Ukuvuna Nokucubungula kwamaHalananda

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Pomegranates are hand-picked into crates and then sorted - blemishes, sunburn, size etc. in the packstore.
Amapomegranati angathengiswa njengezithelo ezintsha noma asetshenziswe futhi athengiswe njengamayilori, ijusi noma njengamafutha wegromegranate.
Ukuze kuthunyelwe ngaphandle, amahalananda asepakishwe kakhulu njengezithelo zonke ku-3.8 kg (I-Class I no-2) noma ama-cartridge angu-15 kg (wokucubungula). Isithelo sigcwele amathreyi omnyama we-pulp kanye nendawo ngaphakathi kwesikhwama se-StePac bese iphakanyiswe ku-carton.
Ukusetshenziswa kwendawo kuhlanganisa ukuthengiswa kwezithelo zonke, ama-arili (athandwa ngama-saladi kanye nezitsha zesitayela saseMpumalanga), amafutha wegromegranate noma ujusi ocebile we-antioxidant.
Ukukhishwa kwekhwalithi kungukuthi 'Okungeziwe' (I-Class I ngaphambili), I-Class I (ngaphambilini iClass II), i-Class III (ikakhulukazi isithelo se-sunburnt, esifanele ukusetshenziselwa ama-arilo) ne-'Ingxenye IV '(ikhwalithi ye-juicing).

Ukuvuna Kwamahalananda

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A sizing ring is used to ensure large enough fruit are picked.
Ngenxa yomuthi okhazimulayo ngezinhlanzi ezintathu, izithelo zivuthwa ngezigaba futhi zizokhethwa ngezigaba ezintathu. Amapomegranati alula ukuvuna futhi uma ukusika nezihlahla zifezwa kahle, ukusetshenziswa kwamaklayini kuzoba okuncane.
Izithelo zihlanjululwe ngamasheya eseduze nesithelo ngangokunokwenzeka ukunciphisa amaphuzu abukhali ezinkuni ezingabangela ukubhoboza nokulimala kesikhumba. Izithelo zihlelwe futhi zifakwe emathreyi noma amabheji futhi kufanele ziphathwe ngokucophelela ukunciphisa ukulimaza.
Ama-cultivar amapomegranate avuthwa ngokuhlukile. Isibonelo, Okumangalisayo kuzovuthwa kuqala ngaphakathi. I-Arils iyoba mnandi, kodwa isikhumba sizobe sesinobuhlaza. Ama-cultivars ama-Acco ne-Angel Red azovuthwa ngaphandle. Izikhumba zabo zingase zibomvu, kodwa ama-arili angeke abe mnandi. Hlola okuqukethwe kokushukela ngaphambi kokuvuna.
Ukuvuna ukuvuna kwamapomegranati kunqunywa ushukela nombala wezithelo (kokubili isikhumba kanye nemikhonto). Njengamanje, isibonakaliso sokuvuthwa sika 14º Brix (isilinganiso soshukela) samukelwa ngumthengisi waseNingizimu Afrika wezithelo SAPEX. Kodwa-ke, amazinga okushukela aphakanyisiwe ama-cultivars Wonderful noHerskovitz angu-16º uBrix no-Acco 14º Brix (ubuncane be-13º Brix).

