Desiccated Coconut Low Fat
Fat content: 25-35%
Moisture 3-5%
No foreign matterÃ?Â
Ecoli & Salmonella: Negative
Port of loading: Hochiminh port
packing: 25kgs/bags, Full cnt 20ft: 5.5MTS
Shipping time: within 15 days
Payment terms: TT
Fine and Medium Grade
Color: Natural White, free from rancidity, musty
Flavour: Mild and sweet coconut taste with no off-flavor
Impurities: Not more than 5 dark specks per 100 gram
Fat content: 25%-35%
Free Fatty Acid: 0.3 % maximum
Moisture: 3.0 % maximum
Salmonella and Ecoli: Negative
Desiccated coconut, sometimes referred to as Coconut Powder, is a dehydrated form of white coconut meat from freshly selected mature coconut kernels. It is prepared from substantially sound white kernel obtained from the whole nut of coconut (Cocos nucifera). Desiccated coconuts have to be processed in an appropriate manner, undergoing operations such as de-husking (the removal of the husk, leaving the shell intact), hatcheting (the removal of the shell), paring (the removal of the brown skin around the kernel), washing, comminuting, drying (to humidity level below 3%) and sifting. They can be produced without oil extraction or with partial oil extraction by appropriate physical means.
Preservatives are allowed for use in production of desiccated coconuts and the most common in practice is sulphur dioxide. Also citric acid is allowed for use as the antioxidant.
Table 1: Combined Nomenclature code for desiccated coconuts
Number Product
080111 Coconuts, desiccated
Product Specification
Quality
For detailed standard quality requirements please refer to Codex Alimentarius Standard for Desiccated Coconut
The basic quality requirements for desiccated coconuts are:
â?¢ Colour: natural white to light creamy
â?¢ Texture: free-flowing and free from yellow specks
â?¢ Flavour: distinctive coconut flavour without off-flavours due to deterioration or absorption of extraneous substances.
â?¢ Odour: The odour shall be characteristic of the product, shall not be mouldy, cheesy, smoky, fermented or rancid, and shall not possess any undesirable odour.
â?¢ Oil content: According to the oil content, desiccated coconuts are in trade practice commonly divided into 2 categories:
1. High fat Desiccated Coconut (sometimes referred as 'full fat') with equal or more than 60% m/m of oil. It is dehydrated form of white coconut meat from freshly selected mature kernels.
2. Low fat Desiccated Coconut with less than 60% m/m of oil. It is a dehydrated form of white coconut meat after extraction of the Coconut milk. The fat content of this product can vary but is usually in the range of 45% - 55%.
Additional quality requirements
Desiccated coconut is consistently produced and handled under conditions meeting Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene, EU & FDA Good Manufacturing Practices, and complies with all current national and international food legislation and applicable regulations of importing country.
Each pack is identified as to grade, production code/date, and serial number. Other markings are stamped on the bag as required by the buyer
Specification :
Color : Natural white
Taste : Mild and sweet characteristics of coconut
Moisture : <3.5%
Residual SO2 : <50ppm
Total Fat :
High Fat 65% �±5%,
Low Fat 50% ±5%
Grain :
High Fat - Fine, Medium, and mill run
Low Fat - Extra Fine, and Fine
