Processing and analysis of ground spices..

1. Processing and analysis of ground spices
(turmeric)
Presented by : Mohmmad Idrees Attar Presented to : Dr. R. M Shukla
Reg No.: 166
Division of Agricultural Engineering, SKUAST-K

2. Introduction
 Turmeric (Curcuma longa) (Family: Zingiberaceae) is used as condiment,
dye, drug and cosmetic in addition to its use in religious ceremonies.
 India is a leading producer and exporter of turmeric in the World.
 Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Karnataka, West Bengal, Gujarat,
Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Assam are some of the important states cultivates
turmeric
 Andhra Pradesh alone occupies 35.0% of area and 47.0 per cent of
production
 During 2006-2007, the country produced 8,37,200 tons of turmeric from an
area of 1,86,000 ha.
About Turmeric

4. Images

5. Processing of Turmeric (Flow chart)
Raw Material
Ferrous metal
detection
Grading Cleaning
GrindingSeivingConveyingWeighing
Packing Dispatch/Storage

7. Layout

8. TURMERIC GRINDING PLANT

9. TURMERIC PROCESSING PLANT

10. Turmeric processing plant
 The mill used for grinding purposes at Kanwal group of spices was a hammer mill
(pulveriser).
 These mills contain a high speed rotor, rotating inside a cylindrical casing.
 Materials are fed into the mill from the top of the casing and is broken by the
rotating hammers and fall out through a screen at the bottom.
 The material or feed is broken by fixed or swinging hammers which are pinned to a
rotor.
 The hammers are rotated between 1500 – 4000 rpm, strike and grind the material
until it becomes small enough to pass through the bottom screen.
 Fineness of grinding is controlled by the screen size.

11. Packing of ground powder
 The packaging unit at the Kanwal group of spices comprised 3 main
machines
Figure 1: Pakona-500gm packing Figure 2: Auger Filler-1kg
packing
Figure 3: Pakona-100&200gm
packing

12. QUALITY ANALYSIS TESTS
The parameters for which the quality was examined in
contrast to the Agmark specifications are:
Moisture Content
Total Ash
Acid insoluble ash
Non-volatile ether extraction
Volatile oil

13. Agmark standards for Turmeric powder:

14. Observations
 The moisture content of a ground powder sample of turmeric randomly
selected from the production unit of Kanwal group of spices came out to
be 7%.
 The total ash content of ground powder sample of turmeric randomly
selected from the production unit of Kanwal group of spices came out to
be 4.94%.
Moisture content:
Total Ash:
 The acid insoluble ash of ground powder sample of turmeric randomly
selected from the production unit of Kanwal group of spices came out to
be 0.25%.
Acid Insoluble Ash:

15. BENEFITS
Used In Pharmaceutical Industry.
Used In Food Industry.
Used In Cosmetic Industry.
Others (including dye-sensitized PV technology
and textiles)

16. USES OF TURMERIC (CURCUMIN)

17. Thank you