Cashew Juice and Kernel Processing Plant

Abstract

Cashew trees, which are native to Brazil, are relatively tall and grow well separated from each other. The nut, known and accepted world-wide, consists of a seed covered with a shell containing a very corrosive oil and this unit, which is properly called the fruit, is attached to the bottom of a large, juicy pseudo-fruit or apple (see figure the weight of the fruit plus pseudo-fruit or peduncle.