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(1) Prepare plain peanut butter as in Fig. 2.8
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(2) Weigh 50 Kg of plain peanut butter in a stainless steel container
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(3) Add 2 Kg of the pre-weighed premix prepared in Step B.11 at the center of the 50 Kg pre-weighed
peanut butter in the stainless steel container. Scrape off all adhering premix from the plastic container
and add back to the pre-weighed plain peanut butter.
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(4) Manually mix the premix with the pre-weighed plain peanut butter in the stainless steel containers in
circular strokes with the aid of a spatula until the premix is no longer visible at the surface of the
mixture. Mix for approximately 1 minute.
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(5) Repeat Steps 2 to 4 using another 50 Kg batch of plain peanut butter
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(6) Pour the premix-peanut butter mixture from the 2 stainless steel containers into the horizontal mixer.
Scrape off all adhering peanut butter from the 2 stainless steel containers with the aid of a spatula and
add back to the Horizontal Mixer.
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(7) Mix the premix-plain peanut butter mixture for 10 minutes
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(8) Collect the fortified peanut butter in stainless steel containers and transfer the contents to a filling
machine
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(9) Fill desired container sizes with fortified peanut butter according to required fill-in-weight of the
containers. Cover the container with their lids and place tamper proof seals
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(10) Pack in corrugated cartons
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(11) Store in a clean cool area
Fig. 2.10 Schematic diagram of the procedure for the preparation of 100 Kgs of fortified peanut
butter.
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