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Abstract
The climatic conditions and geographic location of San Luis Rio Colorado Sonora,
gives this region a high potential for growing mezquite and thereby also has a high
generation of fruit (pchita), which currently is not used as food for humans, due to
ignorance of its nutritional content, so that large quantities produced, become only
waste. So the purpose of this research is the creation of a pilot production plant of flour
of the fruit of mesquite in the facilities of the Universidad Tecnolgica de San Luis Rio
Colorado (UTSLRC) to give people a food product with added value through its
production and marketing. This proposes a potential alternative use for the fruit through
the development of a value-added product such as the edible flour, as this is one of the
main foods of Mexican families, on the other hand, now day many communities face
problems to become self-sustaining in the production of food with high nutritional
value.
1 Introduccin
Proceso
- Una vez recolectado el fruto, es necesario lavarlo con agua limpia y apta para
retirar la tierra, polvo u otra materia extraa.
- Deshidratacin de las vainas a 65C por 1hr. Para lograr la concentracin de los
azcares existentes.
- Dejar reposar la vaina para que se enfri y salga el vapor, hasta que tome su
textura original.
- Molino de discos.
- Tamizadora.
Diseo de planta
Etapa 2. Comercializacin
1.3 Conclusiones
1.4 Referencias
CONAFOR. 2009. Uso del mezquite como fuente de polisacridos de alto valor
agregado. Recuperado el 30 de abril de 2014, de:
http://www.conafor.gob.mx/biblioteca/foros/Mezquite/USO_DEL_MEZQUITE_COMO
_FUENTE_DE_POLISACARIDOS_DE_ALTO_VALOR_AGREGADO.PDF.
FAO. 1980 Genetic resources of tree species in arid and semi-arid areas. FAO/IBPGR,
188 p.