Emmerich, Germany-based Probat designs, plans and builds complete production lines for the cocoa processing industry. The company’s core competencies — which encompass everything from the cleaning of the raw material and pretreatment to winnowing and alkalizing — are particularly focused on the roasting of cocoa beans and cocoa nibs. Production capacities of complete lines range up to 8,000 kg/h.
Probat’s thermal pretreatment, type FSC, reliably reduces the adhesion forces between shell and kernels and removes moisture from the bean. Its heat recirculation provides significant energy savings while the beans are optimally prepared for the next process steps.