Glossary
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Size Grading
Size grading is the separation of fruit, vegetables or nuts into defined size classes by diameter or weight, ensuring uniformity…
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Sliced Fruit
Sliced fruit is fruit cut into uniform pieces of a defined thickness, then frozen IQF or dried, and is used…
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Slow Freezing
Slow freezing is a condition in which product temperature drops gradually rather than rapidly, causing large ice crystals to form…
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SMETA
SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit) is an audit methodology covering labour standards, health and safety, environment and business ethics,…
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Soil Health
Soil health describes the biological, chemical and physical condition of soil and its capacity to sustain productive crops, making it…
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Soil Preparation
Soil preparation is the set of mechanical and agronomic operations, including ploughing, cultivating and levelling, that ready a field for…
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Solvent Extraction
Solvent extraction is an industrial oilseed processing method in which prepared flakes are washed with a solvent, typically hexane, to…
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Soup Mixes
Soup mixes are vegetable blends formulated for soup production, combining roots, brassicas, alliums and legumes in application-specific recipes to help…
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Soxhlet Extraction
Soxhlet extraction is a classical laboratory method for determining fat content in food samples by repeatedly cycling a solvent through…
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Spice Adulteration
Spice adulteration is the fraudulent addition of foreign matter, exhausted plant material, fillers or unauthorised dyes to a spice in…
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Spice Blending
Spice blending is the controlled mixing of individual herbs and spices into defined recipes for retail or industrial use, where…
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Spice Grinding
Spice grinding is the mechanical milling of whole or dried spices into powder using hammer, pin or plate mills, where…
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Spice Irradiation
Spice irradiation is a decontamination method that applies ionising radiation to dried herbs and spices to reduce microbial loads, permitted…
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Spice Moisture
Spice moisture is the water content of dried herbs and spices, a standard analytical parameter that governs microbial stability, caking…
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Spice Sterilization
Spice sterilization is the application of a validated decontamination process to dried herbs and spices to reduce naturally high microbial…
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Spray Drift
Spray drift is the unintended movement of pesticide droplets or vapour away from the target crop during application, which can…
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Starch Extraction
Starch extraction is the industrial process of separating starch granules from crushed plant tissue using water, sieves and hydrocyclones, with…
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Steam Blanching
Steam blanching is a pre-freezing or pre-drying heat treatment in which vegetables pass through a chamber of saturated steam for…
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Steam Peeling
Steam peeling is a processing method that exposes fruit or vegetables to pressurised steam for a brief, controlled period, causing…
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Steam Sterilization
Steam sterilization is a decontamination process that exposes spices to saturated steam under controlled pressure, temperature and time to reduce…
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Stir-Fry Mixes
Stir-fry mixes are vegetable blends cut and proportioned for rapid high-heat cooking, where uniform texture on the plate depends on…
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Stock Keeping Unit
A stock keeping unit is a unique alphanumeric code assigned to a distinct product variant, combining attributes such as product…
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Stocktaking
Stocktaking is the physical verification of all inventory against system records, performed periodically or continuously, to confirm actual stock positions,…
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Stone Detection
Stone detection is the inspection step applied to pitted fruit to identify and remove residual stone fragments or whole stones…
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Stone Milling
Stone milling is a traditional grain-milling method in which grain is ground between two rotating millstones, producing a flour that…
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Storage Instructions
Storage instructions are the mandatory or recommended conditions under which a food must be kept to remain safe and retain…
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Storage Temperature
Storage temperature is the specified temperature condition at which a product must be held throughout its supply chain to preserve…
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Stretch Wrap
Stretch wrap is an elastic plastic film wound around palletised loads to bind cartons and bags firmly together, preventing shifting…
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Sucrose
Sucrose is a disaccharide naturally present in small quantities in ripe honey, and elevated levels can indicate unripe honey, sugar…
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Sugar Beet
Sugar beet is a root crop grown specifically for industrial sucrose extraction, where harvested roots are washed, sliced into cossettes…
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Sugar Profile Analysis
Sugar profile analysis is a laboratory procedure that quantifies individual sugars, typically by HPLC, to verify the authenticity of honey,…
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Superchilling
Superchilling is a preservation technique in which fresh product is held slightly below its initial freezing point so that a…
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Sustainability Reporting
Sustainability reporting is the structured disclosure of environmental, social and governance performance by companies, increasingly mandated for large EU businesses…
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Sustainable Sourcing
Sustainable sourcing is the procurement of raw materials in ways that account for environmental, social and economic impacts, often verified…
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Table Honey
Table honey is honey intended for direct human consumption that satisfies all composition requirements of the EU Honey Directive, distinguishing…
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TARIC
TARIC is the EU’s Integrated Tariff, extending the Combined Nomenclature to ten digits and listing every measure that applies to…
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Temperature Abuse
Temperature abuse is any event in which a food product is exposed to conditions outside its specified temperature range during…