Muninmax designs and integrates coconut processing lines for coconut water, coconut milk and coconut cream. The processing arrangement is developed around the raw material, finished product, production capacity and packaging requirements.
01 / Coconut water
Coconut Water Processing Lines
Muninmax designs and integrates coconut water processing lines for mature and young coconuts, covering water collection, screening, cooling, separation, concentration, thermal processing and filling. Each line is configured around the raw material, finished product, production capacity and packaging requirements.
Mature Coconut Water
The line starts with dehusked mature coconuts. The coconuts are inspected, and their shell surfaces are cleaned and washed before entering the drilling unit for coconut water collection.
Coarse screening is provided at the drilling unit and again upstream of the initial holding tank. The collected water is cooled before entering the holding tank, then passes through a three-phase separator to handle the higher fat content of mature coconut water.
Screening and cooling before holding are shown in the mature coconut water flow.
Coconut drilling machine — equipment overview
Coconut drilling — operating detail
Mature Coconut Water — Collection and Preparation
Processing sequence
Dehusked Mature Coconuts ↓
Inspection, Shell Cleaning and Washing ↓
Drilling and Coconut Water Collection ↓
Coarse Screening and Cooling Screening at Driller and before holding ↓
Initial Holding Tank ↓
Three-Phase Separator ↓
Chilled Storage Tank Cooling by circulating chilled water ↓
Selected Downstream Processing Route
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Dehusked Mature Coconuts
Inspection, Shell Cleaning and Washing
Drilling and Coconut Water Collection
Coarse Screening and Cooling Screening at Driller and before holding
Initial Holding Tank
Three-Phase Separator
Chilled Storage Tank Cooling by circulating chilled water
Selected Downstream Processing Route
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Dehusked Mature Coconuts → Inspection, Shell Cleaning and Washing
Inspection, Shell Cleaning and Washing → Drilling and Coconut Water Collection
Drilling and Coconut Water Collection → Coarse Screening and Cooling Screening at Driller and before holding
Coarse Screening and Cooling Screening at Driller and before holding → Initial Holding Tank
Initial Holding Tank → Three-Phase Separator
Three-Phase Separator → Chilled Storage Tank Cooling by circulating chilled water
Chilled Storage Tank Cooling by circulating chilled water → Selected Downstream Processing Route
Young Coconut Water
This route processes whole young coconuts, including Thai aromatic coconuts (Nam Hom). The fruit undergoes chemical washing followed by thorough water rinsing before entering a Coconut Half Cutter.
The coconuts are cut open with the husk intact to collect the water. The collected water is coarsely screened and cooled before entering the initial holding tank. It then passes through a two-phase separator, suited to the lower fat content of young coconut water.
Coconut Half Cutter Cutting with Husk Intact and Water Collection ↓
Coarse Screening ↓
Cooling ↓
Initial Holding Tank ↓
Two-Phase Separator ↓
Chilled Storage Tank Cooling by circulating chilled water ↓
Selected Downstream Processing Route
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Whole Young Coconuts Husk Intact
Chemical Washing
Thorough Water Rinsing
Coconut Half Cutter Cutting with Husk Intact and Water Collection
Coarse Screening
Cooling
Initial Holding Tank
Two-Phase Separator
Chilled Storage Tank Cooling by circulating chilled water
Selected Downstream Processing Route
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Whole Young Coconuts Husk Intact → Chemical Washing
Chemical Washing → Thorough Water Rinsing
Thorough Water Rinsing → Coconut Half Cutter Cutting with Husk Intact and Water Collection
Coconut Half Cutter Cutting with Husk Intact and Water Collection → Coarse Screening
Coarse Screening → Cooling
Cooling → Initial Holding Tank
Initial Holding Tank → Two-Phase Separator
Two-Phase Separator → Chilled Storage Tank Cooling by circulating chilled water
Chilled Storage Tank Cooling by circulating chilled water → Selected Downstream Processing Route
Chilled Storage and Downstream Processing
After separation, both mature and young coconut water are held in storage tanks cooled by chilled water circulating around the tanks. From chilled storage, the water is supplied to the selected downstream processing route.
The two principal routes are concentrated coconut water and pasteurized coconut water.
Stainless-steel vessels connected by pipework.
02 / From chilled storage
Coconut water processing routes
Concentrated Coconut Water
A Falling Film Evaporator removes water to increase the coconut water’s soluble-solids concentration. The concentrate is collected in a holding tank before UHT processing and aseptic filling into bulk bags for further industrial processing.
