Dehydrated Vegetables

Dehydrated Vegetables Specification

• Product Name: Dehydrated Vegetables

• Description: Fully dried vegetables in pieces or flakes

• Appearance: Uniform dried pieces or flakes free from foreign matter

• Color: Natural color depending on vegetable type

• Flavor: Characteristic fresh vegetable flavor

• Odor: Typical vegetable aroma

• Moisture Content: Not more than ten

• Total Ash: Not more than eight

• Acid Insoluble Ash: Not more than one

• Water Activity: Not more than zero point six

• Particle Size: Uniform size as per specification

• Additives: No added preservatives no artificial colors or flavors unless specified

• Preservatives: Typically none unless indicated

• Heavy Metals: Within allowable limits

• Lead: Not more than three parts per million

• Arsenic: Not more than two parts per million

• Cadmium: Not more than one part per million

• Mercury: Not more than one part per million

• Microbial Limits:

  • Total Plate Count not more than one hundred thousand colony forming units per gram

  • Yeast and Mold not more than one thousand colony forming units per gram

  • E coli absent

  • Salmonella absent

• Storage: Store in a cool dry place away from moisture and sunlight

• Shelf Life: Twelve months from date of manufacture when stored properly