GRAIN SPECIFICATIONS
Grain Specifications for Suppliers
To ensure food safety, quality, and traceability, all grain suppliers must meet the following minimum quality specifications before delivery.
Unprocessed White Maize
- Dry white maize, free from stones, metal, and live insects
- No abnormal flavors, musty, sour, or other undesirable odors
- Moisture Content: < 13.5%
- Foreign Material: Max 1%
- Pest Damage: 0%
- Immature/Shriveled: 2%
- Rotten and Diseased: 4%
- Discolored Grains: 1%
- Live Infestation: 0%
- Pesticide Residues: Free
Barley
- Moisture Content (MC): 13% and Below
- Germination Capacity (GC): Above 97%
Sorghum
- Dry, well-filled grains of uniform color
- Free from stones, metal, and live insects
- No abnormal flavors, musty, sour, or undesirable odor
- Moisture Content: Max 12.5%
- Total Admixture (foreign material, screenings & trash): Max 0.6%
- Foreign Material: Max 0.4%
- Tannin-Free Minimum: 95%
- Aflatoxin B1 (Max): 5 µg/kg
maize grits
LABORATORY ANALYSIS
| PARAMETERS | STANDARD SPECIFICATION (%) | TEST RESULT (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Moisture | ≤ 12.5 | 12.15 |
| Protein | ≤ 10.0 | 6.42 |
| Fat/oil | ≤ 1.0 | 0.79 |
| Ext As is | > 75.0 | 81.18 |
| Ext Dry | > 84.0 | 91.18 |
| Aflatoxin | ≤ 4 ppb/µ | LOD |
| Average Weight | 50 KG | 50 KG |
PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION
| SIEVE SIZE | SPECIFICATION (%) | TEST RESULT (%) | REMARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.25 mm | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1.00 mm | ≤ 10.0 | 2.0 | |
| 0.56 mm + 0.25 mm | ≥ 85.0 | 95.0 | |
| Receiver / Bottom | ≤ 5.0 | 3.0 |