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Four volumes of ~38.81 kg peanut butter from the 1 st grinding step (See Fig. 4b.1)
Manual transfer of two volumes of ~38.81 kg peanut
butter from the 1 st grinding step to a stainless steel vessel
Addition of vitamin A fortificant to the peanut butter matrix
(9.3144 g vitamin A palmitate fortificant to two volumes of ~38.81 kg peanut butter matrix)
Manual mixing of the vitamin A fortificant with two volumes
of ~38.81 kg peanut butter from the 1 st grinding step
Manual transfer of another two volumes of ~38.81 kg peanut
butter from the 1 st grinding step to the stainless steel vessel
Manual mixing of four volumes of ~38.81 kg peanut butter
matrix in the stainless steel vessel
2 nd grinding of the fortified peanut butter in a colloid mill for 15 min
Cooling of the fortified peanut butter to 60 o C in a cooling tank
equipped with mechanical mixer
Mechanical mixing of the fortified peanut butter in a filler tank
while automatic filling in plastic bottles is in progress
Removal of air from fortified peanut butter using a fabricated vibrating machine
Conditioning/tempering of fortified peanut butter in a cold storage area (10 o C)
Sealing and labeling of filled bottles
Fig. 5b.2 Schematic diagram of the collaborator's procedure for the one-time addition of the
vitamin A fortificant to peanut butter
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