Hi Everyone!
anyone any idea how and what needed to go from bean to cocoa butter in a medium scale?
updated by @antonino-allegra: 05/13/15 18:27:18
Bean-to-cocoa butter and cocoa powder
updated by @antonino-allegra: 05/13/15 18:27:18
Hi Kat, not really... we have received some info and quote for a LOT of money and huge scale... otherwise smallest scale and very "home style" nothing in the range of 100 to 300 kg...
Anyone can Help??
Antonio,
I was researching the same topic a while ago.The people from Grenada Chocolate seem to have been able to build one themselves:
http://grenadachocolate.com/tour/press.html
And I also found a thread discussing how you would go about building it yourself. In short, it is not very easy or reliable to do this.
I look forward to reading other, more up-to-date opinions.
Update... many years later!
We have found a way to build our own cocoa butter press to make about 10kg/h. We are looking into building the machine although is not cheap... it costs about $20K... but we could process about 70kg cocoa butter per day....
Will keep posted
antonino allegra:
Update... many years later!
We have found a way to build our own cocoa butter press to make about 10kg/h. We are looking into building the machine although is not cheap... it costs about $20K... but we could process about 70kg cocoa butter per day....
Will keep posted
Since your willing to spend, 20K, did you check the price of the 200 T (5KG per batch) Cacao Cucina (It is around 25K but I am not 100% sure) and it should get to what you're looking for per day:
http://cacaocucina.com/cocoa-butter-press/
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