Split Red Lentils (Also known as: Lentille, Masoor, Mercimek) : Split red lentils are made from splitting the whole red lentil. The skin is removed and the remaining reddish-orange seed is then split into two halves. A product of Canada, and among the best in the world known for quality.
Parameter Requirements Comments/ Variation
Physical Characteristics Good colour lentils: Split lentils having a clean and bright appearance. The lentils shall be milled from hard and well-filled whole red lentil seed.
Purity 99.75% min. by weight Split lentils, whole Lentils and caps.
Moisture 14% max -
Foreign Material 0.25% max by weight Unmilliable material (i.e. includes soil, stones, metals and non-vegetable matter) and all vegetable matter other than Lentil seed material including detached seed coats.
Poor colour 0.25% max by weight Kernel that is distinctly off colour from the characteristic colour of the predominating class. Includes lentils that are brown, black, green and / or yellow.
Chalky white disease 0.25% max by weight
Caps 0.25% max by weight Caps are those seed coats adhering to split or broken see measured as a combined weight.
Dehulled whole lentils 5% max by weight
Broken and /or kibble lentils 5% max by weight Lentil seed material that passes through a round hole screen. Northfield = 2.87mm; all other varieties = 3mm
Screen size Northfield = 2.78mm round hole Lentil material broken or kibble if falls through.
All other varieties 3 mm round hole
Field insects Nil tolerance Dead per 200 g sample
Foreign seeds 2 cereal seeds max. Cereal seeds exception only.
