Mustard Powder from Mustard Seeds
Introduction
Mustard is one of the leading oil seed crops of the country. Although, it is mostly used for extraction of edible oil, mustard seeds as such are also used extensively as a seasoning material for flavour and pungency in different food preparations. Dehusked mustard with its flavour and pungency finds use as table mustard. A pasty product prepared from mustard powder, salt and vinegar is very popular in Eastern countries. Mustard powder is also used as condiment in pickles, meat and salad dressings. Indian black mustard, well known for its flavour and pungency, and therefore it appears to have a good potential for export if it can be processed to a quality product. Presently, in India, a very small number of firms are manufacturing the product and the technology as practised by these industries has several operational problems and offers a low product recovery,. The technology developed by Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India overcomes the drawbacks faced by these industries and produces plain mustard powder with simple operations, good product recovery and good quality control. This powder can be used in the preparation of mustard paste, table mustard and other mustard products.
Process
Graded black mustard seeds are conditioned to loosen the husk, dried and then seeds are split and dehusked. The mixture of husk and cotyledons is screened and air classified into individual fractions. The cotyledons are ground to desire fineness in a triple roll mill to obtain mustard powder.
Specification
The product is found to have much better quality, the properties of the product in comparison to ISI specification is given below. Applications
| Constituents |
ISI |
New product |
| Moisture (Max.) |
6.0 |
5.0 |
| Volatile oil (Min.) |
0.35 |
0.51 |
| Non-Volatile ether extract (Min.) |
27.0 |
35.0 |
| Total ash (Max.) |
6.0 |
3.8 |
| Acid soluble ash (Max.) |
1.5 |
1.1 |
| Starch (Max.) |
2.5 |
2.1 |
| Crude Fibre (Max.) |
6.0 |
4.9 |
Plant Parameters
| Capacity, TPA |
120 |
| No. of shifts / day |
1 |
| Working days / Yr |
300 |
| Land Area, m2 |
2000 |
| Covered Area, m2 |
300 |
Manpower
| Managerial |
2 |
| Skilled |
4 |
| Unskilled |
10 |
Raw Material (Tonne per Tonne of Product)
| Mustard |
1.5 |
| Utilities |
|
| (Per Tonne |
of Product) |
| Power, KwH |
375 |
| Water, KL |
12 |
| Steam, T |
1 |
Plant & Machinery
| Seed Grader |
Kettle |
| Plate Mill |
Drier |
| Triple Roll Mill |
Classifier |
| Grader |
Boiler |
Advantages of Indian technologies:
- Low capital investment
- High employment potential
- Maximum use of local raw materials and manpower resources
- Adaptable levels of sophistication
For further information please contact :
National Research Development Corporation
( A Government of India Enterprise )
20-22, Zamroodhpur Community Center
Kailash Colony Extension
New Delhi 110 048. India
Ph: +91-11-26419904, 26417821, 26480767, 26432627
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