For your quality desk
The specification, published.
If you buy for a kitchen or a factory, this is the page you actually need. Cut sizes, moisture, microbiological limits, packaging, allergens and the legislation it all answers to.
(01)Cuts
Six cuts, measured not described.
The cut decides how it rehydrates and where it disappears to in a dish. A flake sits in a stew. A powder vanishes into a sauce.
Flakes
10 × 10 × 3 mm fresh cut
Sliced
8 mm fresh cut
Minced
3 mm to 6 mm
Granules
1 mm to 3 mm
Fines
0.8 mm to 1 mm
Powder
Smaller than 0.8 mm
(02)The specification
What every batch answers to.
Product
- Moisture
- Not more than 8%
- Shelf life
- 12 months
- Grading
- Not more than 2% defects
- Organoleptic
- Rehydrated and cooked, typical colour, good flavour and odour, tender texture
- Intended use
- For food preparation — soups, sauces and meals. Not to be eaten as is
Microbiological
- Total plate count
- 1 000 000 cfu/g maximum
- Mould and yeast
- 10 000 cfu/g maximum
- Coliforms
- Absent
- E. coli
- Absent
Packaging
- Bag
- Polypropylene, 90 micron minimum, food grade
- Marking
- Product name, batch number, date of manufacture, shelf life and net weight
- Transport
- Clean, rodent-free and odour-free carriers
Allergens
- May contain
- Sodium metabisulphite (E223), maximum 200 ppm, and soya (E426)
Storage
- Conditions
- Clean, dry, ambient temperature
Assurance
- GMO
- Not sourced from GMO commodities without consent
- Legislation
- Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act 54 of 1972, as amended
Where it is made
We pack products from a factory holding a Global Food Safety Initiative rating of 98% on HACCP principles, audited by CPG, and certified Kosher and Halal. Product is sourced from certified facilities with documented good manufacturing practices in place.
Put a hundred grams in water and see for yourself.
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