Black Pepper

Black pepper

Black pepper comes from pepper plant, a smooth woody vine that can grow up to 33 feet in hot and humid tropical climates. They begin to bear small white clustered flowers after 3 to 4 years and develop into berries known as peppercorns. Ground peppercorns produce the spice known as pepper.

Single strength specification:Parametersvalue
Physical properties :Colordark brown
Appearancefree flowing Granulationas desired. From coarse ground to fine
Aromacharacteristic penetrating odor Flavorpungent biting taste
Chemical properties :Moisturemax 12%
Total ashmax 7%
Acid insoluble ashmax 1.2%
Non-volatile ether extractmin 5.5%
Crude fibermax 18%
Volatile oilmin 2%
Piperinemin 5%

Grade specifications :

Grade designations and definitions of quality of tellicherry and malabar garbled black pepper.

Special characteristics :
Grade designationtgseb (tellicherry garbled special extra boldtgseb (tellicherry garbled extra bold)mg grade - i (malabar garbled - i)
Size (diameter of holes in mm. Of the sieve on which retained)4.754.25-
Extraneous matter not exceeding (percent by weight)0.50.50.5
Light berries not exceeding (percent by weight)3.03.02.0
Moisture content not exceeding (percent by weight)11.011.011.0