The reference concentration configurations are:
Reference coconut water concentration configurations
Coconut water source
Reference feed concentration
Reference concentrate target
Mature coconuts
4 °Brix
60 °Brix
Young coconuts
7–9 °Brix
60 °Brix
These values describe the reference configurations. Each project is designed around the feed characteristics, required throughput and specified concentrate target.
UHT equipment with a vertical vessel and horizontal pipe banks.
Pasteurized Coconut Water
Coconut water passes through a pasteurizer, followed by cooling and filling into bulk or retail packaging. The finished products are kept refrigerated during storage and transport.
This route serves both industrial customers receiving bulk coconut water and producers supplying retail products.
Filling equipment with roller conveyor and control cabinet.
Shared Downstream Routes — Mature and Young Coconut Water
From chilled storage
Prepared Coconut Water from Chilled Storage ↓
Selected Product Route
Concentrated Coconut Water
Selected Product Route → Falling Film Evaporator (Concentrated Coconut Water)
Falling Film Evaporator ↓
Concentrate Holding Tank ↓
UHT Processing ↓
Aseptic Bulk Bag Filling For Further Industrial Processing
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Prepared Coconut Water from Chilled Storage
Selected Product Route
Falling Film Evaporator
Concentrate Holding Tank
UHT Processing
Aseptic Bulk Bag Filling For Further Industrial Processing
Pasteurizer
Cooling
Bulk or Retail Filling
Refrigerated Storage and Transport
Concentrated Coconut WaterPasteurized Coconut Water
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Prepared Coconut Water from Chilled Storage → Selected Product Route
Selected Product Route → Falling Film Evaporator (Concentrated Coconut Water)
Falling Film Evaporator → Concentrate Holding Tank
Concentrate Holding Tank → UHT Processing
UHT Processing → Aseptic Bulk Bag Filling For Further Industrial Processing
Bulk or Retail Filling → Refrigerated Storage and Transport
Additional Canned Coconut Water Configuration
Canned coconut water is available as an additional project configuration.
Liquid nitrogen dosing takes place after filling and before seaming. The sealed cans then undergo heating and cooling within a retort.
A row of horizontal retort vessels with connected pipework.
Additional Canning Configuration — Filling and Retort Sequence
Processing sequence
Coconut Water Filling ↓
Liquid Nitrogen Dosing ↓
Seaming ↓
Retort Heating and Cooling
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Coconut Water Filling
Liquid Nitrogen Dosing
Seaming
Retort Heating and Cooling
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Coconut Water Filling → Liquid Nitrogen Dosing
Liquid Nitrogen Dosing → Seaming
Seaming → Retort Heating and Cooling
03 / Coconut milk and cream
Coconut Milk and Cream Processing Lines
Muninmax designs and integrates coconut milk and cream processing lines, from mature coconut preparation and extraction to product mixing, homogenization, thermal processing and filling.
The processing arrangement is developed around the incoming coconut meat, target fat content, product formulation, production capacity and packaging requirements.
Raw Material Preparation
An integrated line starts with mature coconuts after drilling and coconut water collection. The shells are removed, followed by paring of the brown skin to obtain white coconut meat. The meat is inspected before washing and further processing.
Prepared white coconut meat supplied from outside the plant provides an alternative entry point into the preparation line.
Coconut drilling — operating detail
Washing and Heating
White coconut meat passes through an Air Bubble Washer, followed by a clean-water washing and rinsing stage.
Heating before grinding is provided through the selected equipment arrangement:
Thermal Screw: direct steam heating.
Rotary Rod with Hot Water: heating through hot-water contact.
Coconut meat on the washing conveyor
Grinding
The reference grinding arrangement uses a Hammer Mill followed by Comitrol. This stage reduces the coconut meat to smaller, more uniform particles before extraction.
Equipment selection and the grinding arrangement are matched to the raw material and extraction requirements of each project.
Stainless-steel hammer mill assembly with a feed opening.
