quality degradation of chilli during comminution was investigated through modelling. Two different comminution methods were studied, namely grinding and high-speed cutting. The colour of the chilli powders, the concentration of two major capsaicinoid compounds, and moisture loss in the powders were taken as the quality indicators. The kinetics of quality degradation was modelled. It was found that although the quality indicators of chilli powder produced by grinding were generally inferior to those by high-speed cutting, the rate of quality degradation by the former was much lower than that by the later. The mechanism behind this finding is also discussed in this paper.
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Abstract
Chili varieties and its sub types:
* Hybrid varieties
* Healthy pods/seeds
* Damaged pods/seeds
* Shriveled pods
* Discolored pods
* Effect of procurement of good quality of chilies on the quality of finished product
* Procedure to determine the proportion of healthy pods in the offered consignment
* Physical examination of chilies
* Role of moisture in chili quality
* Role of aflatoxin in chili supply chain
* Role of chili color in chili quality
* Role of pungency in chili quality
* Permissible limits of aflatoxin in various countries and prevailing situations
This study was aimed to investigate the effect of processing techniques on the characteristics of green and red chilli powder. Four samples, such as pretreated green chilli paste (PTGP), pretreated green chilli longitudinal slit (PTGL), pretreated whole red chilli (PTWR) and untreated green chilli paste (UTGP), were prepared and dried at 60 °C in a cabinet dryer. The pretreatment was blanching in acetic acid solution and soaking immediately in a combined solution of Na2S2O5 and CaCl2. Pretreated samples took a shorter drying time than the untreated sample in reducing moisture content from 86.31 to 8%. Pretreatment before drying resulted in retaining total chlorophyll (~ 86%), phenolic compounds (~ 32%), green color, and pungency of chilli. Analysis result indicated that more than 60% retention of β-carotene was found while retention of ascorbic acid was comparable. Conclusively, this research reveals a good nutritional profile in cabinet dried green chilli powder, which may open the scope for commercial production.
Keywords: Green chilli, Drying, Blanching, Chemical soaking, Chlorophyll, Ascorbic acid, Phenolic compounds
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Materials and methods
Raw materials and chemicals
The experiments were carried out to analyze the effect of sun drying, improved sun drying and mechanical drying at 50, 60 and 70°C on different quality parameters of red chilli powder namely ascorbic acid, capsaicin content, colouring matter and oleoresin content. Whole and slit chillies were used for the experiments. Mechanical drying at 50°C showed the best quality in terms of all the quality parameters after every drying technique. Quality of the product reduced significantly during sun drying and mechanical drying at 70°C. Improved sun drying technique was much better than sun drying technique in terms of different quality parameters.
Fresh, matured but not over-matured, and disease free green and red chilli (Capsicum annum L.) were collected from a local farmer’s field, near to Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. All the chemicals used for the experiments were of analytical grade and purchased from Sigma Aldrich Chemical Co. (St. Louis, MO, USA).
Preparation of samples
Fresh green and red chilli were sorted and de-stalked manually and washed in running tap water to remove adhering dirt and dust particles. Then, the chilli was immediately wiped with a table cloth to remove superficial moisture. After cleaning, five sets of samples were prepared such as pretreated green chilli paste (PTGP), pretreated green chilli longitudinal slit (PTGL), pretreated whole red chilli (PTWR), untreated green chilli paste (UTGP), and untreated whole fresh green chilli (UTWG) (as control). 1000 g of each chilli sample was used for the study. Pretreatment of chilli was done by blanching in 2% acetic acid solution for 2 min at a temperature of 100 °C and by soaking immediately in the chemical solution of 0.3% Na2S2O5 combined with 1% CaCl2 for 10 min. The green chilli was made into a paste using a Laboratory Grinder (Jaipan CM/L-7360065, Japan) while the longitudinal slit was done by a sharp knife. All the prepared samples (except UTWG) were dried in a cabinet dryer (Model-136-120, Seoul, Korea) at 60 °C until a final moisture content of around 8% (w/w) was obtained. During drying, trays of the dryer were altered from time to time to facilitate uniform drying. Thereafter, dried chilli samples were pulverized to prepare powder by the grinder. Then the prepared powder was passed through a sieve (Sieve no. MIC-300) for obtaining fine chilli powder. The screened powder was weighed and finally packed in high-density polyethene (HDPE) pouches. The samples were stored at room temperature until further use.
Effects of processing techniques on physicochemical properties and functional compounds
Effect on proximate composition
The effects of processing methods on the proximate analysis of the chilli samples are summarized in Table 1. The moisture content of fresh green chilli (UTWG) was 86.31 g/100 g. However, the moisture contents of chilli powder were satisfactorily ranging from 7.50 to 8.45 g/100 g and statistically similar (P ≤ 0.05). This was a good indication of the stability of green chilli powder against oxidative and microbial deterioration (Toontom et al. 2012). Crude protein, fat, ash and carbohydrate contents of chilli powders ranged from 11.93 to 12.99 g/100 g, 6.07 to 7.40 g/100 g, 4.68 to 7.72 g/100 g and 64.81 to 68.08 g/100 g, respectively, which were significantly different at 95% level of confidence. Similar findings were reported by other studies (Sarker et al. 2012; Jyothirmayi et al. 2008). The changes in proximate composition among the chilli samples might be due to several factors e.g. processing techniques used, stage of maturity, drying temperature, time of drying, oxidation of important constituents, weather conditions including soil types and compositional differences (Singh et al. 2016; Sarker et al. 2012; Ahmed et al. 2010).
* Determination of pungency in chili quality
* Select the sampling bag
* Label the sample to include the information like date of
sampling, sample collector name, chili lot identity etc.
* Prepare representative samples
* Seal the sample to protect and preserve the sample
* Ascertain the quality of chili pods offered for procurement by undertaking physical observation or examination
California chili pepper harvest begins
Progressive Produce has begun harvesting the first fields of their 2020 California Jalapeno, Anaheim, and Pasilla chili peppers.
“Our yields this year are strong, and we’re excited about the high quality of our crop,” says Veronica Rodarte, Chili Commodity Manager for Progressive Produce. “The plants are packed with beautiful, healthy, large size jalapenos that are perfect for spicing up your socially distant summer barbecues.”
This is the first summer that Progressive’s California-grown chili peppers will be packed in their 112,000 square feet “State of the Art” cold storage and distribution facility in La Mirada, CA. The company’s dynamic chili pepper program offers many packaging sizes and styles, including a 50-pound field pack and a 20-pound premium pack to avoid shrink.
Chili processing packing chili powder manufacturing quality control inventory
Chili processing packing chili powder manufacturing quality control inventory
Gabriel Andrade, Sales Manager, says, “We are very proud of our grower partner network that supplies us with the best produce.” Progressive has recently started harvesting in Arvin, CA, and will work their way towards Oxnard, CA. Availability will run well into October with the locally grown crop coming directly from the field to their LA Mirada facility. After taking a bite from a jalapeno straight from the field, Andrade adds, “It doesn’t get any fresher than that.”
Chili processing packing chili powder manufacturing quality control inventory
Chili processing packing chili powder manufacturing quality control inventory
For more information:
Oscar Guzman
Progressive Produce
Tel: +1 (323) 890-8100
Email: oscar@progressiveproduce.com
www.progressiveproduce.com
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