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| Food for Progress | |
| Commodity Fact Sheet | |
| Soy-Fortified Corn Meal |
The soy-fortified cornmeal shall be a product of small particle size that is usable as a dietary supplement or as an extender to other foods, an it shall conform to the following chemical and physical requirements:
CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
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ITEM |
REQUIREMENT1 |
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Minimum |
Maximum |
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Moisture, % |
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13.0 |
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Protein (Nx6.25), %1 |
13.0 |
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Fat, %1 |
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1.5 |
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Crude Fiber, %1 |
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2.0 |
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Ash, %1 |
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1 Limiting factors are on a moisture-free basis.
2 Soy-fortified cornmeal, prior to calcium enrichment, may not have an ash content exceeding 1.60% on a moisture-free basis.
The soy-fortified cornmeal shall be blended thoroughly and homogeneously mixed with calcium and other listed enrichment ingredients in the following proportions:
ENRICHMENT INGREDIENTS
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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 |
10,000 |
12,000 |
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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 soy-fortified cornmeal shall be packaged in 25 kilogram multi wall paper bags.
Source: USDA:FSA:PDD:EOB March 2002 (Contact 202-690-3565)
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