IQF STRAWBERRY OFFER

The Egyptian  IQF Strawberry  is characterized by its high quality, it is one of the commodities that compete strongly in the global market

1. GENERAL PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Product: Frozen strawberries ‘IQF’

Origin: Egypt

Class: A

Variety: Camarosa / Festival (as customer request )

Size: 15 – 45 mm

Product description: whole.

Process: washed, sorted, IQF, packed

IQF Strawberry’sPacking available : 10 K.G in bags into carton box,

Or (according costumer request).

 

2. PHYSICAL AND SENSORIAL CHARACTERISTICS  of IQF Strawberry

– Appearance: whole, typical, uniform variety

– Color: typical, without oxidation

– Aroma: typical of strawberry

– Taste: typical of strawberry

– Consistency: Firm

Foreign materials:

Animal (insects, worms, larvae): – not permitted

Vegetable: calyx or fragment – up to 3mm max. /1 kg fruit

Stalks or fragment – up to 3mm max./1 kg fruit

Leave and stalk <1cm     max 5%

Other fruits – not permitted

Rot / mould – not permitted

Overripe – < 2%

Under ripe – < 1%

Deformed fruits – < 1%

Distorted – < 1%

Pink fruits – < 7%

Others: wood / earth / straw etc. – not permitted

 

3. CHEMICAL SPECIFICATIONS

– Brix: Min. 7,0

– pH: 3,60 – 3,80

– Acidity (in citric acid): 0.02 : 0.03 %

 

4. MICROBIOLOGICAL SPECIFICATIONS

 

Total plate count: < 50000 cfu / g          Total coliforms: Max 10 / GM           Yeasts < 1.000 cfu/g

Moulds < 1.000 cfu/g                           Salmonella absent                            E. coli absent

Listeria monocyt. absent

 Total Quality tolerance of IQF Strawberry

Unripe fruit	Max 1%
Overripe fruit	Max 2%
Mechanicaly demaged fruit	Max 7%
Mouldy fruit	Max 0,1%
Leave and stalk <1cm	Max 5 %
Fruit with remain of stalks	Max 2 %
Humidity	90 – 92%
Brix	7 – 9 %
P.H	3.6 : 3.8 %
Citric Acid	0.02 : 0.03 %
Coliform	Max 10/GM
Salmonella	Free
E.Coli	Free

 

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