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Garnish Section Aosa Seaweed

新鮮的石蓴經過精心分類並交付工廠。

石蓴的最佳時間是從冬天結束到早春，那時它很軟並且可以食用。經驗豐富的漁民會觀察海洋狀況，並選擇一天，使漂浮在海中的異物不會與海藻混在一起。海藻是從水中精心收穫的。

收穫後，將石蓴立即在大篩子中旋轉，然後用水沖洗，然後旋轉乾燥。然後將其帶到加工廠，在那裡將其高速紡絲並分成較小的碎片。在這些最初的過程中，諸如葉和藻類的異物被去除。然後，工人小心地鬆開海藻，然後將其在一個大籃子中攤開晾乾。在包裝和運出海藻之前，要反复仔細檢查海藻中是否有異物。

Highlights. The day of harvest is carefully determined, and inspections are repeatedly carried out. The positions of the nets are carefully adjusted just before the seaweed is harvested from the water farm to avoid including leaves and flower petals floating in the sea. The amount of foreign matter which is gathered greatly varies depending on this timing, so we rely on the observation skills of veteran fishermen. Freshly harvested aosa seaweed is washed and separated by machine and by hand. It is carefully checked for contaminants repeatedly. Workers visually sort the seaweed before drying to reduce the amount of entangled foreign matter.

將石蓴乾燥並切成合適的尺寸，以進行食用和質量控制。

供應給工廠的海藻佈置在生產線上。將其粗碎成棕櫚大小的碎片，然後乾燥。如果溫度過高，則僅外表面會變乾，因此必須在40至50°C的溫度下緩慢乾燥。乾燥的石蓴質地清脆。

接下來，將海藻切成一定尺寸。將其切成合適的塊很重要，因為當塊太大時，污染的風險會增加，而如果塊太小，則會失去紋理。

Highlights. The seaweed is slowly dried at a low temperature, and then cut into moderately sized pieces to ensure good food texture. The wet aosa seaweed is slowly dried at a temperature between 40 and 50°C until it contains the right amount of moisture. The process has been improved so that the seaweed pieces are small but are still enjoyed when eaten.

利用我們原始的專業知識，以通過組合各種分類設備從各種角度清除異物。

石蓴是在自然海洋環境中種植的，異物很容易附著。另外，它的形狀很容易容納異物，因此要附著什麼並不總是容易的。

我們使用各種分類設備從各個角度識別異物。我們當前的分揀線設備是經過反複試驗和反復設計而成的。我們將原始的專業知識與這些分揀機和設定機器速度等結合使用。

Highlights. Thorough quality control is applied using various sorting machines. Air Current Sorter. Light foreign matter such as bird feathers and pieces of plastic are blown away. Color Sorter. The sorting machine uses a visible beam to identify reflected colors. Any foreign matter that is not the same color green as the seaweed is removed. Metal Detector. Metal pieces are removed. A magnet is also used to remove magnetic sand, mud, iron sand, etc., which may have been overlooked by the metal detector. X-ray Fiber Detector. Unwanted matter such as broken pieces of clamshell, oysters shell, and sea urchin shell is removed.

技術熟練的工人仔細觀察海藻，以清除每片異物。

幾名熟練的工人檢查石蓴，並確保沒有附著的異物。

無法立即檢查大量的石蓴，並且此步驟需要高度集中。一小時內檢查不到10公斤。海藻的行進速度非常慢，因此檢查人員可以清除非常小的污染物。使用了不同顏色的皮帶輸送機，以提高可見度並防止忽略任何異物。

Highlights. Different colored belt conveyors are used so that no foreign matter is overlooked.Worker concentration is essential for this visual sorting. Even extremely small pieces of foreign matter are removed by hand. The belt conveyor has a white belt and blue belt. By checking the seaweed against different colors, overlooking foreign matter can be avoided.

It is important for us to remember the consumer’s viewpoint. We strive to achieve safety in our products and the trust of our customers.Development Dept. Yukako Kuroiwa

The shape of aosa seaweed easily holds foreign matter, so we pay careful attention during the production process. Manual labor is especially important when processing aosa seaweed. Workers look at small batches of seaweed and carefully remove any foreign matter during this time-consuming production process.

It is important to understand these processing steps and the characteristics of our products. It is also important to understand that we, the producers, also consider the products from the consumer's viewpoint. We know that any problem in the purchased product will instantly leave the consumer with a bad impression of our company. If there are any matters of concern during the initial steps or during various processes, we strive to quickly resolve each one.

As the producers, we will continue to work together as one to delivery safe, trustworthy, and delicious products to our customers.