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| Commodity Fact Sheet | |
| Soy Fortified Bulgur |
COMMODITY SPECIFICATIONS
The bulgur shall be milled from wheat of any of the classes defined in the "Official Grain Standards of the United States," for wheat except mixtures of wheat from contrasting classes.
The soy fortified bulgur shall conform in every respect to the provisions of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including any Defect Action Level guidelines issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which may be applicable to soy fortified bulgur.
CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
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REQUIREMENT1 |
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Minimum |
Maximum |
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Moisture, % |
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11.5 |
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Protein (Nx6.25), %2 |
17.3 |
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Crude Fat, %2 |
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2.6 |
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Crude Fiber, % |
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2.6 |
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Ash, %2 |
--- |
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Total Bacterial Count per gram |
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50,000 |
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Foreign Material: Other grains except wheat and soy grits, % |
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0.10 |
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Materials other than cereal grains or soy grits, %4 |
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0.10 |
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Scorched particles (whole kernels and/or pieces of kernels of wheat or soy), % |
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0.20 |
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Ungelatinized wheat particles (whole kernels and/or pieces of kernels), % |
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0.9 |
1 All percentages are on the basis of weight.
2 These limiting factors are on a moisture-free basis.
3 Bulgur, prior to calcium enrichment, may not have an ash content exceeding 2.80% on a moisture-free basis.
4 Including grain hulls either attached or detached. However, any hulls attached to product should be detached before inclusion in the hull fraction.
The bulgur shall be blended thoroughly and homogeneously mixed with calcium and other listed enrichment ingredients (½ oz./cwt feed rate) in the following proportions:
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ENRICHMENT INGREDIENTS |
Minimum |
Maximum |
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Thiamine, mg/lb. |
2.0 |
3.0 |
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Riboflavin, mg/lb. |
1.2 |
1.8 |
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Niacin or niacinamide, mg/lb. |
16.0 |
24.0 |
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Vitamin A-Palmitate, IU/lb.1 |
8,800 |
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Calcium (in harmless and assimilable form), mg/lb. |
500 |
750 |
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Iron (reduced iron, 325 mesh, to be used as the iron source), mg/lb.2 |
13.0 |
26.0 |
1 Vitamin A-Palmitate (stabilized) must be added in encapsulated form containing 250,000 IU Vitamin A-Palmitate/g.
2 Ferrous sulfate is not to be used as the iron source in any processed cereal products purchased for export assistance programs.
PACKAGING
The bulgur shall be packaged in 50 kilogram woven polypropylene bags, 50 kilogram burlap bags, or 50 kilogram cotton bags.
Source: USDA:FSA:PDD:EOB March 2002 (Contact 202-690-3565)
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