PECAN NUT KERNEL EXTRACTION METHOD

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United States of America

APP PUB NO 20220117286A1
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17431237

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The invention relates to a pecan nut kernel extraction method including the steps of sizing pecan nuts from which kernels are to be extracted to have a maximum diameter size variation of 8 mm; controlling the moisture content of the shells of the pecan nuts to within a shell moisture control range of 3% to 30%; heating the kernels to a temperature of between 20° C. and 100° C.; pre-cracking the shells; immersing the nuts in liquid nitrogen, or the like, for between 5 and 15 seconds; and cracking the shells within no more than 15 seconds from completing the cryogenic fluid immersion step to substantially separate the shells from the kernels. The method also includes performing the steps in the absence of a pre-cracking step or in the absence of the cryogenic fluid immersion step.

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DUNSHEA CHRISTOPER LAURENCEMBOMBELA

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Berlein, Anthony Walter White River, ZA 3 0
Berlein, Mary Catherine Nelspruit, ZA 1 0

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