Black-pepper - WDRA
Black Pepper
Commodity Code - 38
Commodity Name - Black Pepper
Commodity Scientific Name - Piper nigrum
Sreekara (Black Pepper), Subhakara (Black Pepper), Panchami (Black Pepper), Pournami (Black Pepper), PLD-2 (Black Pepper), IISR-Thevam, IISR-Girimunda, IISR-Malabar Excel, IISR-Shakthi,
Grade designations and quality of Processed Black Pepper (Whole)
| Grade Designat -ion | Quality | ||||||||||
| Special Characteristics | |||||||||||
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| Organic extrane- ous matter % (m/m) (Max.) | Inorganic extraneous matter, %(m/m) (Max.) | Light berries %(m/ m) (Max.) | Pinheads & broken berries %(m/m) (Max.) | Bulk Density, g/1 (Min.) | Moisture %(m/m) (Max.) | Total ash %(m/m) (Max.) | Non- volatile ether extract %(m/m). (Min.) | Volatile oil % (ml./ 100 gm) (Min.) | Piperine content %(m/m) (Min.) | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | |
| Special | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 490 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 4.0 | |
| Standard | 1.2 | 0.3 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 470 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
1. Black Pepper (Whole) shall be-
i. clean, wholesome, reasonably uniform in size, shape and colour characteristic to the variety.
ii. free from obnoxious smell and fungus infestation.
iii. free from artificial color , coating of mineral oil.
2. Criteria for Range designation
| S.No. | Tradable parameters | Range-1 | Range-2 | Range-3 |
| A | Essential | |||
| i | Moisture (% by wt) Max | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 |
| ii | Extraneous matter % (m/m) | Up to 1% | Up to 2% | |
| iii | Pinheads & broken berries, %(m/m), | Up to 4.0% | Up to 6% | Up to 8% |
| B | Optional (Industrial/Processors) | |||
| iv | Bulk Density g/L, | 490 & above | Below 490 | |
| v | Total ash %(m/m)on dry basis Max. | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 |
| vi | Light berries %(m/m), | Up to 5.0 | Up to 7.5 | Up to 10.0 |
| vii | Piperine content, %(m/m) on dry basis, Min. | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| viii | Volatile oil, % (ml. 100 gm) on dry basis, | Up to 2.5 | Up to 2.0 | Up to 1.0 |
| ix | Non-volatile ether extract %(m/m) on dry basis, | Up to 6.0 | Up to 5.5 | Up to 5.0 |
Shelf Life - 12 Months
Initial Validity of e NWR - 6 Months
Extension of e NWR Validity - 3 Months
Number of Extensions - 02 (2X3 months)