Prunes

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Dehydrated Plums of the variety “Agen” "D’ente" processed as follows:

The plums are harvested when perfectly ripe. The fruit is then transported immediately in plastic baskets or shallow stackable wooden pallet boxes to the de-hydration plant. The fresh plums will be well washed, then sorted to remove foreign matter (including wood, and leaf matter) and damaged or unsuitable fruits.

The fruits will then be laid out onto metallic wire mesh trays one fruit deep. Full trays stacked onto tray carriers, and tray carriers wheeled onto rail tracks and are fed into gas operated de-hydration chambers. Drying is controlled very carefully and the fruits are dried to a moisture level of 21-23% humidity (referred to as "Natural Condition"). This takes approximately 48 hours. The drying procedure will be such that the fresh fruit begins its drying at a cooler temperature, the temperature is increased gradually up to final dehydration temperature.

This system will produce a prune which is more evenly black, with lower presence of brown fruits which arises when a standard high temperature dehydration process is employed. The resultant fruit will be clean without embedded dirt in flesh folds.

The dried plums are now prunes and are then removed from the drying trays. They are carefully inspected and selected to ensure that only properly dried fruit remain. The product is then graded/calibrated according to size. The sound quality product is then stored in stackable shallow pallet boxes stores until required for packing and shipping.

The prunes will be clean, of sound quality, wholesome and healthy, typical of the type specified, and of size to be comply with the specification size according to industry standards.

At packing, the prunes will be very well cleaned by operator selection, and metal detector checked.

Origins:

France, California, Chile, Argentina as per contract.

Types available:

Natural Condition with pit. Soft pitted, Chopped, Puree.

Please refer to the product specifications for the exact details of your  product as this may be different to what is published here.