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Confection Sunflower Kernel
Meeting customer needs is often a source of pride with suppliers as well as a necessity for the customer. To do an even better job, we have made major changes to our facilities. Henry Ford said of his Model T, “You can have any color as long as it’s black!” Well, the Model T is history, and so is “ordinary” sunflower. Rather than make one quality product that customers must find a way to use, we have developed four different and distinct quality levels of confection sunflower kernel. Our goal is to produce the exact product specification desired to meet varying customer needs. As a flexible food ingredient with a healthy image surpassing all other “nut” categories, sunflower kernel makes successful roasted and salted snacks and is a preferred ingredient in full-grain, “hearth” breads. Sunflower kernel not only becomes a healthy ingredient in breakfast cereals, but successfully works as a “nut” in caramel and chocolate candy. Other applications include trail mix, corn chips, muffins, pretzels and cookies. Helping manufacturers explore potential applications and ingredient ideas allows our customers to take full advantage of sunflower’s premium image. While most of our products are shipped in distinctive 50 pound bags that are clearly marked for ease of warehouse handling, we do offer a wide range of packaging options.

Quality Specifications - Confection Sunflower Kernel
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Red River Premium Red River Select Red River #1 Red River Pieces Red River Organic Red River Oil Standard
Size
   Count per oz.
400+/-50 475+/-50 575+/-50 1500 appx 525+/-75 750+/-100
Purity
>99.97% >99.97% >99.95% >99.95% >99.95% >99.95%
Chips
(chips/broken that are less than 1/2 whole meat)
<2.0% <4.0% <5.0% 100% <6.5% <10.0%
May include the following but not to exceed indicated pieces per pound
Sclerotinia
0.05 0.10 0.15 0.05 0.25 0.25
Unshelled
0.05 0.10 0.15 0.00 0.25 0.25
Sticktites
(kernel that is 25% or more covered by shell)
1.00 2.00 3.00 0.50 4.00 8.00
Damage
Not more than 0.2% heat damage/dark color after oil roast and not more than 2% misc. damage including insect damage for all quality grades 
Moisture
Maximum 8% for all quality grades
Nutrients
(Per 100 grams for all quality grades) Microbiological Standards (All quality grades)
  Calories 570 Vitamin C <0.5mg Standard Plate Count 500M CFU/g max
Total Fat 50g Calcium 98mg Staphylococcus 23mpn/g max
   Saturated 6g Iron 5mg Coliform 100 CFU/g max
   Polyunsaturated 31g Vitamin E 49.91U E. Coli <10.0 CFU/g
   Monounsaturated 13g Thiamin 2.1mg Yeast 5M CFU/g max
Cholesterol 0mg Riboflavin 0.25mg Mold 5MCFU/g max
Sodium <5mg Niacin 6.3mg Salmonella Negative in 25g
Total Carbohydrates 18g Folate 0.155mg Aflatoxin Negative in 25g
   Dietary Fiber 10g Magnesium 362mg
   Sugars 3g Zinc 5.2mg
Protein 26g Copper 1.6mg
Vitamin A <101U


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