| ≥1 piece |
The seed of the cocoa tree which is fermented and dried. Cocoa of merchantable quality must be fermented, thoroughly dry, free from smoky beans, free from abnormal or foreign odours and free from any evidence of adulteration.
Reasonably uniform in size, reasonably free from broken beans, fragments and pieces of shell, and be virtually free from foreign matter such as stone, tramp metal or other matters likely to cause damage to the processing plant.
Our premium quality Cocoa beans is Free from undesirable odours and off-flavours. The general specifications are
MOULD: 5% MAX
INSCET DAMAGED: 0.5% MAX
SLATY: 5% MAX
MECHANICALLY DAMAGED: 0.75% MAX
TOTAL DEFECTIVE RATIO: 4% MAX
MOISTURE: 8% Max