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PRODUCT:Full Fat Desiccated Coconut Fine Macaroon Grade A
TYPE OF PRODUCT:Unsweetened Desiccated Coconut
DESCRIPTION:Desiccated Coconut is the deshelled, pared, washed, milled, blanched, dried, sifted and hygienically packed meat of the fresh and nature fruit of coconut (Scientific name: Cocos nucifera,L)
GENERAL Desiccated Coconut is consistently produced and handled under condition meeting Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene, EU & FDA Good manufacturing Practices and comply with all current national and international food legislation and applicable regulatory codes
COMPOSITION Coconut White Meat and Sodium Metabisulfite when required by buyer
CHARACTERISTICS
PHYSICAL:
Appearance & Color: White free from yellow speck and other discoloration
Flavor Mild, Fresh, characteristic of coconut with no off flavor
Size: Fine/Macaroon Granules of coconut
Impurities Not more than 10 dark specs per 100 grams
Granulation:When 100 gram sample is shake for 5 min on a rotap machine equipped with US Standard sieves #10, 14, 16, 20,30 and Pan, results shall fall within the following limits:
Screen # % Retained
Min Max
10 0 0
14 0 10
16 13 26
20 33 55
30 21 33
Pan 0 16
CHEMICAL
Moisture: 2.5 % Max
Total Fat: Not less than 65 % (D.W.B.)
Free Fatty Acid:0.15% max (as Oleic Acid)
PH:6.1 – 6.7
Residual SO2:50 ppm max when required by buyers
MICROBIOLOGICAL
Standard Plate Count:5,000 col./gm max
Yeast:50 col./gm max
Mould:50 col./gm max
Staphylococeus 100 col./gm max when required by buyer
Coliform:10 col./gm max
Enterobacteriaceae:100 col./max
E.Coli: Neg/10 gm
Salmonella:Negative
Alflatoxin:Negative
PACKING
-Standard packing: 100lbs,net weight in multiwall kraft paper bag with inner polyliner
-Each delivery identified by marking the grade of DC, lot number, production code, shelf life, SO2 used
-Handling and supplier
SHELF LIFE: 9 month from the date of production (12 months, if used Sodium Metabisulfit)
HALAL STATUS: Product is HALAL CERTIFIED