Product Specification

Product Specification
Product description:
Scamorza is Mozzarella cheese that has a smoked flavour. It is ideal cold in salads. Heating brings out the smoked
flavour, which makes it suitable for many dishes. Smoked mozzarella is a semi-hard, unripened cheese with a mild
smoked flavour. It has a light brown colour on the surface, and a creamy, white colour on the inside. It has a firm
plastic texture. Ideal for pizza or pasta dishes.
Shelf life:
Sell by date for Smoked Loaves: After 1 week of maturation: Day of packaging + 21 days
Sell by date for Scamorza and Smoked Minis: After 1 week of maturation: Day of packaging + 4
weeks
Ingredients
Ingredients
Supplier
Cow's milk
Preekstoel, Dalewood
Starter culture
Lake Foods
Calcium Chloride
GrayTec
Liquid smoke flavour
Deli Spice
Maxiren
IMCDSA
Salt
Cerebos Salt
Ingredient listing:
Cow's milk, Calcium Chloride (E509), Microbial rennet, Starter culture, Flavouring, Salt
Allergens:
Cow's milk
Declared mass:
± 200g calabash, ± 200g mini-roll, ± 1.8 kg loaf, ± 17kg (consists of 9 loaves of ± 1.8kg each)
Primary packaging
specifications:
Packaging
Supplier
Scamorza: Vac 150mm X 200mm
Mini-roll: Vacuum bag 90mm X 250mm with gold
background
Cryovac
Loaves: 357mm X 300mm Bottom Web
Cryovac
Loaves: 340mm X 500mm Top Web
Cryovac
Packaging
Supplier
Outer carton for Loaves, Scamorza and Mini-roll: Ref 1:
420mm (length) X 308mm (width) X 174mm (depth)
Seyfert
Outer carton for Pick 'n' Pay Mini-roll: Ref 3: 400mm
(length) X 300mm (width) X 125mm (depth)
Seyfert
Secondary packaging
specifications
Deli Spices
30 units of the scamorza & smoked mini-rolls per outer carton / 9 units of smoked mozzarella loaves per outer
Units per outer carton carton.
Random units of the smoked mini-rolls per outer carton for Pick 'n' Pay
Storage Temperature Products to be stored and despatched between 0°C and 7°C.
& Time:
Chemical standards:
pH
Total solids/ Dry matter
Moisture
Fat
Salt
Microbiological Standards:
Organism
Coliforms
Escherichia coli
Listeria monocytogenes
5.0 - 5.4
53% - 55%
45% - 47%
20% - 23%
0.4% - 1.0%
Target
<50/g
Absent
Absent
Legislation:
The cheese shall be produced in accordance with legislation, GNR 2581 of 20 November 1987 all
other applicable South African food legislation.
Distribution
conditions:
All cheese shall be distributed in a clean, refrigerated vehicle at between 0°C and 7°C. No non-food
items may be transported with the cheese.
Intended Use:
Customer abuse:
The cheese is ready to eat by the consumer. It can be eaten as is, used in salads or in cooked dishes.
Should the customer abuse the product and cause a break in the cold chain, the safety of the product could be
compromised. A break in the vacuum of the pack due to bad handling may result in mould growth on the cheese.
General:
Zandam Cheese has the right to reject a product should the product not conform to the specification.
Other:
Zandam Scamorza is S.A.N.H.A Halaal certified.