Ukuphatha Amapomegranati Ngamuva Kokuvuna

Imikhiqizo Engabonakaliyo eNingizimu Afrika Ibhodi Yokulawula Ukuthumela I-Export (PPECB) ichaza ukuthi amapomegranati ayizithelo ezingekho komzimba. Lokhu kusho ukuthi akuqhubeki ukuvuthwa emva kokuvuna. Ngakho-ke amahalananda kufanele avunwe lapho esevuthiwe ngokuphelele.
Izithelo kufanele zihlanjwe nge-HACCP-ikhwalithi yekhwalithi noma i-agent elwa ne-fungal, ihlanjululwe ngamanzi futhi ihlungwe ngezinqubo zekhwalithi ezifana nokuchohloka, ukutholakala kwezinambuzane, ukubola, umbala, usayizi nesisindo.
Amapomegranati kufanele afakwe kwisitoreji esibandayo ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka emva kokupakisha. Izimo ezinhle zokugcina ziyi-6 - 8ºC yezithelo zokuthekelisa.
Ingagcinwa amasonto ayisithupha endaweni yokugcina ebandayo kanye nezinyanga ezinhlanu ngaphansi kwezimo ezilawulwayo (CA) ngokwe-PPECB. Izimo zokugcina ze-CA ezinamapomegranati zingu-3% O2 ​​no-6% CO2 ku-5ºC.
Ukulimala kwamakhaza (ukulimala okushisa) kubangela ukuthi i-pith kanye nemigodi ye-arili ibe mnyama futhi idale amanombala ensundu esikhumbeni. Izithelo ezinomsoco ophansi ushukela kakhulu umonakalo obandayo. 'Ushukela yi-anti-froze,' kusho uJorrie Mulder, umeluleki wezobuchwepheshe we-Pomegranate Producers Association of South Africa (POMASA).
Amapomegranati azwela kakhulu ekungcoliseni ukulahlekelwa, futhi ukunciphisa ukukhishwa nokuxubha, ukuxubha izithelo nokusebenzisa izikhwama ezikhethekile zepulasitiki kunconywa.

Ujusi Wamahalananda

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When pomegranates are sunburnt, the arils are white, but still sweet. These fruit are used for juicing.
Elibomvu elimhlophe liqukethe ama-polyphenols (ama-antioxidant anamandla) anganciphisa ukuvuvukala emanzini. Unama-antioxidants amaningi kunewayini elibomvu noma isikhathi esiluhlaza kanye nokukhishwa kwejomegranate ijusi inikeza okungaphezu kuka-40% kwezidingo zansuku zonke ze-vitamin C zomuntu.
Ukuze ukhethe ezihlukahlukene ze-juicing, cabanga ngombala onqwenelekayo, okuqukethwe okuphikisana ne-antioxidant kanye nomkhiqizo omuhle wejusi. Ukunquma isivuno sejusi njenge% juice = (isisindo somzimba × 100) ÷ isisindo sonke sesisindo. ENingizimu Afrika, Okumangalisayo yiyona ehlukahlukene kakhulu ye-juicing.

Amapomegranati angakunzima ukubola futhi ijusi lingakwazi ukugqoka izingubo. Lapho ikhaya lihlunga ne-juicing, qala uqale u-calyx uphinde uthathe amaphuzu (usike) ubuso obubonakalayo phakathi kwendawo. Gcwalisa izithelo ebhakedeni eligcwele amanzi, vula izithelo emigqeni yamaphuzu bese ususa ama-arili ngesenzo esithinta phansi ngaphansi kwesithupha sakho. Ama-arili azogoba phansi ngenkathi i-pulp, ikhasi kanye nembewu ewonakele izoqhubekela phambili.
Ukukhiqizwa kwamanzi asekhaya kungenziwa nje ngokucindezela amakhemikhali endwangu ye-cheesecloth (noma indwangu ehlanzekile) noma ngokusebenzisa i-blender kagesi. Ukucindezela ukususa imbewu bese upholile ngokushesha.
Ukukhiqizwa kwejomegranate ijusi lokuhweba kungafaka ukuhlunga, ukuhlanza nokugcoba ijusi ngaphambi kokufaka ibhodlela.

Amafutha wePomegranate

Imbewu emhlophe ehlanzekile nehlanzekile iqukethe amafutha angu-18%. Amafutha wepomegranate imbewu abonakala ngokuba khona kwezinga eliphezulu le-punicic acid elinamakhemikhali aphikisayo futhi aphikisayo alwa nama-radicals mahhala futhi anciphisa ukuguga isikhumba. I-punicic acid nayo i-estrogen yesitshalo yemvelo (i-hormone yesifazane).
Amafutha athile omega-okungenani ama-fatty acid abalulekile (i-anti-oxidant enamandla kakhulu) esiza ukulungisa amangqamuzana abonakalisiwe futhi ubonise imiphumela emihle emiphakathini yabesifazane abaphethwe yi-endometriose.
Amafutha wegromegranate imbewu asetshenziselwa izimonyo futhi angasetshenziswa esikhwameni ukuphatha i-eczema nokucwilisa isikhumba esomile, ukuletha ukuqina esikhumbeni.
Amafutha ayabanda-avela kumaromegranate marc (ukuphumula kwezithelo ezisele ngemuva kwe-juicing) equkethe imbewu kanye ne-pith.

Translated by Nsika Khoza