Technologies

Agricultural Sciences

Title:

Mechanical unit for production of white pepper from green pepper

Area:

Agricultural Sciences

Focus Area:

Food industry

Developing Agency:

ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Kozhikode

Technology Readiness Index:

Ready for commercialization

Brief Description

Description :

White pepper is the value added form of pepper which is obtained from either green or black pepper after removal of the outer skin. In the present work, a mechanical unit developed was evaluated for production of white pepper from green /black pepper. The prototype unit developed for production of white pepper consists of two parts - the fermentation unit and the pulping unit.

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