Nutmeg
Myristica fragrans
Fam: Myristicaceae
The nutmeg tree is a large evergreen native to the Moluccas (the Spice Islands) and is now cultivated in the West Indies. It produces two spices — mace and nutmeg. Nutmeg is the seed kernel inside the fruit and mace is the lacy covering (aril) on the kernel.
The Arabs were the exclusive importers of the spice to Europe up until 1512, when Vasco de Gama reached the Moloccas and claimed the islands for Portugal. To preserve their new monopoly, the Portuguese (and from 1602, the Dutch) restricted the trees to the islands of Banda and Amboina. The Dutch were especially cautious, since the part of the fruit used as a spice is also the seed, so that anyone with the spice could propagate it. To protect against this, the Dutch bathed the seeds in lime, which would prevent them from growing. This plan was thwarted however, by fruit pigeons who carried the fruit to other islands, before it was harvested, scattering the seeds. The Dutch sent out search and destroy crews to control the spread and when there was an abundant harvest, they even burned nutmeg to keep its supply under control. Despite these precautions, the French, led by Pierre Poivre (Peter Piper) smuggled nutmeg seeds and clove seedlings to start a plantation on the island of Mauritius, off the east coast of Africa, near Madagascar. In 1796 the British took over the Moloccas and spread the cultivation to other East Indian islands and then to the Caribbean. Nutmeg was so successful in Grenada it now calls itself the Nutmeg Island, designing its flag in the green, yellow and red colours of nutmeg and including a graphic image of nutmeg in one corner.
Spice Description
The nutmeg seed is encased in a mottled yellow, edible fruit, the approximate size and shape of a small peach. The fruit splits in half to reveal a net-like, bright red covering over the seed. This is the aril which is collected, dried and sold as mace. Under the aril is a dark shiny nut-like pit, and inside that is the oval shaped seed which is the nutmeg. Nutmegs are usually sold without the mace or hard shell. They are oval, about 25 mm (1 in) in length, lightly wrinkled and dark brown on the outside, lighter brown on the inside. Nutmeg is sold whole or ground, and is labeled as ‘East Indian’ or ‘West Indian’ indicating its source. Whole nutmeg may be coated with lime to protect against insects and fungus, though this practice is giving way to other forms of fumigation.
Bouquet:sweet, aromatic and nutty
Flavour : Nutty , warm and slightly sweet
Hotness Scale: 1
Product Name Sodium Benzoate
Specification Food Grade
Appearance White Powder/Granular/Sphere
Certification FDA, GMP, HACCP, ISO, KOSHER, QS, Halal
Purity: 99.5% min
[Molecular formula] C7H5NaO2
[Molecular weight] 144.11
[Use] widely used in food industry as Antiseptic, anti-animalcule and antifreezing agent used in food, medicine, tobacco, plating, printing and dyeing
[Quality index] in accordance with GB1902-2005 standard for edible grade and BP98 and China national codex 2000 for medicinal grade
Package: 25kg net packed in woven bag, or 600kg net packed in ton bag
Container: 17MTS/20'FCL without pallets, 14MTS/20'FCL with pallets
For extruded, 16MTS/20' container
For powder: 17MTS/20' container
For granule: 20MTS/20' container
Item GB1902-94 version BP98 version China pharmacopoeia 2000 version
Content(base on C7H5NaO2 dry basis),% 99.0 99.0-100.5 99.0
Drying loss,% 1.5 2.0 1.5
Dissolve Meet the stipulation Meet the stipulatio
Transparency and color / Meet the stipulation
Alkalinity acidity; Meet the stipulation Meet the stipulation Meet the stipulation
Cchloride (base on Cl) 500PPm 200PPm/
Chloride(base on Cl),/ 300PPm/
Heavy metal(base on Pb) 10PPm 10PPm 10PPm
As(base on As),2PPm/ 5PPm
Sulfate (base on SO4),1000PPm //
Readily oxidizable substance Passed the test/
o-benzene tricarbonic acid Passed the test/
Commodity : Potassium sorbate
Molecular formula : C6H7KO2
Molecule Weight : 15022
HS code : 29161900
CAS : 24634615Ã?Â
Specifications
appearance : White crystal granule
Production Standard : FCCIV
Content : 9801010
K2CO3 : 1 max
Loss on drying : 1 max
Chloride : 001 max
Heavy metalsas : Pb 0001 max
Packing in carton 25kgs net weight
Quantity 14MT loaded into 1 x 20GP
Excellent preservative properitesproperites Sorbic Acid Potassium Sorbate can restrain effectively the activity of mould yeast and aerophile bateria Restrain growth and reproduction of the pernicious micro organism as pseudomonas staphylococcus salmonella action to restrain growth is more powerful than killing Meanwhile it can not restrain useful microoranganim growth ad Anaerobicbearing barilli acidophil therefore to lengthen food store peroid and remain food original flavor The preservative efficiency of sorbic acid Potassium sorbate is 510 times sodium benzoate
High safety Sorbic Acid Potassium Sorbate is one kind of nonsuturated fatty acid compounds It can be absorbed by human body rapidly then decomposed into CO2 and H2Omoreover no remaining in body ADI 025mgkg based on sorbic acid FAOWHO 1994 LD50 4920 mgkglarge mouse by mouth GRASFDA 1823640 1994 Its toxicity only 112 times table salts and 140 times sodium benzoate
Good stability Sorbic Acid Potassium Sorbate is stable in sealed staus will not be decomposed until 270C It will be oxidized into colored ones and absorbing moisture in case exposed in air for a long time
Wide application At the momentSorbic Acid Potassium Sorbate has been used extensively in food drinkvegetables in soy tabacco drugs cosmetics agricultural products forage and other domain Its applicaion should be wide and wide in the world
As acidic preservative Sorbic Acid Potassium Sorbate is also used well in neutral foodph6065 The preservative efficiency of sodium benzoate will decrease clearly and have a bed taste while ph4
Applicaion flexibilitySorbic Acid Potassium Sorbate can be used by direct adding sprayingretting dry spraying using in packing material and other method
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