How It's Made: Almonds

Learn how almonds are shelled and processed for packaging.

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[kimmey]

What I got from this video:
- Almonds just magically appears in a factory.
-Always wash your almonds, always!

[Roblecop]

I'm from Northern California where a lot of this work is done! I worked for a company that manufactured equipment that is part of the almond harvesting process. Its so cool to see stuff I designed as I drive through the area. Great video!

[Cal-cfvo]

I used to drive a truck with double trailers in the almond orchard, during the September harvest, in California. Same as they show at the beginning of the video, in the processing plant. 24/7 operation, very dusty. Almonds are also expensive because newly planted trees take seven years to grow before the first crop. The most interesting part of the harvest is when they dislodge the nuts from the tree - a low tractor with two long arms grabs the trunk and shakes it violently, knocking the husks free. Farmers tell the same joke - the "L" in almond is silent because they shook the "ell" out of them.

[SinnerD]

Trees!... that's a wrap folks, pack it up.

[tiyopaenguin]

Done with this. Time to watch How It's Actually Made

[kurta]

“This robot has been programmed to randomly eat almonds”

[walpoly]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a tree somewhere in this process? I mean this is how they're processed, not how they're made.

[iCNBY]

Some of this sorting technology is just... *nuts*

[wolfie]

This reminded me of my jar of almonds and I swear they tasted extra delicious when I ate them while watching!

[pankajjaiswal]

I watched full video but I'm still curious how they remove the shell of Almond

[ssmithika]

I don't know how this video will be useful for me, but here I am watching it 4am in the morning.

[TheTrueHardcorefrk]

I want to know how they milk almonds for almond milk.

[MichaelChengSanJose]

I’ve seen some of the equipment at Central Valley processors but it’s great to see the whole process. Really labor intensive even with robots and computers. I don’t know why they made that lady toss the reject almonds up when it’s far easier to give her a drop chute just inches away from the conveyor belt.

[PplsChampion]

we now have machines to assemble our own almonds from raw elements, what a future.

[boryontotheleader]

I was laughing through this whole episode.
"Some buyers would pay a premium for the best nuts"

[shahriarchowdhury]

if only i had put half of the care they put into sorting almonds, into my life

[rasheedaemojin]

Literally grew up breaking open these shells to eat the almonds 😊

[barrel]

“These are some of the contaminants: *pulls out a whole glass bottle*

[ryandouglas]

Imagine how much cheaper almonds would be if people just ate imperfect looking almonds, instead of having a 23 step process of robots for sorting almonds...

[ravenlord]

As my mother would say: "Don't waste food -- it's expensive!. Do you think it grows on trees?"