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PRODUCT NAME:
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Double concentrated tomato paste
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CONTAINERS:
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Tin cans, size 1/10, 1/5, ½, 4/4, 2.2 kg and tube
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CONTAINERS FEATURES
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External appearance
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Clean, without defects
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Internal appearance
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Clean, without defects
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Cover/seal/seaming
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Regular / normal
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Coding & Information
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Easy to read and exact
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Label / lithography
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No defects and exact
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Vacuum cm Hg
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Not less than 20; 10 for 1/10 and 2.2 kg
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Tins only, 5% + /-
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PRODUCT FEATURES
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OR -Optical residue (°Brix)
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Minimum 28
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+/- 5%
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DR -Dry residue (after oven)
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28-30
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Sugar ratio as % of D.R.
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Better than 40
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Acidity ratio as % of D.R.
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Lower than 10
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Volatile acidity as % of D.R.
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Lower than 0,4
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Ph at 20°C
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4.2 - 4.45
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Howard mould count
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< 60 % of positive fields (R.O. 7.5 at 25°C)
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Italy spec. only
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Howard mould count
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< 40 % of positive fields (R.O. 8.5 at 25°C)
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UK and others
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Howard mould count
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< 20 % of positive fields (R.O. 8.5 at 25°C)
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USA and CANADA
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Mineral insoluble impurities
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< 0.1 % of D.R.
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Bostwick for cold break
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8-10 cm (12,5°Brix, for 30 seconds at 25°C)
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+/- 10%
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Bostwick for hot break
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4 - 7 cm (12,5°Brix, for 30 seconds at 25°C)
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+/- 10%
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Screen mesh into the finisher
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0.8 mm (pieces of skin, seeds, black points shall the absent)
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NaCl (total salts)
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Max. 1 – 1.1 %
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Smell
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Typical of tomatoes
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GARDNER colour
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a/b > 1.9 (at 6.2 °Brix)
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Taste
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Typical
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Microbiological features
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Stable after incubation at 32°C for 14 days
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Guaranteed product life
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2 years
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