The document provides information on coconut processing, including: 1) Diagrams of the process from receiving coconuts to producing coconut cream powder, low fat desiccated coconut, coconut water, and coconut milk. 2) Charts showing the assumed composition and mass balance of raw materials and outputs. 3) Descriptions and diagrams of each processing step from shelling and paring to filtration, homogenization, spray drying and packaging.

1. Coconut Process Information
Asger Sommer Hansen

2. Assumed Coconut Composition
Ripe Mawar Variety - Average Size and Composition
Dehusked Coconut
Gram %
Shell:
175
25
Paring:
49
7
(Testa)
*Kernel:
252
36
Coconut
water:
224
32
Total:
700
100
* ( 52% solids & 48% moisture)
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3. Assumed Composition of
Coconut Cream Powder
Sodium caseinate (4.5%)
Moisture (2.0%)
Maltodextrine (8.5%)
Cocunut solids (85.0%)
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4. Coconut Processing Plant
Coconuts
Ingredients Water
Packaging materials Steam
Electricity
Compressed air
Chilled water
Detergents
Manpower
• Effluent
• Coconut cream powder
• Low fat desiccated coconut
• Aseptically packed coconut milk, cream and water
• Coconut shells
• Coconut paring
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5. Assumed Mass Balance
(Mawar Variety)
Gram / Coconut Kg / Day
252 23,790 *
+ 16 + 1,510
268 25,300
- 100 - 9,443
168 15,857
+ 11 + 1,040
179 16,897
- 94.23 - 8,897
84.77 8,000
* Equivalent of 94.404 coconuts / day
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6. Assumed Mass Balance
(Sarawak Hybrid)
Gram / Coconut Kg / Day
473 23,790 *
+ 30 + 1,510
503 25,300
- 188 - 9,443
315 15,857
+ 21 + 1,040
336 16,897
- 177 - 8,897
159 8,000
* Equivalent of 50.403 coconuts / day
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7. Coconut Processing
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8. Coconut Processing
Coconut Pre-Processing
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9. Coconut Processing
Coconut Kernel Processing
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10. Coconut Processing
Coconut Cream Processing
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11. Coconut Processing
Standardization, Spray Drying
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12. Coconut Processing
Packaging
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13. Coconut Processing
Press Residue Processing
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14. Coconut Reception
Weighing Inspection Storage Shelling /
Paring
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15. Coconut Kernel Processing
Pre-breaking / Washing Weighing Surge Disintegration /
De-watering screw Steam blanching / Extraction
Inspection
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16. Coconut Cream Processing Line
Filtration Cooling Pasteurisation Storage
Coconut cream Coconut cream
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17. Standardization and Spray Drying
Spray Drying
PHE - Mixing / Buffer Filtration
Heating Dispersion Storage Homogenisation
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18. Coconut Water &
Coconut Milk Processing
Storage / Standardization UHT plant (Tubular) Aseptic filling
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19. Filling and Packaging
of Coconut Cream Powder
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20. Low Fat Desiccated
Coconut Drying and Packing
Low fat desiccated
coconut drying
Low fat desiccated
coconut packing
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21. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Unloading and
inspection conveyors
Coconut reception
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22. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Counting
Size grading
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23. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Counting conveyor
Storage bins
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24. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Shelling stations
Paring stations
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25. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Inspection / weighing
Washing / conveying
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26. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Disintegration / grinding
Kernel buffer bin
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27. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Coconut cream filtration
Stem blanching and
coconut cream extration
(screw press)
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28. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Coconut cream pasteurisation
Coconut cream
pasteurisation
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29. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Standardisation / ingreedient
mixing
Coconut cream storage
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30. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Heating / homogenisation/
pressure feed to spray dryer
Standardised coconut cream
buffer storage
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31. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Inlet to spray dryer
Spray drying chamber
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32. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
External fluid bed with
agglomeration and cooling
Integrated fluid bed
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33. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
Coconut cream
powder packing
Operation and
control panel
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34. Coconut Cream Powder
Processing Plant
CIP plant
Static fluid bed dryer,
for low fat desicacated
coconut
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