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Our Manufacturing Unit, Kollam.

Our own food-processing unit in Kollam, Kerala, where 2,000+ people process cashews, almonds and other nuts, and coconut, from raw harvest to export carton.

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2,000+people across processing and logistics
NutsCashews, almonds and other premium nuts
CoconutCoconut and coconut products from Kerala and Pollachi
KollamIndia’s cashew capital, an hour from Cochin port
Chapter 1

The site in Kollam

Our food-processing unit sits among the coconut groves of Kollam, Kerala, the home of India’s cashew trade. It is where nuts are steamed, shelled, peeled, graded and packed for export.

The compound and loading yard.
The compound and loading yard
Cartons ready on the grading floor.
Cartons ready on the grading floor
Our truck, loaded for the port.
Our truck, loaded for the port
Chapter 2

Steaming and shelling

Raw nuts are conditioned with steam so the shell cracks cleanly, then shelled by trained hands.

Steam conditioning of raw nuts.
Steam conditioning of raw nuts
Raw cashew nuts, ready for conditioning.
Raw cashew nuts, ready for conditioning
Shelling by hand.
Shelling by hand
Chapter 3

Grading by machine and by hand

Kernels are graded mechanically, then checked by our teams so every carton matches its grade.

Graded kernels feeding into crates.
Graded kernels feeding into crates
The grading and weighing floor.
The grading and weighing floor
Hand grading, kernel by kernel.
Hand grading, kernel by kernel
Kernels poured onto the grading table.
Kernels poured onto the grading table
Chapter 4

From shell to kernel

The moment the kernel comes out of its shell, before peeling.

Conditioned nuts, ready to shell.
Conditioned nuts, ready to shell
Shelled kernels in a brass tin.
Shelled kernels in a brass tin
Chapter 5

Peeling, sizing and sorting

Peeling machines, size graders and optical colour sorters bring consistency to every lot, with people checking the final sort.

Peeling machines at work.
Peeling machines at work
The final sort on the grading table.
The final sort on the grading table
A mechanical grader feeding crates.
A mechanical grader feeding crates
Size-grading chutes.
Size-grading chutes
The colour-sorting line.
The colour-sorting line
An optical colour sorter.
An optical colour sorter
Chapter 6

Packed and ready

Vacuum-packed, cartoned and marked for its destination, then out of the gate to the port.

Savera export cartons.
Savera export cartons
The unit from above.
The unit from above

See what leaves our gate.

Grades, packing and order sizes for cashews, nuts, spices, tea, coffee and coconut.

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