Description

SPECIFICATION

Tomato Paste is prepared from sound, ripe red tomatoes (Lycopersicon/Lycopersicum esculentum P. Mill) and packed in tin cans.

• Organoleptic        Normal/typical taste and odor. Absence of burnt taste, fermented taste and smell.
• Concentration (Brix) *8% minimum
• Consistency by Bostwick  (at *2 Brix, at **0C) ***1 cm/*0s
• Colour (at *2 Brix) 2 minimum Gardner Color Scale
• pH 4.5 maximum
• Acidity 7% maximum
• Sugar (at dry matter) *2% minimum
• Salt 2% maximum

Microbiology

• Total Coliform                         *0 cfu/g maximum
• Escherichia Coli                      Absent
• Salmonella                               Absent
• Staphylococcus aureus           Absent
• Lysteria monocytogenes         Absent
• Bacillus cereus                         *0 cfu per g maximum
• Howard mould count             *0% maximum

Chemical Contaminants and Toxins

• Mercury (Hg)        0.5ppm maximum
• Cadmium (Cd)       0.*5ppm maximum
• Lead (Pb)                1.0ppm maximum
• Arsenic (As)             1.0ppm maximum
• Tin (Sn)                    **0ppm maximum

Shelf life : *4 Months from the date of production