Feasibility study of technology of industrial hemp seeds complex processing
In various groups of the population of Ukraine due to an unbalanced diet there is a “hidden hunger”, which leads to a slowdown in intellectual development and reduced productivity, falling production capacity as a result of increased morbidity and disability, as well as catastrophic loss of human potential. The article is devoted to the development of technology for complex processing of industrial hemp seeds. It is shown that the scientific substantiation and creation of the specified technology provides production of food hemp products of high quality, and the amount of waste in their production is minimal. A technological scheme of industrial hemp seeds complex processing has been developed, which consists of two main technological lines: hemp seed felling, production of hemp oil and bulk hemp products. These processes can be both sequential and parallel depending on the needs of production. The scheme provides for the production of only hemp kernel, or only oil and cake, or oil and bulk hemp products (flour, “protein” and bran). According to the developed technological scheme of industrial hemp seeds complex processing, the following ready hemp products were obtained: kernel, oil, “protein”, flour and bran. The technical conditions for these products were developed and approved in 2019 by the director of Desnaland Limited Liability Company. Finished products can be used as stand-alone foods and as ingredients in health food technologies. According to the results of the calculations, the cost of 1 kg of hemp kernel is 226.49 UAH, 1 kg of hemp oil is 206.65 UAH, 1 sachet of hemp oil is 4.13 UAH, 1 kg of hemp “protein” is 503.78 UAH, 1 kg of hemp flour is 16.23 UAH, 1 kg of hemp bran is 39.64 UAH; the level of profitability is 42.1 %, the payback period is 2.1 years. The proposed technology of industrial hemp seeds complex processing can be recommended for use in the agro-industrial sector.