CONVENIENCE AND HEALTH FOODS 3 (1+2)

Lesson 6 : Pasta Products

Process of macaroni production

• The process consists of addition of water to semolina to produce 31 percent moisture.
• Mixing these ingredients, obtaining plastic homogenous mass.
• Extruding the mass through dies under pressure for the product to come out in shape.
• Products are dried and packed.
• Most macaroni products are made by batch process where there is a mixer to mix semolina and water for 10 minutes.
• It is then placed in chamber of hydraulic press and extruded.
• Recently the functions of mixing, kneading and extruding are combined in the continuous process.