Export from good quality Red lentils 100% Purity

Size

Min. 4 – 6 mm

Organoleptic

Normal shape and colour, the product shall have a clean and bright appearance, a natural smell and colour. It will be free of mould, infestation and abnormal flavour and/or taste, odour and smell

Moisture

14% max.

Visually rotten

Nil

Decayed kernels

4% max.

White lentils in red lentils

2% max.

Presence of Datura seeds and other toxic grains (Crotolaria spp., Agrostemma githago L., Ricinus communis L.) or traces of tropane alkaloids

Nil

Weed, fungal/mould growth or yeast (visual inspection)

Nil

Total Foreign matter (including other seeds, stones and dust)

1% max.

Weevilled / holed / insect damaged grain

1% max.

Vetches

0.1% max.

Live insects

Nil

Dead insects, including parts, stages and waste

2 max. per kg

Microbiology

• Salmonella

• Aflatoxin total

• Aflatoxin B1

• Ochratoxin total

• Absent in 25g sample

• 4 ppb max.

• 2 ppb max (tested ONLY if total Aflatoxin > 4 ppb)

• 5 ppb max.

Heavy metals

• Lead

• Cadmium

• 0.2 ppm max.

• 0.1 ppm max.

Presence of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

Nil

Radioactive residues/elements

Nil

Cooking time

30 minutes without prior pre-soaking

Production

Crop year to be indicated

Brand

To be indicated

Origin

To be indicated

Peeled, split and broken

• 3.5% max.

Discoloured grains

• 0.1% max.

Total damaged grain

• 3.5% max.

Inorganic material

• 0.2% max.

Broken in split lentils (smaller than 75% average size)

• 0.5% maximum

Other variety

• 2% max.

Unhusked grain

• 1% max.

Discoloured grains

• 1% max.

Total damaged grain

• 2% maximum

Chalky grains

• 1% max.