IQF Potato Dices are the product prepared from sound, fresh, free from insect or fungal infection, clean potaoes of suitable maturity, which are pealed, washed in salted water, sufficiently blanched to inactivate enzymes and to ensure adequate stability of color, flavour during normal marketing cycles.IQF Potato Dices should conform to the characteristics of the species Solanum tuberosum L.
The IQF Potato Dices should posses good color, flavor, body, and to be manufactured under highly sanitary conditions. The product should be packed in food grade packing material and stored below -18° C.
Specification
Tolerance of Defects:
Sr no.
Parameters
Acceptable Limits
Physical Characteristics
For Bulk & 5Kg Packing
For Consumer Packing
1.
Color
White to off white
2.
Odor
No off odor
3.
Taste
Characteristic (Tasteless)
4.
Texture
Tender
5.
Size
10x15x20 mm
6.
Shape
Dice
7.
Blemish
Below 3.0%
8.
Over Size
Below 5.0%
9.
Under Size
Below 10%
10.
Green Part
Below 2.0%
11.
Fragments
Below 3.0%
12.
Infected
Nil
13.
Foreign Material
Nil
Chemical Characteristics
1.
Peroxidase
– ve
Microbiological Standards
1.
Total Plate Count
Less than 100000 cfu/g
2.
Coliform
Less than 1000 cfu/g
3.
Yeast & Mould
Less than 1000 cfu/g
4.
E Coli
Absent in cfu/g
5.
Salmonella
Absent in 25g
6.
Staphylococcus Aureus
Absent in 25g
7.
Listeria Monocytogens
Absent in 25g
Packaging: Bulk packing in HDPE 30 kg Bags with food grade inner liner. Consumer packing as per customer
requirement
Shelf Life: 18 months from date of manufacturing
Storage Condition: -18 oC or below
Delivery: In refrigerated vans to maintain product temperature below -18 oC