Project Report on Walnut Processing Plant

A  walnut  is an edible seed of any tree of  the  genus  Juglans, especially  the Persian alnut, Juglans regia. Broken nutmeats of the  eastern black walnut, from the tree Juglans nigra, are  also commercially available in small quantities, as are foods prepared with butternut nutmeats. Walnut seeds are high density source of nutrients,  particularly  proteins  and  essential  fatty  acids. Walnut seeds, like other tree nuts, must be processed and  stored properly.  Poor storage makes walnut seeds susceptible to  insect and  fungal mold infestations; the latter produces aflatoxin - a potent carcinogen. Mold infested walnut seed batch should not  be screened then consumed; the entire batch should be discarded.  In certain  parts  of  the  world,  walnuts  are  locally  known  as waln|sse,  noix, nuiz, nuc, akhar?? (?????), kurumi. Walnuts  are rounded,  single-seeded  stone  fruits of the  walnut  tree.  The walnut fruit is enclosed in a green, leathery, fleshy husk.  This husk is inedible. After harvest, the removal of the husk  reveals the  wrinkly walnut shell, which is in two halves. This shell  is hard and encloses the kernel, which is also made up of two halves separated  by a partition.