Archive
Confectionery
-
Walnut Halves – Light and Extra Light
Ukrainian walnut halves in the light and extra light colour bands. How the colour grading vocabulary works, why the halves percentage and…
-
Hazelnut Kernels – Natural and Blanched
Ukrainian hazelnut kernels, natural and blanched. How calibre bands are contracted, what blanching does and costs, why aflatoxin sampling matters more than…
-
Frozen Elderberry
Frozen elderberry from Ukraine. A fruit almost nobody eats and almost everybody has consumed: how the destemming step defines the grade, why…
-
Sunflower Lecithin
Sunflower lecithin for European formulators. Where it comes from in the oil refining line, what acetone insolubles actually measure and why the…
-
Sunflower Seeds
Confectionery sunflower seeds and kernels from Ukraine. Calibre grading on the 64ths screen, why confectionery and oil-type seed are different crops, moisture…