IQF Broccoli
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Detailed description
Nivex IQF broccoli florets are cut from fresh heads, blanched and individually quick frozen to keep their green colour, firm texture and fresh flavour. Florets pour freely and cook from frozen. They suit ready meals, food service, vegetable blends and retail frozen packs.
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Product: IQF broccoli florets
Botanical name: Brassica oleracea var. italica
Origin: Egypt
Variety: [confirm]
Harvest season: Winter, approx. November to April [confirm]; frozen stock available all year
Ingredients: 100% broccoli
Process: Harvest, cooling, trimming into florets, washing, blanching, cooling, IQF freezing, sorting, metal detection, packing
Floret size (mm): 20–40, 30–50, 40–60, or to specification
Stem length: To specification
Colour: Medium to dark green; no yellowing
Flavour and odour: Typical broccoli; free from off-flavours and off-odours
Texture: Firm; stems not woody
Peroxidase: Negative (adequately blanched)
Defect tolerances (by weight): Yellow or discoloured florets ≤ 5%; loose buds and small pieces ≤ 5%; woody stems ≤ 3%; off-size ≤ 10%; clusters ≤ 2%; insects: none; foreign matter: none
Microbiology: Total plate count ≤ 100,000 cfu/g; coliforms ≤ 100 cfu/g; E. coli < 10 cfu/g; yeasts and moulds ≤ 1,000 cfu/g; Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes not detected in 25 g
Packaging: 10 kg net carton with PE liner; 4 × 2.5 kg; catering and retail packs and private label on request
Storage and shelf life: ≤ −18 °C; 24 months from production
HS code: 0710 80 (EU CN 0710 80 95)
Certifications
BRCGS Food Safety
HACCP+
EU Compliance / CE food contact
FDA Registration
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