Coconut and Coconut Products

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
  • Test for rancidity
  • Suspended or other foreign matter
  • Separated water
  • Added colouring substances
  • Added flavouring substances
  • Mineral oil
  • Butyro-refractometer at 40°C
  • Refractive Index at 40°C
  • Saponification value
  • Iodine value
  • Polenske Value
  • Unsaponifiable matter
  • Acid value
  • Test for Argemone Oil
  • Moisture
  • Insoluble impurities
  • Peroxide Value
  • Test for Argemone Oil
  • Total Solids % (w/w)
  • Solids Not-Fat
  • Fat % (w/w) (Minimum)
  • pH
  • Total Ash
  • Acidity of Extracted Fat expressed as Lauric Acid
  • Oil content
  • Sulphur Dioxide
  • FFA (of extracted fat as lauric acid)
  • Bulk Density g/ml
  • Ash insoluble in dilute
  • Hcl
  • Total Protein
  • Crude Fibre
  • Fat Content
  • Hexane (Food grade)

NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS AND LABELLING
  • Energy
  • Protein
  • Carbohydrates
  • Total Sugar
  • Added Sugar
  • Fat
  • Dietary Fiber
  • Cholesterol
FATTY ACID PROFILE & TRANS FATTY ACIDS
  • Saturated Fatty Acid
  • Trans Fatty Acid
  • Mono Saturated Fatty
  • Acids (MUFA)
  • Poly Saturated Fatty
  • Acids (PUFA)
MYCOTOXINS
  • Total Aflatoxin
  • Aflatoxin B1
  • Aflatoxin B2
  • Aflatoxin G1
  • Aflatoxin G2
MINERALS
  • Zinc>

PHYSICAL AND GENERAL PARAMETERS
  • Living and Dead Insect
  • Visible to the Naked Eye
  • Foreign Matter /
  • Extraneous Matter
  • Mould
  • Insect Damaged Units/
  • Insect fragment
  • Fungal Infection,
  • Rodent Hair and
  • Excreta, Stones, Dirt
  • Clay/ rodent
  • Contamination
  • Taste
  • Flavour and odour
  • Free from Mustiness and Rancidity
  • Extraneous Vegetable Matter
  • Filled (product)
  • Capacity of the
  • Container for Rigid
  • Containers/Fill of the Container
  • Added colouring or flavouring matter
  • Rodent Hair & Excreta
  • Insect or Fungus infestation
  • Added colouring matter
  • Added Flavouring matter
MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
  • Faecal coliform
  • Listeria monocytogenes & Listeria sp.
  • Shigella sp.
  • Vibrio cholera & V.parahemolyticus
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • E.coli
  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • Lactic Acid Bacteria (mesophilic)
  • Mould Count
  • S. aureus
  • Staphylococci
  • Salmonella sp.
  • Sulphite reducing clostridia
  • Total Coliform Count
  • Total Plate Count
  • Total Viable Count
  • Yeast & Spores
  • Yeast and Mould count
  • Enterobacteriacea

METALS RESIDUES
  • Arsenic
  • Copper Oxy-Chloride as copper
  • Lead
  • Methyl mercury as element
  • Tin
  • Cadmium
  • Chromium
  • Copper
  • Mercury
  • Nickel
  • Zinc
NOTS
  • Agaric Acid
  • Hypercine
  • Safrole
  • Hydrocyanic acid
  • OTHER CONTAMINANTS
  • Melamine
ADDITIVES TESTING
  • POLYSORBATES
  • Acesulfame potassium
  • Allura red AC
  • Aspartame- acesulfame salt
  • Aspartame
  • BENZOATES
  • Brilliant blue FCF
  • CAROTENOIDS (beta- carotene)
  • Curcumin
  • Fast green FCF
  • Indigotine (Indigo carmine)
  • Neotame
  • SORBATES
  • Ponceau 4R
  • RIBOFLAVINS
  • SACCHARINS
  • Sucralose (Trichlorogalactosucrose)
  • Sunset yellow FCF
  • Caramel III – ammonia caramel(as caramel)
  • Caramel IV – sulfite ammonia caramel(as caramel) beta-Carotenes, vegetable (as Beta-Carotene)
  • Phosphate as Phosphorus
  • Sulfites (as SO2)

PESTICIDE RESIDUES
  • Abamectin
  • Acetamiprid
  • Aldicarb
  • Azinphos-Methyl
  • Azoxystrobin
  • Fludioxonil
  • Bentazone
  • Bifenazate
  • Bifenthrin
  • Boscalid
  • Buprofezin
  • Chlorfenvinphos
  • Isomers
  • Chlorobenzilate
  • Captan
  • Chlorantraniliprole
  • Chlordane
  • Chlorothalonil
  • Chlorpyrifos
  • Clethodim
  • Clofentazine
  • Clothianidin
  • Cypermethrin Isomers
  • Cyprodinil
  • Deltamethrin
  • Diazinon
  • Difenoconazole
  • Diflubenzuron
  • Dimethenamid
  • Disulfoton
  • Dithianon
  • Alpha-Endosulphan
  • Ethion
  • Endosulphan Sulphate
  • Beta-Endosulphan
  • Etoxazole
  • Fenamiphos
  • Fenarimol
  • Fenbuconazole
  • Fenbutatin Oxide
  • Fenhexamid
  • Fenpyroximate
  • Flubendiamide
  • Fluopyram
  • Flutriafol
  • Fluxapyroxad
  • Hexythiazox
  • Imazapic
  • Imidacloprid
  • Indoxacarb
  • Iprodione
  • Lambda-cyhalothrin
  • Metalaxyl
  • Methidathion
  • Methiocarb
  • Methoxyfenozide
  • Oxamyl
  • Penthiopyrad
  • Permethrin
  • Phosalone
  • Phosmet
  • Piperonyl Butoxide
  • Propargite
  • Propiconazole
  • Prothioconazole
  • Malathion
  • Bitertanol
  • Myclobutanil
  • Pyrimethanil
  • Quintozene
  • Saflufenacil
  • Spirodiclofen
  • Spinetoram
  • Pyraclostrobin
  • Tebuconazole
  • Tebufenozide
  • Thiacloprid
  • Thiamethoxam
  • Trifloxystrobin
  • Benomyl
  • Carbendazim
  • Carbaryl
  • Ethephon
  • Alachlor
  • Inorganic bromide as bromide
  • Chlormequat Chloride
  • Carbofuran
  • Quizalofop-ethyl
  • Dichlorvos
  • Dithiocarbamates as CS2 (ferbam, Metiram ziram, mancozeb, maneb, zineb, nabam,Propineb)
  • Emamectin Benzoate
  • Trichlorfon
  • Phenthoate
  • Phorate
  • Metiram as CS2
  • EpoxIconazole
  • Fenoxy-prop-p-ethyl
  • Fenvalerate
  • Fluazifop-p-butyl
  • Fluchloralin
  • Flusilazole
  • Hexaconazole
  • Imazethapyr
  • Methomyl
  • Oxyfluorfen
  • Pendimethalin
  • Quinolphos
  • Fomesafen
  • Imazamox
  • Monocrotophos