COATED NUTS
Dry Roasted (spice coated) nuts are first processed through the cleaning, roasting and blanching stages as described in the salted nut plant. Now they are passed through a SD coating drum where a special additives distributing system spreads the coating over a wide area of the peanuts while a pulsating liquid spray is applied to bind each fine particle evenly over the surface of each kernel. Honey, onion, garlic, barbeque and other flavors geared to local tastes can be applied in similar manners. The liquid binder has to be dried on a specially designed roaster that avoids that the kernels sticking to each other and provide sanitary features for the coatings which usually contain salt.
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HONEY COATING
While honey coating is handled in identical manner as the above mentioned spice coatings. More popular brands are fried after the honey has been applied. The fryer has to have special features to handle this type of coating.
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BATCH COATING
Because in some are as the requirements for coated nuts is relatively small. Ashton can offer batch systems for these applications.