Perfect Flakes, Where's the Rest?

tinsel · Jan 18, 2016

I'm curious about what happens to the leftover edges and trimmings from when those perfectly rectangular flakes get cut. Does anyone have any insight into the process?
ODF has a ready-rubbed bulk version, so I would assume that the edge trimmings all go towards that. What about other flakes? What happens to the loose pieces?

tarheel1 · Jan 18, 2016

I would say a lot go into other blends.

derfargin · Jan 18, 2016

ODF comes in a Ready Rubbed format, perhaps they use the trimmings for that.

mikestanley · Jan 18, 2016

I suspect G&H uses them for their Pensioner's Mix, snuff perhaps and many of their ready rubs.
Mike S.

cobguy · Jan 18, 2016

Probably not a whole ton of scraps since the blocks are highly compressed squares.
My guess is that it goes into the pipes of employees on break. : puffy

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kaboom · Jan 19, 2016

Probably not a whole ton of scraps since the blocks are highly compressed squares.

This. The block is compressed in a square mold, that square block is then cut in slices...
Think along the lines of sliced bread. If there are any leftovers, it'll just be the very end of the block where it can't be sliced without crumbling anymore. That probably goes in to the pipes of the employees at break indeed...

bigpond · Jan 19, 2016

I'd imagine the off cuts go back in to the press with the next batch. I once received a tin of BBF containing nothing but loose bits. It was also my first tin and I wondered where the H the F in BBF was. Oddly, it was probably the tastiest tin I've had.

cosmicfolklore · Jan 19, 2016

When you buy flakes in bulk, they usually come in huge blocks in a box, already sliced into flakes, and you can tell how it was made by the way you can still see the whole leaf in the top of the block. I don't think there is any waste in the process. Most companies are pretty efficient with their production, I imagine.

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