Reference Coconut Meat Preparation
Integrated mature coconut entry
Mature Coconuts After Drilling and Water Collection ↓
Deshelling ↓
Brown-Skin Paring
Alternative prepared white meat entry
Externally Supplied Prepared White Coconut Meat
Shared preparation and heating selection
Brown-Skin Paring → White Coconut Meat Inspection
Externally Supplied Prepared White Coconut Meat → White Coconut Meat Inspection
White Coconut Meat Inspection ↓
Air Bubble Washer ↓
Clean-Water Washing and Rinsing ↓
Selected Heating Arrangement
Heating option: Thermal Screw
Selected Heating Arrangement → Thermal Screw Direct Steam Heating
Thermal Screw Direct Steam Heating
Heating option: Rotary Rod
Selected Heating Arrangement → Rotary Rod Hot Water Heating
Rotary Rod Hot Water Heating
Reference grinding arrangement
Thermal Screw Direct Steam Heating → Hammer Mill
Rotary Rod Hot Water Heating → Hammer Mill
Hammer Mill ↓
Comitrol ↓
Prepared Ground Coconut Meat To Extraction
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Mature Coconuts After Drilling and Water Collection
Deshelling
Brown-Skin Paring
White Coconut Meat Inspection
Externally Supplied Prepared White Coconut Meat
Air Bubble Washer
Clean-Water Washing and Rinsing
Selected Heating Arrangement
Thermal Screw Direct Steam Heating
Rotary Rod Hot Water Heating
Hammer Mill
Comitrol
Prepared Ground Coconut Meat To Extraction
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Mature Coconuts After Drilling and Water Collection → Deshelling
Deshelling → Brown-Skin Paring
Brown-Skin Paring → White Coconut Meat Inspection
Externally Supplied Prepared White Coconut Meat → White Coconut Meat Inspection
White Coconut Meat Inspection → Air Bubble Washer
Air Bubble Washer → Clean-Water Washing and Rinsing
Clean-Water Washing and Rinsing → Selected Heating Arrangement
Selected Heating Arrangement → Thermal Screw Direct Steam Heating
Selected Heating Arrangement → Rotary Rod Hot Water Heating
Thermal Screw Direct Steam Heating → Hammer Mill
Rotary Rod Hot Water Heating → Hammer Mill
Hammer Mill → Comitrol
Comitrol → Prepared Ground Coconut Meat To Extraction
Multi-Stage Extraction and Fat Control
The reference extraction arrangement consists of a Low Pressure Extractor followed by two SHHP extraction stages.
Coconut residue passes from one extraction stage to the next for further pressing. Milk recovered from each stage is collected into a common collection system.
The target fat content is controlled primarily during extraction. Collection and subsequent mixing support product uniformity and preparation of the specified coconut milk or cream formulation.
Extraction equipment
Preheating and Mixing
The collected product is preheated before mixing. Mixing incorporates the ingredients required by the specified formulation and prepares the product for the selected downstream route.
Heating and temperature control are integrated at several points in the line, including before mixing, to maintain the required processing conditions.
Stainless-steel mixing vessels with top-mounted motors.
Reference Multi-Stage Extraction and Fat Control
Extraction and residue stream
Prepared Ground Coconut Meat ↓
Low Pressure Extractor ↓ Residue
SHHP — Second Extraction Stage ↓ Residue
SHHP — Third Extraction Stage ↓ Final Residue
Coconut Residue Outlet
Recovered milk and product preparation
Low Pressure Extractor → Common Milk Collection (Recovered Milk)
SHHP — Second Extraction Stage → Common Milk Collection (Recovered Milk)
SHHP — Third Extraction Stage → Common Milk Collection (Recovered Milk)
Common Milk Collection ↓
Preheating before Mixing ↓
Mixing and Product Preparation ↓
Selected Downstream Processing Route
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Low Pressure Extractor → Common Milk Collection (Recovered Milk)
SHHP — Second Extraction Stage → Common Milk Collection (Recovered Milk)
SHHP — Third Extraction Stage → Common Milk Collection (Recovered Milk)
Common Milk Collection → Preheating before Mixing
Preheating before Mixing → Mixing and Product Preparation
Mixing and Product Preparation → Selected Downstream Processing Route
04 / Product and packaging routes
Coconut milk and cream processing routes
UHT Coconut Milk and Cream
The UHT route incorporates an aseptic homogenizer after the main sterilization stage and before aseptic filling. Homogenization takes place within the closed aseptic processing section.
The processed coconut milk or cream is aseptically filled into bulk bags.
UHT and Aseptic Bulk Filling
Processing sequence
Mixed Coconut Milk or Cream ↓
UHT Processing with Aseptic Homogenization Homogenizer after Main Sterilization within the Closed Aseptic Section ↓
Aseptic Bulk Bag Filling
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Mixed Coconut Milk or Cream
UHT Processing with Aseptic Homogenization Homogenizer after Main Sterilization within the Closed Aseptic Section
Aseptic Bulk Bag Filling
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Mixed Coconut Milk or Cream → UHT Processing with Aseptic Homogenization Homogenizer after Main Sterilization within the Closed Aseptic Section
UHT Processing with Aseptic Homogenization Homogenizer after Main Sterilization within the Closed Aseptic Section → Aseptic Bulk Bag Filling
Canned Coconut Milk and Cream
The canning route uses homogenization before rotary filling and seaming. Empty cans are depalletized, washed and loaded into the filling line.
