IQF cantaloupe melon balls are processed from freshly picked cantaloupe melons by peeling, removing seeds, cutting, sterilizing, freezing, packing and metal detecting. The products shall be sweet and with typical flavor & taste of cantaloupe melon.

Sensory analysis

Color : light orange yellow to orange yellow

Texture: firm but tender

Taste: typical, sweet

Flavor: typical for the product

Specification/size

Brix: 7-11

Microbiological and chemical characteristics

Total count :             <100000 / g

Coliform:                <1000/g

E. Coli :                 <10/g

Tolerances /500g

Pale color:        10%

16mm

Smaller Diameter<16mm 10%

Larger Diameter > 23mm     10%

Sphere Round < 3/4 redonda 25%

Sphere Round < 1/2 redonda 5%

Green Rind < 8mm 5%

Green Rind> 8mm       2%

Dark Spots        none

Membrane Attached      4%

Membrane Detached      2%

Seeds         1 per 5kg

Foreign Vegetable Material     1pcs

Foreign Material       none

Others

Shelf live:          24 month by –18 degrees celsius

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

Watermelons are native to Africa and southwest Asia, but they are also beginning to emerge in Europe towards the end of the Rome empire. However, the recent discovery of melon dates 1350 and 1120 BC in Nuragic San Wells showed that the melon was first brought to the Sardinia in Europe during the Bronze Age of Nuragic civilization. Watermelon is the oldest plant in the old and new world domesticated. Early European settlers in the new world record of planting melon and Muskmelon in early seventeenth Century, some indigenous tribes, including the New Mexico coma, cochiti, isleta, Navajo, Santo Domingo and Santa Fe Felipe, maintain the traditional characteristics of Muskmelon Varieties to grow their own, from the original by Spain melon. Like native seeds / search organizations strive to collect and preserve these and other heritage seeds