TROPICOOL FOODS-ALPHONSO MANGO SLICES Exporters India

ALPHONSO MANGO SLICES

Product Description	Individually Quick Frozen Alphonso Mango Slices
Origin	India
General Description	Whole Mango (Alphonso) found acceptable as per our specifications. The Mangoes are cleaned, peeled sliced, inspected and frozen in IQF Freezer at –35°C and packed in LDPE bags.
Treatment	No food additives used
Physical parameters
Defects	Limits (Average per 250gm)-Frozen
Consistency	Solid
Raw fruit	<5%
Values on Chemical Analysis
Dry Substance	19⁰ Brix Min
Acidity (as citric acid monohydrate)	It is a natural product. No acid is added. The observed range is 0.5 – 0.8%
pH	It is a natural product. No acid is added. The observed range is 3.5 to 3.90
Sensory Analysis
Taste / Smell	Typical of ripe Alphonso Mango
Physical Appearance	Light to bright yellow slices without ice sediments
Color	Bright Yellow to Orange Yellow
Storage and Transportation	Stored at -18°C. Transported in Refrigerated Container maintained at -18°C
Foreign Bodies:
Peels	None
Rotten / Mouldy Fruits	None
Other Foreign Bodies	None
Microbiological Values
	m	M
Aerobic plate count	50,000/g	500,000/g
Total Coliforms	500/g	1000/g
E.Coli	10/g	50/g
Yeast	5,000/g	50,000/g
Moulds	1,000/g	10,000/g
Salmonella(25 g)	Absent/25g	Absent/25g

m = the microbiological limit which separates good quality from marginally acceptable quality
M = the microbiological limit which separates marginally acceptable quality from defective quality