
GENERAL INFORMATION
Product Name |
Organic Cloves, Whole |
Product Description |
The organically grown dried unopened whole flower bud of Syzygium aromaticum. |
Specific Raw Material Used |
100% Organic Cloves, Whole, No additives. |
Processing |
Harvesting flower buds, Drying, Sorting , Cleaning, Grading, Packing |
GENERAL QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
Colour, taste and flavour |
Reddish brown to blackish brown in colour. Strong aromatic spicy Characteristic flavour and free from off flavours including mustiness. |
Freedom from oil-extracted cloves |
Free from oil extracted cloves |
Extraneous matter |
< 0.5 % |
Headless Cloves |
< 2% |
Cloves stems and clove fruits |
< 2% |
Moulds, insects etc. |
Free from living insects, mites or other parasites and moulds, and practically free from dead insects, insect fragments and rodent contamination visible to the naked eye. |
Shape and size |
Globular and 3mm to 6mm in diameter |
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Test Parameter |
Specification |
Moisture |
< 12 % |
Total Ash |
< 7 % |
Essential oils, ml/100 g |
> 12 % |
MICROBIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
Test Parameter |
Specification |
Total Plate Count |
< 1x104 CFU/g |
Yeast and Mould |
< 1x103 CFU/g |
Coliforms |
|
Salmonella, per 25 g |
NIL |
Escherichia coli |
NIL |
PACKING INFORMATION
Shelf Life |
24 Months |
Shipping and Storage |
Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight |
Packaging |
Packaged in clean food grade packaging material (Pouches, Standup pouches, Poly bags, Boxes, Glass bottles) to protect the product from contamination. |
PRODUCT IS FREE FROM FOLLOWING ALLERGENIC SUBSTANCE
Milk & Derivatives, Soya & Derivatives, Wheat & Derivatives, Sulphur Dioxide, Natural Colors, Benzoates, Artificial Colors, Additives, Natural flavors, GMO, Artificial flavors, Irradiated, Egg & Derivatives, RBD, Nut and Derivatives, Nut oil, Animal/Fish Products, Peanut oil, BHA/BHT, Sesame-oil