Free flowing potato flakes are produced from good quality potatoes after washing, peeling, inspection, slicing, precooking, cooling, cooking, drying and flaking to provide the size specifications of the customer.
The size of the potatoes been used is between 40 and 90mm.
Dry matter content>20%
Foreign material: Free of Foreign Material.
Storage Temperature: 4-6 + Degrees Celsius :
Flakes: Flakes are produced according to the specification of the client. Mostly the specifications of standard Flakes are more or less the same over the word.
Color: Normal Potato color.
Taste: Normal potato taste
Texture: Not slimy not sticky
Reconstitution:
When 100GR. of whole flakes are reconstituted by hand stirring in 570ml water at a temperature of 75 degree C, the product shall be non- glutinous, fluffy mass, resembling mashed potatoes and possessing the characteristic flavor of potatoes.
Odor:
Characteristic of potatoes, free from typical odor.
Flavor:
Characteristic of potatoes, free from taint
Defect:
Black point 10per 100 Gram Max.
Wet point none
Hard Point 15 per 100 Gram Max
Additives/Chemical characteristics:
Monoglyceride emulsifier : 0.5 max
Sodium pyrophosphate (% appr.) : 200 ppm
Citric Acid Monoglyceride (ppm appr.) : 125 ppm
Sulfur Dioxide (ppm appr.) : 100 ppm
Antioxidant (ppm appr.) : 25 ppm
Moisture content:
Max 6-9% |