pnut pnut Peanut Science 0095-3679 0095-3679 American Peanut Research and Education Society 10.3146/i0095-3679-1-2-14 Articles Effects of Restoring Peanut Moisture with Aeration Before Shelling Paul D. Blankenship and Jack L. Person 1 Respectively, agricultural engineer and research horticulturist. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Peanut Research Laboratory, Dawson, Georgia

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Moisture was restored to peanuts with aeration at controlled relative humidities before shelling. Restoring peanut moisture from 5 to 8 percent wet basis did not significantly affect milling quality. Elevating peanut moisture to levels that benefited milling quality caused profuse mold contamination of the peanuts. Germination decreased as peanut moisture content (m.c.) increased. Remoisturization caused only small changes in most food quality parameters