BONITO FLAKES

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●Raw material
Japanese Name:Bonito,scientific name: Katsuwonus pelamis,English name: Skipjack, Skipjack tuna, Oceanic skipjack, Bonito, Oceanic bonito, Striped tuna

Bonito grows along the equator 40 degrees north latitude, 40 degrees south latitude waters. Larger body length 1m, weight 25kg. Usually 40~ 65cm fish length has been used for katsuobushi, fish two to three years and less fat is best for producing bushi.

●Cut
Removal of head, skin and internal organs. With a kitchen knife into the back, cut into three pieces. Larger fish divided into five.

●display cage
Bonito will cut down the cross-section, arranged in the cage used in cooked products.

●Boil
Put the bonito into about 80 ℃ hot water heating, and then temperature increased to 95 ℃ for about 60-90 minutes cooking, put the cold after cooking.

●Bone Removel
Remove the bone manually after it be cool. Work in the water is called “the water bone way” and not in the water is called “the land bone way”. Take care it,otherwise destroy the section or causes the bonito distortion.

●Smoking
Eliminating the moisture calls“the fire”. Light Guang Ye wood (xylosma japonicum, pao tree) and smoke the products in 30 minutes to one hour.

●Drying
In dries in the storehouse, the main use “makes the storehouse way anxiously” and “dries the storehouse way”, in addition, but also has “the hand volcano way”. While uses Guang Ye hardwood,to reduce the bonito internal moisture, must carry on the heating, cooling, the steam boiling circulation repeatedly drying method.It has the very vital significance, this working procedure can the bonito internal moisture transfer surface, cause it even dry.

●KATSUOBUSHI
It needs 8 times to 12 times of smoking can form the katsuobushi. We named "katsuobushi" because of the surface full of jet black tar.
Work flow of Bonito flakes.

●Raw material
Raw material preserves in 5 degrees centigrade frozen storage. Puts in the pool and cleans up the foreign matter.

●Sterilization
Put the katsuobushi into the high-pressured sterilization pot for 10 mins under 105 degress centigrade then move to the coolingroom cooling.

●Shaving
0.03mm~0.05mm thickness of bonito flakes can dance on any dry food,just like a butterfly.

●Wind power classification machine /Metal detector
Weigh and Packing after checking by Metal detector

●Nitrogen Charge
Charge 98% nitrogen after vacuum.

●Products
Bonito flakes
Bonito Silk

●Packaging and storage
Packaging and storage
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