BAFIL

Vacuum Freeze Dry Finished Product Specification

    BAFIL/FRM/SPC/01

Designation: Freeze Dry Chiku Dice and Slices

Quality description: Vacuum Freeze Dry Chiku Dice and Slices, purchased from farm/market yard.  The Chiku are cleaned, sliced vertically and Vacuum Freeze Dry at -35°C..  Product derived from very sound and matured fruit.
GMO: Free.
Origin: India

Sensory evaluation: Light Brown to Deep Brown , typical appearance, odour and taste, firm texture

Analysis

Limits

Method

Product size

Colour

Taste  and flavour
Appearance                

Brix

Acidity                        
(Calculated as %Citric acid)

pH

Moisture

Ash Content

Solubility

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

Length 10mm / 25-30 mm (+/- 3 mm); The Variation is due to manual cutting and the geometry of the fruit,(75% actual size and 25 % irregular ) 

Light Brown to Deep Brown

Characteristics of ripened chiku
Solid, free from foreign matter 

Min 22°

0.3- 0.40

<4.0

3-5%

5-7%

Soluble with Slight Haziness

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

Visual

Refracto meter

Manual

pH meter

Manual

IFU Method

Packaging, Transport, Storage:
Primary Packaging: 25 kg With LDPE bag in Carboys .
Secondary  Packaging:  As Per Customer Requirement (10 kg cartons with blue inner LDPE-bags, or Retail Packaging)
Transport:  Delivery with Close Body Lorry.
Storage: At ambient Temperature and Dry Place.
Shelf life:  24 Month

Availability (Crop Cycle): November to March