In the reference configuration, sealed cans pass through conveying and inkjet coding before automatic loading into retort baskets. The baskets are transferred by rail to a Dual System Retort, which carries out both heating and cooling within the retort.
After processing, the cans are automatically unloaded, tilted and dried on the outside before transfer to automatic palletizing.
Palletizing equipment — representative example; not a photograph of the coconut processing line.
Reference Canning Configuration
Product preparation and canning
Mixed Coconut Milk or Cream ↓
Homogenization ↓
Depalletizing, Can Washing and Loading → Rotary Filler
Rotary Filler ↓
Seamer ↓
Conveying and Inkjet Coding ↓
Automatic Basket Loading and Basket Rail Transfer ↓
Dual System Retort Heating and Cooling within Retort ↓
Automatic Unloading ↓
Can Tilting and Exterior Drying ↓
Conveying and Automatic Palletizing
Empty can preparation — feeds the Rotary Filler
Empty Cans ↓
Depalletizing, Can Washing and Loading
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Mixed Coconut Milk or Cream
Homogenization
Rotary Filler
Empty Cans
Depalletizing, Can Washing and Loading
Seamer
Conveying and Inkjet Coding
Automatic Basket Loading and Basket Rail Transfer
Dual System Retort Heating and Cooling within Retort
Automatic Unloading
Can Tilting and Exterior Drying
Conveying and Automatic Palletizing
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Mixed Coconut Milk or Cream → Homogenization
Homogenization → Rotary Filler
Empty Cans → Depalletizing, Can Washing and Loading
Depalletizing, Can Washing and Loading → Rotary Filler
Rotary Filler → Seamer
Seamer → Conveying and Inkjet Coding
Conveying and Inkjet Coding → Automatic Basket Loading and Basket Rail Transfer
Automatic Basket Loading and Basket Rail Transfer → Dual System Retort Heating and Cooling within Retort
Dual System Retort Heating and Cooling within Retort → Automatic Unloading
Automatic Unloading → Can Tilting and Exterior Drying
Can Tilting and Exterior Drying → Conveying and Automatic Palletizing
Additional Pasteurized Bulk Configuration
Pasteurized coconut milk and cream are available as an additional configuration for refrigerated bulk products.
After mixing and homogenization, the product passes through a pasteurizer and cooling stage. It then enters a buffer or storage tank before non-aseptic bulk bag filling and transfer to chilled storage.
Additional Pasteurized Bulk Configuration
Processing sequence
Mixed Coconut Milk or Cream ↓
Homogenization ↓
Pasteurizer ↓
Cooling ↓
Buffer or Storage Tank ↓
Non-Aseptic Bulk Bag Filling ↓
Chilled Storage
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Mixed Coconut Milk or Cream
Homogenization
Pasteurizer
Cooling
Buffer or Storage Tank
Non-Aseptic Bulk Bag Filling
Chilled Storage
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Mixed Coconut Milk or Cream → Homogenization
Homogenization → Pasteurizer
Pasteurizer → Cooling
Cooling → Buffer or Storage Tank
Buffer or Storage Tank → Non-Aseptic Bulk Bag Filling
Non-Aseptic Bulk Bag Filling → Chilled Storage
05 / Application example
Aseptic bag filling example
This provides an application context rather than a specification for every coconut water project.
Product example
Coconut water at 5–7 Brix
Package example
Aluminium foil bag
Heat-treatment example
Muninmax Type A UHT arrangement
Filling arrangement
Aseptic Bulk Filler
After heating and cooling, a closed system maintains aseptic conditions during transfer from the UHT system to filling. The connection may be direct or through an aseptic tank, depending on the line configuration.
Storage and Transport Before Opening
When the suitability of the product, process and packaging has been validated, the unopened product can be stored and transported without refrigeration under the specified storage conditions. This can reduce refrigeration-related storage and transport costs.
06 / Equipment in context
Heat treatment and filling equipment
Representative equipment for selected processing and filling arrangements. Equipment selection is confirmed for each project.
Your coconuts and desired product, packaging, storage conditions, existing equipment and site constraints.
Requires engineering confirmation
Production capacity, treatment temperature and time, utilities, CIP requirements, shelf life and project performance criteria must be confirmed for the proposed product and line.
Tell us about your coconuts, the product you want to produce, the intended packaging and any existing equipment. You can contact Muninmax before the equipment models, technical specifications or required capacity have been determined.
Coconuts, coconut meat and desired finished product
Packaging and intended storage conditions
Existing equipment and site information, where available
