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World Class taste Cashew Nuts in Wolowaru

Cashew harvest season on the island of Flores as a party that had just finished. The soil surface covered with thousands of cashew nuts fell on them no time to accommodate the farmers who harvest overwhelmed. Flores not only mahsyur as cocoa, hazelnut, coconut, cinnamon, mango, or coconut, cashew nut because even thrives on infertile soil ditingalkan rain for 10 months.

In various villages along the way seems clear Cross-Flores is a part of tree crops and protector who grew up in the yard. Look on the ground not far from the tree, cashew fruit-studded as if no longer able to be utilized because it is so abundant.

Unique morphology of the island of Flores has made the rain just stopped for 2 months in a year. Perhaps precisely because the character of the soil so that the nuts are seeds from the fruit sticking jambunya feels more dry and crunchy. There is a savory taste like crackers who want to keep mashed in the mouth.

All that can be obtained be tasteful food after going through the process of cashew nut processing in Wolowaru, about 65 kilometers from the city of Ende. The village is probably no more popular than Moni separated by only a distance of about 30 kilometers to the hill climb. But in this village, cashews found a sojourn before being exported to various cities in Indonesia, even abroad.

The quality of cashew nuts from Wolowaru really do not have to be questioned again. This type of grouping tepilih peanuts are beans organic and non-organic. Processed cashew nuts that fall from the tree only. Seen that the selection process was aided by the raw materials of nature.

Certification bodies which come from Europe each year will know for sure where that falls from the tree and which are picked. Harvesting is definitely violating the selection process. All this is a rigorous process for the European market demands quality.

European societies such as Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and France, as well as the United States, Japan, Singapore, and Australia, admitted that Flores cashew nuts is the best product, much better than Africa and India.

Prices of raw materials both organic cashews certainly higher than non-organic. One kilo of processed organic cashews that have been packaged seasoned and ready then the price is much higher in the market. As an illustration, per kilo packet of cashew nuts ready to eat could reach Rp 140,000.

A resident of East Java named Cahyo saw this opportunity and he pioneered the cashew nut processing business in Wolowaru. With cashew nuts accommodate from suppliers all over the island of Flores, particularly from cashew plantations in Ile Padung, Larantuka, Cahyo utilize land that is not too broad as the household industry. Cashew nuts are still bandaged harsh skin drying on cement floor pan where the motor park and store flower pots. From the edge of the road, this place is almost invisible because the fortified grocery shop and a restaurant named Warung East Java.

A windowless room in the back of the stalls packed bag of cashew nuts that are dry and ready to broken skin. Crammed with bags, table facing walls packed with nearly a dozen workers who work on each task. Among them there is a swinging lever-breaking skin cashews and other nuts that have been assigned to clean skinned.

The division process beans, sorting, and cleaning through several stages. From start to finish cleaning, as if making a very valuable small items. Plastic gloves and wear muzzles so that employees would not adakontaminasi in packaging. Fun, visitors can see all of these processes including the following taste test.

This process is long because it has been determined by inspection and certification body of Swiss specifically examine the cashew nut processing called the IMO (International Marketecotologi). Every year, this agency come and check out all the processes including basic materials and facilities.

In addition Wolowaru IMO certified, plantation in Ilepadung, Larantuka was certified since 2005. When the involvement of specialized agencies already exist in the treatment process so no need to doubt that Flores cashew nuts, especially in Wolowaru is processing food that is definitely high quality.

In fact, cashew nuts do contain some nutrients that are very useful components for the body. Cashew nut consumption helps increase endurance because there is a 33 percent rate the nutritional adequacy (RDA) of zinc element. In addition, cashews can reduce feelings of depression because there are amino acid tryptophan which can be overcome by grief, and increase the sensation of spirit. Cashew nuts also may protect aging skin and reduces risk of cavities.

Economically, this cashew nut processing businesses have absorbed a lot of manpower and a source of household income even regions. Inevitably, a local community development organizations participated assist this effort to improve the economy Flores society at large.

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