Chickpeas – Whole Kabuli

Description Raw, dry, threshed, sound Kabuli Chickpeas (Cicer Arietinum)
Cream to light brown coloured in appearance, slightly round in shape with a beak like protrusion
Physical Standards
Defects – Maximum by weight %
Poor Colour 2 %
Mould 1 %
Fungal Affected e.g. Ascochyta 1 %
Total Defective 2 %
Colour Cream to light brown coloured in appearance
Flavour Chickpeas contain a nutty like flavour
Moisture Maximum 14 %
Foreign Matter Maximum by weight %
Foreign Material – includes Unmillable Material 0.5 %
Unmillable Material – Soil, Stones, Sclerotes, Non-Vegetable Matter 0.1 %
Snails Nil tolerance
Field Insects –Dead per 200g. Includes Grasshoppers and/or Locusts One (1) Max
Objectionable Material – Includes Objectional Odour, animal excreta,
wood, glass, metal** and infestation
Nil tolerance
Ryegrass Ergot Nil tolerance
** Magnets screen for metals, however not for non-ferrous and stainless steel as these metals
do not exist in the supply chain (farming equipment/production plant)
For full control, own risk assessment is advised