Description

> PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS - Cocoa Powder
> Color:
>                         Natural
>                         Brown
>                         Reddish Brown
>                         Dark Red
>                         Dark Brown
> Product Code:
>                         JB*****1
>                         JB*****1
>                         JB*****1
>                         JB*****1
>                         JB*****1
> Physical and Chemical Characteristics: pH
>                         5.**5.9
>                         6.**7.2
>                         7.**7.5
>                         7.**8.2
>                         7.**7.6
> Flavor
> Pleasant cocoa
> Pleasant cocoa
>         Full rounded cocoa
>
>                                                              Strong cocoa
>                                                              Strong cocoa
> Fat Content (%)
> *0 –*2
> Fineness, (%< *5µm)
> *9.*5min. (wet method, through **0 mesh sieve)
> Moisture (%)
> 5.0 max.
> Shell Content (%)
> 1.*5max (Shell in Nib after Winnowing)
> Microbiological Characteristics: Total Plate Count / g
> 3,**0 max.
> Yeast & Mold / g
> *0 max.
> Enterobacteriaceae / g
> Negative
> Coliforms / g
> Negative
> E. coli / g
> Negative
> Salmonellae / **0g
> Negative
> Lipase Activity
> Negative
>
> Optimum Storage Conditions :
> Temperature : *5 – *0C (****8F), RH : < *0% in clean, dry well
> ventilated storage and free from strong odors.
> Shelf Life :
> *4 months from date of manufacture, keeping in original packaging and
> under optimum storage conditions.
> Our products have not been sterilized by fumigation or irradiation.