Tablet 1.2
Licorice root cut into tablets 12 mm in diameter. Tablets are cut straight across the root, the cheaper cut for extraction; slices, cut at a shallow angle, keep longer fibres and hold together better in boiling water.
For pharmaceutical use →For extraction →For cosmetics →
Free samples
100–200 g of each grade, free of charge, for companies. Shipping is by FedEx at your cost, or on your own FedEx account; we send the sample after 3 business days. You are welcome to visit our facility before ordering: we help with the visa and hotel and meet you at the airport.
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Technical Specifications
How to read this specification →Identity
- Botanical name
- Glycyrrhiza glabra
- Origin
- Uzbekistan
- Part used
- Root
- Cultivation
- Wild
Physical
- Form / cut type
- Tablet
- Cut size / length
- 3–4 mm
- Diameter grade
- 1.2 (12 mm)
- Packaging
- PP bags 20/21/25/30 kg
Tablet grades by root diameter
| Grade | Root diameter | Product |
|---|---|---|
| A | about 30 mm and over | Tablet A |
| 1.2 | 12 mm | Tablet 1.2 (this product) |
| Mix | mixed diameters | Tablet Mix |
The ranges are approximate: tablets are sorted on sieves with round holes. How to choose a form and grade →
Processing
- Machine-washed
- Steamed so the root cuts cleanly and keeps its colour
- Machine-cut at 90°
- Dried in the open air (in a dryer in cold or wet weather)
- Sorted by size on round-hole sieves, which also remove the dust
Quality
- Moisture
- ≤ 12%
- Ash
- On each load's certificate of analysis
- Glycyrrhizic acid
- ≥ 4%
- Foreign matter
- ≤ 1%
- Heavy metals
- Available on request
- Pesticide residues
- Available on request
Microbiology
- TPC
- ≤ 100,000 CFU/g
- Yeast & Mould
- ≤ 1,000 CFU/g
- E. coli
- Absent
- Salmonella
- Absent
Storage & Shelf Life
- Shelf life
- 36 months
- Storage
- ≤ 25°C, cool and dry, away from sunlight
Accompanying Documents
- Certificate of Analysis (issued per export load)
- Customs Export Declaration
- Commercial Invoice
- Phytosanitary Certificate
- Packing List
- Certificate of Origin
- Fumigation Certificate
- Copy of the Sales Contract (upon request)
Trade terms
- Minimum order
- 1 t under FCA; a full load under other terms
- Loads
- 11 t per 20 ft container; 22 t per 40 ft container or tent truck
- Incoterms® 2020
- EXW, FCA, CPT, CIP, DAP; FOB, CFR, CIF at a named seaport
- Payment
- T/T, L/C or D/P, in USD, EUR, UZS, CNY, GBP, CHF or RUB
- Lead time
- About 30 days for a 22 t load
- HS code
- 1211.90 · codes and import rules
