Roasting Process

Mainly roasting  consists in eliminating the maximum humidity from the products without harming the alkaloids that are responsible for the taste.
Castania has two roasting techniques that vary according to the products:

1. Traditional oriental roasting : it consists in roasting the nuts in soft refined salt medium . every product has its roasting machine to give the product the exact temperature needed.
   After being roasted , the nuts are passed into special sieves where the products are separated from salt and then cooled.
2. Dry roasting : in this process the raw nuts are carried into the

    roasting machine by a special conveyor belt where the nuts are exposed to a current of convectional dry hot air. After being roasted the nuts are transported to a cooling belt.
    Roasting under both techniques still consists  in eliminating the maximum humidity and giving nuts more crispness. The roasting division has a capacity of 2000 M.T yearly.