Cut Okra / Lady Finger

Sometimes called “lady’s finger,” okra is a flowering plant with edible seed pods. It grows best in warm climates for which india is a great place to grow best quality Okra. Though technically a fruit, okra often gets used like a vegetable in cooking and

Specifications

Product Description	Individually Quick Frozen Indian Cut Okra
Origin	India
General Description	IQF Indian Cut Okra is produced from Okra fruit which are sorted, washed, cut, blanched and frozen to give a free flowing product and stored at -18° C

Physical parameters

Product Size	15-20 mm width and diameter of 15mm.
Defects	Limits (Average per 1000gm)-Frozen
Foreign Matter	Nil
FEVM	Nil
EVM	Nil
Clumps	<5%
Over Size	5%. Width of the cut okra less than 12mm is unacceptable
Under size	5%. Width of the cut okra > 25mm or more than 17mm in diameter is unacceptable.
Blemished Slices	10 pcs
Inserct Injury	2 pcs
Damaged Slices	5 pcs
Fibre/Tough	4 pcs
Total Defectives	20 pcs

Sensory Analysis

Color	Uniform Bright to dark green.
Appearance	Typical of Okra, free flowing product free from defects.
Flavor	Natural, Characteristic flavor.
Texture	Tender.

Microbiological Values

	m	M
Aerobic plate count	500,000/g	1,500,000/g
Total Coliforms	1000/g	10,000/g
E.Coli	10/g	100/g
Yeast and Moulds	1000/g	5000/g
Staphylococcus Aureaus	10/g	100/g
Salmonella(25g)	Absent/25g	Absent/25g

m = the microbiological limit which separates good quality from marginally acceptable quality
M = the microbiological limit which separates marginally acceptable quality from defective quality