Quick Facts
Botanical name: Trigonella foenumgraecum
Family Name: Fabaceae
Name in some international Languages: Alholya (Spanish), Hulba Arabic), k'u –Tou (Chinese)
Flavour Characteristics: Bitter Pungent, Flavour
Usage Profile: Foods, Cosmetics, Medicines etc.
Commercial Part: Fruit or seed
Harvesting Season : February to May
Fenugreek Oleoresin Specifications
Description: Characteristic odour & bitter in taste. Fenugreek Oleoresin is obtained by solvent extraction of dried seeds of Trigonella foenum graceum
Extraction: By 90% Methanol
Additive: Max. 8% Glycyrine
Water Solubility: Note less than 40%
Alcohol Solubility: Not less than 70% (50% v/v)
Total Ash: Note more than 8%
Heavy metals as Pb: Note more than 30 ppm.
Colour & appearance: Brownish yellow in colour & thick viscous liquid
Odour: Characteristic aromatic odour of Fenugreek
Volatile oil content: 0.4%
Residual solvent: <10 ppm
Solubility: Water soluble
Yeast & Mold: Absent
Pathogenic: micro-organisms and their toxins absent
Purity: Pure fenugreek oleoresin (no other additives)
Storage: Store preferably in air tight Containers and keep in a cool & dry place protected from light.
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Aaron Bassat 24 June, 2015
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