Walnuts - USA Medium PiecesBabaash USA

Description

Walnuts – USA Medium Pieces

Shelled Natural Walnuts, USA grown and graded in accordance with USDA standards with similar varietal characteristics, uniform in size, clean, well dried, free from excessive defects, damage, and foreign material.

Walnuts not only taste great but are a rich source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and an excellent source of those hard to find omega-3 fatty acids.

Like most nuts, they can easily be added to your Healthiest Way of Eating. Just chop and add to your favorite salad, vegetable dish, fruit, or dessert.

Walnut inshell is cracked to recover the natural walnut kernel separated lengthways into four more or less equal pieces, these are termed as Quarters, any smaller kernel than quarters are termed as pieces.

Walnut medium pieces are a perfect companion to your salads, pastas, breakfast, cereals, soups, baked goods and Ice-creams.

Walnuts Kernel QUARTERS

Description

Hand-cracked and broken into quarters and medium pieces.

Composition

100% Walnut kernel.

Origin

USA, California

Varieties

Chandler, Serr, Tulare and others.

QUALITY

Physical

Parameter

Specification

UOM

Test method

Slight / Slight shriveling

2.0 %Max

As per USDA standard and per visual checking of DFA inspection Manual

Dark stain/ Shriveling

2.0 %Max

Inactive Fungus

2.0 %Max

Insect damage

1.0 %Max

Mold/ Rancidity

1.0 %Max

Decay

1.0 %Max

Oily

2.0 %Max

Living insect/Infestation

None

%Max

Total defects

8.0 %Max

Darker color (LA)

15 (included

2% amber)

%Max

Darker than amber (black)

None

%Max

Light color

85 %Min

Foreign Impurities (hull, shell, septum)

5.0 (per 10 kgs)

Unit Max

Foreign matter (hair, glasses,

woods, metal fragments, …)

None

Unit Max

Size

Quarters: Pass through sieve 12.5 mm to 32 mm.

74 %Max

Sieve Shaker

Lower size

26 %Max

Over size

None

%Max

Sensory

Flavor

Good typical walnut taste, free from rancidity and free of foreign smell, …

SOP sensory in-house

Taste

Texture

Typical of product

Appearance

Chemical

Moisture

5.0 % Max

IR/Halogen Moisture Analyzer

FFA (as linoleic acid)

1.0 % (w/w) Max

ISO 660: 2009

Peroxide Values

2.0 Meq/kg fat Max

ISO 3960: 2007

Aflatoxin B1

2.0 ppb Max

AOAC 2005.08

ISO 160502: 2003 or

equivalent

Aflatoxin B1 + B2 + G1 + G2

4.0 ppb Max

Microbiological

TPC

5.0 x 10⁴

cfu/g Max

Petrifilm – AOAC

Coliforms

1.0 x 10¹

cfu/g Max

E. coli

<10

cfu/g Max

Yeast

1.0 x 10³

cfu/g Max

Mold

1.0 x 10³

cfu/g Max

Enterobacteriaceae

1.0 x 10²

cfu/g Max

Salmonella

Absent in 25 g

cfu/g

ISO 6579 – 1: 2017

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (Value per 100g)

Energy

654 kcal/ 2738 kJ

As per USDA standard reference database for nutrients

Total lipid (fat)

65.21 g

Fatty acids, total saturated

6.126 g

Protein

15.23 g

Carbohydrate, by difference

13.71 g

Sugars, total

2.61 g

Fiber, total dietary

6.7 g

Sodium

2 mg

Calcium

98 mg

Potassium

441 mg

Iron

2.91 mg

Vitamin D

0.0 IU

Kosher

Yes

Halal

Yes

Allergen

Only Walnut is processed in the facility

GMO

No

Irradiation

No

Ionization

No

Free from MSG

Yes

Free from artificial coloring

Yes

Free from artificial flavoring

Yes

Suitable for:

Vegan / Vegetarian

Yes

Lacto / lacto-ovo

Yes

PACKING STORAGE, SHELF LIFE, LABELLING

Shelf life

12 Months from the date of packing.

Storage conditions

Cool dry clean place (< 10 Deg C) and R.H 50-60%

Packing unit

Laminated bag in carton box.

Primary packaging

Food grade bags. Vacuumed pack with nitrogen flushed.

Labelling

As per customer’s request.

Net weight

Industry standard 25 lbs. Cartons or as per customer’s request.

Details

Walnuts - USA Medium Pieces
$3.95