Dehydrated Products

Parameters

Physical Paramaters

Appearance

Green berries with uniform shape

Odour and Taste

Typical Pungent

Bulk Density

Heavy density app. 300-380 g/l

Essential Oil

Not less than 3%

Piperine

Not less than 7%

Chemical Parameters

Moisture

<5%

Ash

Approx. 3%

Acid insoluble ash

Max 1%

Micro -biological Parameters

TPC

<100000 cfu/g

Coliform

<1000 cfu/g

E-coli

<3mpn/g

Staphylococci

<10 cfu/g

Clostridium

<10 cfu/g

Yeast

                       <10 cfu/g

Mould

<10 cfu/g

Salmonella 

Absent /25 gm

Aflatoxin by HPLC

Aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, G2

Negative

Ochratoxin

Negative