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Four parts of ~38.81 Kg peanut butter from the cooling tank (See Fig. 4b.1)
Mechanical transfer of 1 part of peanut butter to the filler tank
1 st addition of vitamin A fortificant on the surface of 1 part of peanut butter
Manual mixing of vitamin A fortificant to 1 part of peanut butter for 1 – 2 min
Mechanical transfer of another 1 part of peanut butter to the filler tank
2 nd addition of vitamin A fortificant on the surface of the 2 nd part of peanut butter
Manual mixing of vitamin A fortificant to 2 parts of peanut butter for 1 – 2 min
Mechanical transfer of another 1 part of peanut butter to the filler tank
3 rd addition of vitamin A fortificant on the surface of the 3 rd part of peanut butter
Manual mixing of vitamin A fortificant with 3 parts
of peanut butter followed by mechanical mixing for 5 min
Mechanical transfer of another 1 part of peanut butter to the filler tank
4 th addition of the vitamin A fortificant on the
surface of the 4 th part of peanut butter
Manual mixing of vitamin A fortificant with 4 part
of peanut butter followed by mechanical mixing for 5 min
Automatic filling of fortified peanut butter in plastic bottles
Removal of air from fortified peanut butter using a vibrating machine
Conditioning/tempering of the fortified peanut butter in the cold storage area (10 o C)
Sealing and labeling of filled bottles
Fig. 5b.5 Schematic diagram of the procedure for adding the vitamin A fortificant at the
filler tank
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