We Believe...

• Separating raw product and manufacturing facilities increases product safety

• Every order is a custom order

• Operational specifics can change for each order

• Precise heating and cooling improves product consistency

• Reduced handling limits contamination and assures better overall quality

• Controlled system speeds reduce damage and improve product consistency

• Machines sort for speed - hand sorting creates accuracy

The Campos Brothers almond manufacturing plant was conceived and built because of fundamental beliefs about the need for product consistency, the importance of sophisticated product development support, and the significance of vendor service with agricultural ingredients. Once our quality natural almonds are screened and graded to California standards, we select them as the raw ingredients for custom manufacturing based on their appropriateness for each value-added customer specification or industry-standard requirement.

Blanching

Our blanching line optimally removes skins and maintains inherent product color by controlling the quality of incoming raw product and precisely managing temperature and moisture through each step of the blanching/drying/cooling process.

Cutting and Dicing

Our cutting and dicing lines have been designed to maximize the impact of manual sorting for defects and foreign materials in order to deliver on the most rigorous specifications. We condition the almonds for pliability during the cutting or dicing process based on the requirements of individual product specifications. We precisely control temperature and moisture to increase overall uniform color, and we apply either ambient or sophisticated refrigerated cooling to maintain year-round manufacturing consistency. We always "slow dice" in oversized equipment, use oversized sifters to improve quality, and immediately package for shipment.

Other Processes

One of the world's largest and most sophisticated almond roasters let customers design creative specifications and lets us produce their ingredients closer to the time of their actual use. Our Proctor roaster helps our manufacturing staff fill orders smoothly and deliver a more consistent finished product by letting us roast and slowly cool every almond prior to final quality checks for specification and color. Typically, we roast longer at lower temperatures than the industry standard, to retain natural quality, and use slower cooling lines to increase consistency.

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