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GENERAL INFORMATION
Product Name |
Organic Desiccated Coconut |
Product Description |
Noix de coco desséchée 100%biologique, préparée en séchant la viande blanche granulée ou râpée de noix de coco mûre, préparée et conditionnée de manière à être propre à la consommation humaine |
Specific Raw Material Used |
100% white coconut kernels, No additives. |
Processing |
Coconut de-husking, hatcheting, paring, washing, comminuting, drying, sifting and packing. |
Grades |
(a) Super-fine desiccated coconut
(b) Fine desiccated coconut
(c) Medium desiccated coconut
(d) Coarse desiccated coconut
(d) Other sized desiccated coconut - covers all other presentations including “fancy cuts” or special cuts (i.e. tender or thin flakes, long and thin chips, extra fancy shreds, long shreds, standard shreds, etc.). |
GENERAL QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
Colour, taste and flavour |
The colour shall be natural white to light creamy white. Characteristic taste without off-flavours. |
Odour |
Odour shall be characteristic of the product, shall not be mouldy, cheesy, smoky, fermented or rancid, and shall not possess any undesirable odour. |
Extraneous matter |
Free from extraneous matter |
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. |
PARTICLE SIZE- Size grading of desiccated coconut
Grade |
Requirement (percent by mass) |
Normal aperture size if test sieve (mm) |
Super Fine |
100 % passes through |
1.00 |
Fine |
100 % passes through Not more than 15% remains on |
1.70 1.40 |
Medium |
100 % passes through Not more than 15% remains on Not more than 15% passes through Not more than 2.5% passes through |
2.80 2.00 1.40 1.00 |
Coarse |
100 % passes through Not more than 15% remains on Not more than 15% passes through Not more than 2.5% passes through |
4.75 3.35 2.00 1.40 |
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Test Parameter |
Specification |
Moisture a) Standard Granular Grades b) For Special Cuts |
< 3 % < 3.5 % |
Oil Content, per cent by mass |
>68 % |
Total Acidity of the extracted oil, as lauric acid, per cent by mass |
< 0.3 % |
Total ash, per cent by mass |
MICROBIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
Test Parameter |
Specification |
Total Plate Count |
< 1x104 CFU/g |
Yeast and Mould |
< 1x102 CFU/g |
Salmonella |
NIL |
Coliform |
< 10 CFU/g |
Escherichia coli |
NIL |