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Frozen Finished Product Specification

Designation:         Frozen Alphonso Mango Chunks.

Quality description: Deep Frozen Hand Cut Alphonso Mango Chunks, purchased from farm/market yard.  The Mangoes are cleaned, sliced vertically & Chunks Cut and Deep Frozen at -30°C or colder in Blast freezer.  Product derived from very sound and matured fruit.
GMO- Free.
Origin: India
Variety: Alphonso Mango

Sensory evaluation: Light orange  to Dark orange , typical appearance, odour and taste, firm texture

Analysis

Limits

Method

Product size

Colour

Taste  and flavour
Appearance                

Brix

Acidity                                    
(Calculated as %Citric acid)

pH

Extraneous Matter per box
Foreign Matter (FM
E.V.M
Major Blemish
Minor Blemish
Color variants
Over size Pieces
Small Size Pieces

*TPC
*coliforms
*E. Coli
*Yeast & Mould
* Staph. aureus
*Salmonella
*Listeria monocytogenes

20mm and 25mm. The Variation is due to manual cutting and the geometry of the fruit.(75% Actual Size and 25 % irregular). 

Light Orange to Dark orange

Characteristics of ripened Alphonso Mango
Solid, free from foreign matter 

> 15°

 0.5 – 0.90

 <4.2

NIL
NIL
0.5 %
2%
3% ( size is <0.5mm dia )
5%
5%

Max.10.000 CFU/g
< 10 CFU/g
 Absent
 Max .1000 CFU/g
< 10 CFU/g
  Neg. in 25 g
  Neg. in 25 g

 Manual

Refract meter

Manual

pH meter

Manual

IFU Method

Packaging, Transport, Storage:
Packaging:       10 kg cartons with blue inner PE-bags, not perforated
Transport:        Delivery with reefer container with incoming temperatures of min. –18 °C.
Storage:           Dry and deep-frozen at  min. –18°C
Shelf life:           24 Month

Availability (Crop Cycle): May to June