About This Commodity
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
PRODUCT CLASS: GRADE AAA
CERTIFICATION: SGS CERTIFICATION
STYLE: RAW MATERIAL, FERMENTED, DRIED/SORTED
ORIGIN: NIGERIA
CULTIVATION: CONVENTIONAL
COLOR CLASS.: BROWN HS CODE(S): 180100
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS
COLOR VISUAL: BROWN ACIDITY
OLEIC ACID: −
TASTE: CHARACTERISTIC
ASHES: −
ODOR FRUITY, NUTTY. FAT: MIN. 49% (COCOA BUTTER)
FOREIGN MATERIAL: MAX. 1%*
FERMENTATION: 75% – 85%
DEFECTS: MAX. 3%
HUMIDITY LEVEL: MAX. 7%
AVERAGE SIZE: 22
MM IODINE: −
CALIBER: MIN. 135/100 G
MELTING POINT: −
PARTICLE SIZE: −
PEROXIDE: −
MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF PITS/STALKS/SHELL. PH-LEVEL (10%): 5-6.5
SAPONIFICATION: −
SOLUBILITY: −
MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
AEROBIC MESOPHILIC: −
YEAST: MAX. 1000 CFU/G
MOLD: MAX. 3%
- COLI: ABSENT
SALMONELLA: ABSENT
STAPHYLOC. AUREUS: MAX. 10 CFU/G
AFLATOXINS: −
- AERUGINOSA: −
- ENTEROBACT