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A QC staff member files a sealed retained sample from the newest freeze-dried papaya lot in the retained-sample room.

Freeze-Dried Fruit

Will your freeze-dried papaya container match the sample you approved?

It will if four things are fixed in writing before the first container: the specification, the approved pre-shipment sample, the partner facility…

In a closed QC room after unloading, a QA staff member sieves freeze-dried papaya dice from a freshly opened foil bag to check fines and free flow.

Freeze-Dried Fruit

What moisture, water activity and microbiology limits should a freeze-dried papaya contract set?

Sign freeze-dried papaya at moisture ≤5.0% and water activity (aw) ≤0.30, and ask for a tighter release level of ≤4.0% and ≤0.25…

Staff cut peeled papaya flesh into 10 mm dice and spread them in a single layer on stainless trays before freezing.

Freeze-Dried Fruit

How many kilograms of fresh papaya make 1 kg of freeze-dried papaya?

About 10–13 kg of whole fresh papaya, or 8–9 kg of peeled, deseeded flesh, make 1 kg of freeze-dried papaya. Papaya flesh…

An R&D technologist stirs freeze-dried papaya powder into milk, beside three test glasses that grow deeper orange with the dose.

Freeze-Dried Fruit Powder

Does papaya powder contain papain, and what can you claim on the label?

Very little, if it is made from ripe fruit. Papain is concentrated in the milky latex of green, unripe papaya, and the…

A technician whisks freeze-dried papaya powder into the flour before the liquids go in, for a muffin pilot at 3–5% of flour weight.

Freeze-Dried Fruit Powder

How much papaya powder should you use, and what should the powder spec say?

Start at 3–6% in drinks and smoothie mixes, 5–10% in baby purées and yogurts, 10–20% in puffs and infant cereals, 3–5% of…