DEFINITION:
IQF organic strawberry whole is made of whole, fresh, healthy, ripened berries without any impurities. Whole fruits with 3% of broken fruits and max.7% deformed berries.
VARIETY:
Honey, American 13.
GENERAL QUALITY:
Product does not contain any ingredients or additives from genetically modified organisms (GMO). Do not contain additives like coloring agents, sugar or any other additives.
COLOR:
red to deep red.
SMELL/TASTE: typical for strawberries.
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
pH: 3
Brix: 6.5% and up
Acid (as citric acid): 3+/- 4 %
MICROBIOLOGICALCHARACTERISITIC:
TPC < 10,000cfu/g
Yeast/Moulds < 500cfu/g
Coliform < 230MPN/100g
NORM OF PURITIES:
Vegetative impurities: max 1 / kg
Berry > 3/2 of whole fruit is considered whole strawberry
Broken and Crumble: max 3%
Insects or other small animals: Absent
Small pieces of wood: Absent
Small pieces of metal: Absent
Small pieces of glass: Absent
Small pieces of plastics: Absent
Hair: Absent
Other foreign impurities: Absent
STORAGE AND DELIVERY TEMPERATURE:
Cleanly stored and transported at or under temperature of minus 18 DC.
PACKAGING:
General packing is 1x10kg/ctn inner with polybags.
BEST BEFORE:
2 years from production at -18DC.
COMMENT:
product can be used without any preparation. After defrosting do not freeze again.
CERTIFICATION: ISO22000, BRC, ECOCERT.