VITAGOAT FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM (NON-ELECTRICAL)
The VitaGoat is a food processing system that can be used to create value-added products from cereals, grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables, enabling local groups to increase food security, improve health and create micro-businesses and employment.
Primary foods can be processed into flours, pastes or wet slurries and used “as is” or further cooked with steam, as for soymilk and it’s various derivatives.
Cooked foods can also be used “as is” or pressed in a manual filter press to make juices and energy-dense beverages. The key feature of the VitaGoat is that it can make all of these foods without the need for electricity; grinding is provided through “pedal power” while cooking energy is provided via an innovative and fuel-efficient steam boiler. The full system includes four components: A pedal-operated grinding / blending system, a steam boiler, a pressure-cooking vessel and a filter press.
The use of steam-injected pressure-cooking is up to 10 times more energy-efficient than traditional open stove cooking. Some foods can also be prepared using only the pedaloperated grinder/blender, and do not require the boiler and pressure-cooker.
An extra food-preserving vessel is in development to allow for long shelf-life. The cycle-grinder alone can process peanut butter, soy and other nut butters, and grind cereals and grains into meals and some flours. Dry roasted soy nuts, soymilk and home-made bread made with Okara (VGFPU) by-product.
SOYCOW FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM
The SoyCow is a food processing system for social projects or micro-enterprise development. It is designed to provide daily output of soymilk in the range of 200 to 300 liters for one typical work shift. This provides a critical daily serving of protein and other nutrition for up to 1,000 beneficiaries, or enough bulk milk to support a micro-enterprise with several workers. In addition is the complementary output of ‘okara’, a nutritious fiber by-product of the soymilk process, which can be used to supplement various foods, or as animal feed. There are two main configurations of SoyCow. The difference is in the kind of boiler used. TheSoyCow “E” uses an automatic electric boiler with built-in water feed pump. The SoyCow “M” uses a “multi-fuel” boiler which burns wood, coal, gas, or other biomass such as corncobs, coconut shells etc. In both cases, there are three other main components: an electric ‘wet grinder’, a steam-injected pressure cooker and a filter press. A tofu box is also included.
SOYCOW É FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM
SOYCOW M` FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM
VITAGOAT AND SOYCOW FOOD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT PRODCUT CAPACITY
Foods Produced |
SoyCow M/E Food Processing Unit |
VitaGoat Food Processing Unit |
Soy milk, soy yoghurt, soy smoothies, soy maas |
✔ |
✔ |
Vegetable and fruit juices , purees and sauces |
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✔ |
Course flours (maize, soy, wheat, peanut butter) |
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✔ |
Ground roasted soybeans |
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✔ |
Electricity required |
✔ |
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Capacity |
30-40 litres per hour |
30-35 litres per hour |
COMPLETE SOY MILK PROCESSING FACTORY, CHIMOIO, MOZAMBIQUE
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