Physical / Quality

Defect Grading

Counts and classifies physical defects (broken, insect-damaged, discoloured beans etc.) in a sample.

Why exporters need it

Defect count is the core grading mechanism behind most commodity quality grades and contract price differentials.

Relevant commodities

Coffee Sisal

Tanzania Providers

Tanzania Sisal Board

Laboratory Testing · Tanga

Statutory fibre/product grading at multiple checkpoints

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East Africa Providers

Interfield Food Testing Laboratories (IFTL)

Laboratory Testing · Ruiru-Kiambu County, Kenya; Kiambu County, Kenya

mycotoxin panel: Ochratoxin, Aflatoxin B1/B2/G1/G2/M1, Fumonisin, DON, zearalenone

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International Specialists Providers

Coffee Enterprises

Laboratory Testing · Hinesburg/Burlington, Vermont, USA

Green Coffee Analysis (GCA): visual color, moisture, water activity, bean size distribution, density, defect count/grading

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Coffee Lab International (CLI)

Laboratory Testing · Waterbury Center, Vermont, USA

Green Coffee Analysis (Physical & Sensory): bean-size distribution, moisture, green grading/defect count, sample roasting, SCA sensory panel

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Ikigai Coffee

Laboratory Testing · Netherlands

Sample roasting (Ikawa Pro100)

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