Processed from freshly picked without stalks and calyces, ripe and firm, fully coloured strawberry, washed, freezing,fully complying with good GMP, metal detected.

Sensory analysis 

Appearance / Color:     uniform red 

Smell:                 typical

Taste:                 typical

Consistency:           firm but tender

Specification/size

Dia: 22-35mm

Variety  M13

Microbiological and chemical characteristics

Total count 30℃:         ≤10x105/ g     

Total Coliform:           ≤1000 / g      

E. Coli:                ≤10 / g       

Yeasts and moulds   5000 / g

Staphylococcus Aureus  100 / g

Listeria monocytogenes  Absent / 25g

Salmonella ( 25 g)   Absent / 25 g

Tolerances /500g

Welding (number)       4

FM          0

EFVM         0

EVM (number)       1

Under-ripe (number)      10

Major Blemish (number)      2

Minor Blemish (number)      8

Damaged (number)      8

Attached calyx/stalk (number)    4

Oversize/undersize      15%

Others

Shelf live:          24 month by –18 degrees celsius

Freezing:           I.Q.F. –40 degrees Celsius