Quinoa Processing Plant & Machinery Solutions

Field-run quinoa is screened to remove stalk, chaff, soil and stones before any saponin work begins. Ferrous contamination is taken out at the same point.

Seed is graded to size and separated by density so light, immature seed and weed seed leave the stream. Even-sized seed scours more consistently in the next stage.

The saponin-bearing outer layer is abraded off dry, and a water wash follows where a fully de-bittered grade is wanted. This is the stage that distinguishes a quinoa line from an ordinary grain cleaning plant.

Washed seed is dried back to a storable condition and cooled before it goes to sorting. Moisture is checked on the line so the seed is neither over-dried nor left damp.

Dried seed is colour sorted to take out dark, stained and foreign seed, with rejects diverted automatically. Metal detection runs ahead of packing.

Sorted quinoa is weighed and filled into resealable retail packs or bulk bags, coded and cartoned.