"Katsuo Bushi" Production Procedure
De-frozen Heding process is done by
head cutter
Headed bonito Knives
Fillet into three parts "Kame Bushi" from fillet Cut into two pieces Four pcs. of fillet from
one bonito for "katsuo bushi"
Place the fillet into boiling tray Put into boiling pool Boiling process Control panel
Cooling down Soaked in water and
remove unnecessary skin, scall
Keep most of skin on Drying process
Keep the stable temperature Inside the dryer Oak, Cherry for smoking Making up by paste
Preparing paste by mixing cooked
meat with raw meat
Smoking process Preparing for smoking Inside of the smoker
Control panel After being smoked Making up by grinder Knives fot making up
Making up and shaping Shaping Shaping Now called "Ara bushi"
Fermentation Eurotium herbariorum "Katsuo Bushi" Yield is Approx. one sixth
Satsuma bushi or Ara bushi Katsuo bushi Traditional way of
Katsuo Bushi process
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