GENERAL INFORMATIONS

Product Name: Organic Black Pepper, Whole

Product Description: Whole black pepper is the whole dry berry of Piper nigrum L., usually picked before full ripening.

Specific raw material used: 100% organic black pepper, whole, without additives.

Processing: Harvesting ripe berries, threshing, blanching, drying, cleaning, grading, packaging

GENERAL QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

Color, taste and flavor: brown, gray or black. Characteristic pungent odor and flavor. Free from foreign odors and flavors.

Foreign matter: <1%

Pinheads: <1%

Mold, insects, etc.: free from live insects, mites or other pests and molds, and practically free from dead insects, insect fragments and rodent contamination visible to the naked eye.

Shape and size: globular and 3 mm to 6 mm in diameter

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

Humidity: <12%

Total ash: <7%

Volatile oils, ml / 100 g: > 3%

MICROBIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
Total number of plates: <1x104 CFU/g
Yeast and mold: <1x103 CFU/g
Coliforms:
Salmonella, per 25 g: NIL
Escherichia coli: NIL

PACKAGING INFORMATION

Shelf life: 24 months

Shipping and Storage: Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight

Packaging: Packed in clean food grade packaging material (pouches, stand-up pouches, poly bags, boxes, glass bottles) to protect the product from contamination.

THE PRODUCT IS FREE OF THE FOLLOWING ALLERGENIC SUBSTANCE

Milk and derivatives, soy and derivatives, wheat and derivatives, sulfur dioxide, natural colors, benzoates, artificial colors, additives, natural flavors, GMOs, artificial flavors, irradiated, eggs and derivatives, RBD, nuts and derivatives, nut oil, animals / Fishery products, peanut oil, BHA / BHT, sesame oil