Needling

Needling was initially developed for the UK pea crop but has proved very useful for removing weevil holes and sprouted and cracked grains from imported pulses.

It consists of a large rotating drum which is lined with 22,000 needles, as the drum rotates the goods tumble over and over in the base of the drum and the needles are pushed through the product at the bottom of the drum, any seeds that have cracked or weevil bored skins are caught on the point of a needle and lifted out of the mass of the product, these are then discarded whilst the undamaged seeds remain in the drum.

Some of the more common products that often require needling include:

• Adzuki Beans
• Alubia Beans
• Baby Green Lima Beans
• Baby White Lima Beans
• Beluga Lentils
• Black Kidney Beans
• Black Lentils
• Black Turtle Beans
• Blackeye Beans
• Borlotti Beans
• Brown Beans
• Butter Beans
• Channa Dall
• Chick Peas
• Cranberry Beans
• Dark Red Kidney Beans
• Dark Speckled Green Lentils
• Desi Chickpeas
• Flageolet Beans
• Great Northern Beans
• Green Lentils
• Gunga Peas
• Large Lima Beans
• Maple Peas
• Marrowfat Peas
• Mung Beans
• Mung Dal
• Peabeans
• Pinto Beans
• Rosecocoa Beans
• Toor Dall
• Urid Beans
• Urid Dall
• Whole Brown Lentils
• Yellow Split Peas

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If you would like further details on our needling process, or to discuss your processing requirements then please do get in touch on 01223 834100 or hello@granta.uk.com.