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Frozen Product Specification
IQF Pineapple Chunks/Tidbits
Color Product color in a box to be fairly uniform with ranges from light to deep yellow.
Size Units shall be practically uniform in size. Not more than a sight deviation in size.
Chunks Tidbits
Length 1 ￡￠ to 1.75 ￡￠ Length 1 ￡￠ to1.5 ″
Inner Arch 0.5 ￡￠ to 0.75 ″ Inner Arch- 0.25 ￡￠ to 0.5 ￡￠
Outer Arch 1 to 1.25 ￡￠ Outer Arch 0.5 ￡￠ to 0.75 ￡￠
Thickness- 0.5 ￡￠ to 1 ￡￠ Thickness- 0.25 ￡￠ to 0.75 ￡￠
Not more than 10% by weight shall be oversized or undersized.
Defects Blemished units, extend peel spots… no more than 4%by count
Crushed or mushy units… no more than 4%by count
Foreign material None
Extraneous vegetable Material None
Character Practically uniform ripeness and texture. No more than 2.5% by wight core material
or fibrous stock..
Brix and PH Brix min. :10-15 PH: 3.5-4.5
Flavor & Odor
Typical of nature, properly processed pineapple. Free of objectionable flavors or odors of any kinds.
Ingredients Pineapple. No other ingredients, preservatives or processing aids are allowed.
Packaging Corrugated boxes: minimum 250 lb. Burst strength fully taped closure.
Polyethylene inner: food grade, 1.5 mil thickness, fully overtapped, blue-tinted
Staples, wire ties or metal fasteners of any kind are not allowed.
Microbiological Limits
CFU/gram
Standard Plate Count… <30,000
E.Coli… <3(MPN)
Coliform… <100(MPN)
Pathogens… none present