PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM & DESCRIPTION

RAW AVOCADO
1 RECEIVING

2 HOLDING/
RIPENING

3 SORTING

RIPE/
UNRIPE
UNRIPE

RIPE

4
WEIGHING

5 Potable water WASHING Waste water

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Potable water

Stones & Skin

As per 6
custome DESTONING
r request

7
Water
CRUSHING
45-50ºC

8 MALAXING
90MINS
45-500C

9
Water Water & Sludge
SEPARATION
45-50ºC
1
Water Water & Sludge
POLISHING
45-50ºC

1 COOLING 10-150C
1

12 SETTLING De-waxing

13
Packing material (Drums, IBC’s or
PACKING Flexi tanks
Nitrogen gas flushing

VALIDATED…………… DATE:…28./…7../…22
1 STORAGE & SECTION SUP.
DISPATCH
VERIFIED……………….DATE…28…/…7…/…22
FSTL

PROCESS RESPONSIBILITY PROCESS DESCRIPTION REFERENCE

STEP
1

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PACKING
 RAW AVOCADOS RECEIVING

Section Receive raw avocados from the field

Supervisor section analyzed and weigh
Record the quantity received.

Ensure that good housekeeping practices

are maintained during processing.

2 HOLDING /RIPENING
Section supervisor Crate the received avocados in crates
and store for a ripening for between 2-3
days depending on the maturity of the
fruit. The ripening hall or the chamber
can be used.

3 SORTING
Section Sort out the avocados to separate the
Sorters ripe avocados from the unripe ones.
For the unripe avocado should be kept to
await ripening.

The avocados which should be treated

for oil pressing should include:
- Ripe avocados

Ensure that sorting has been effectively

carried out through inspection.
Sorting personnel to follow the hand
washing procedure.

4 Section WEIGHING
Supervisor Weigh the ripe avocado fruits
Before issuing to processing.

5 Section WASHING
Supervisor The fruits are passed to the washing
machine where the skin is cleaned to
remove any foreign material such as
leaves and soil.

6 Machine DESTONING
Operators The avocados fruits are passed to the
Section supervisor destoning machine where the avocado
seed and skin are removed.

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 NB. Destoning process is done as per
the customer`s request.

7 CRUSHING
Machine operators The whole fruit (Avocado) is crushed to a
fine paste or pulp from the destoner is
further crushed into a fine paste.

8 Machine operators MALAXING

The Avocado pulp is pumped into the
malaxer for mixing the temperatures
should be between 45-50 degrees for a
period of 90 minutes for the oil to be
released from the avocado oil holding
cells.
9 SEPERATION
Machine operators After the pulp has malaxed for 90 mins it
Section supervisor is then pumped into the separation
machine (Tricanter) where it is separated
into oil, fruit water and solids particles.
The recovered oil is further polished up
by a centrifuge machine to get pure
avocado oil.
NB The temperature should be
constant.
10 POLISHING
After the oil is separated from Tricanter
it’s been sent to centrifuge for polishing
up.
11 COOLING
After the oil is polished up it is cooled
down at temperature of 10-15ºC before
it’s pumped into the tanks for settling.
12 SETTLING
The cooled oil is then pumped into the
settling tank according to the batches
and grades. The settling process takes a
period of 6-7days. During the settling
period all the sediments and water traces
are drained away.

13
Machine operators
Section supervisor PACKING/PRESERVATION
Then oil is preserved using Nitrogen gas

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 QA Assurance and packed into drums of 190kgs or IBCs
of 950 kgs.

The QA releases the product to storage

warehouse.

14 STORAGE & DISPATCH

Stores Manager Ensure that good housekeeping practices
Warehouse are maintained during storage. Issue the
section supervisor Products to the market on FIFO basis.

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