| Specification | COA | INTAKE INSPECTION | comment | |
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| Weight of product before drying | ||||
| Weight of product after drying | ||||
| Total Moisture loss | ||||
| Moisture Content | ≤20% (>13.5% → Reject or Dry Immediately) |
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| Nut Count & Kernel Recovery (Cracking & sieving)(Premium Kernel Delivered) | Min 25% Kernel Recovery (Alert <20%) |
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| Immature Nuts (Manual crack-out) | ≤5% (>10% → Reject or Downgrade) |
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| Mould (internal)/Old (Crack-out & visual exam) | ≤1% kernels with internal mould (>2% → Reject or hold) |
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| Early Stinkbug (Small pale spot or brown lesion on the kernel surface; Surface texture might be slightly roughened or wrinkled) | ≤2% by weight or ≤3 kernels | |||
| Late Stinkbug (Large black or dark brown patches on the kernel; Visible feeding scars or discoloured streaks can appear across the kernel) | 0% — Not permitted | |||
| Germination (Radicle emergence; split kernel [open at the hilum or base]; discolouration [dull white/ translucent]; texture change [rubbery, soft, chalky]; Smell [Musky, fermentation-like, grassy].) | 0 germinated kernels | |||
| Nut Borer – On Shell (Small entry hole; frass deposits [fine powdery material close to entry points]; presence of larvae [emerging from shell or inside]) | ≤2% damaged (>5% → Reject/hold) |
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| Nut Borer – On Kernel (Discolouration [Brown, black, or mouldy patches] ; tunnels [Chewed cavities or boreholes]; frass [Brown, gritty insect excrement]; larvae [White to light pink caterpillar]; deformed kernels) | ≤2% damaged (>5% → Reject/hold) |
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| Pest / Insect Damage (Visual) | ≤2% damaged (>5% → Reject/hold) | |||
| Presence of Floaters | <2–3% | |||
| Colour (shell & kernel) (Discolouration)(Dark kernel Delivery) | Shell: Brown to greyish-brown; Kernel: Creamy white to light yellow | |||
| Nut Size / Uniformity | Buyer specification, e.g. 18–22mm | |||
| Style 0 | Not applicable | |||
| Style 1 | 20mm round hole | |||
| Style 1S | 16mm round hole | |||
| Style 2 | Blend of a minimum of 50% Wholes and the remainder being mainly Halves | |||
| Style 3 | Blend of a minimum of 15% Wholes and the remainder being mainly Halves | |||
| Style 4 | 14mm round hole | |||
| Style 4L | Not applicable | |||
| Style 5 | 12mm round hole | |||
| Style 6 | 8mm round hole | |||
| Style 7 | 6mm round hole | |||
| Dust weight | Not applicable | |||
| Shell | ||||