1) Name of commodity: pickled garlic clove, package: bulk package (plastic drum/barrel) or house-style package
2) Physical characteristics
- Calibration: super small 501-800pcs/kg; small: 481-500pcs/kg; medium: 281-480pcs/kg; medium/large: 250-300pcs/kg; large: 200-280pcs/kg
3) Microbiological values
- Total plate count (mesophile): max. 10 x 10 x 10 x 10cfu/g
- Enterobacteriaceae: <100cfu/g
- Yeast: <100cfu/g
- Mould: <100cfu/g
- Sulphite reducing clostride: <100cfu/g
- Lactobacillus: <100cfu/g
- Staph. aureus: not detectable
- Salmonella in 25g: not detectable
4) Chemical characteristics
- Composition of brine: max. 20% salt at the time of shipment 0.3-0.7% citric acid, produced from drinking water
- pH value: 3.5-4.0
- SO
2>: <10ppm
We can also process pickled garlic cloves with following physical and chemical features:
Appearance: chili must be submerged in solution
Color: red
Odor: chili + sour
Flavor: sour + little hot
Drain weight: 80-90%
pH: 3.4-3.7 (by ph meter)
TSS: 20-25 (by refractor meter)
Nacl: 11-15% (by titration)
Total acidity: 1.3-1.8% (by titration)
Pesticide: not detectable
Our pickled garlic series products are well marketed to EU, America, Korea, and Southeast Asian countries and have gained good reputation for the high quality. We can also adjust chemical features/indexes according to customers' different requirements.
