Blonk Quality Ingredients
Blonk Quality Ingredients
In September 2022 an EU regulation on tropanic alkaloids (TA) in foodstuffs has gone into force. Teff is not mentioned in this regulation but all EU Health Authorities consider that this regulation affects teff as well. In fact teff is the cereal that was most recalled due to this regulation on TA in the past year. The TA contamination is by a weed called Datura stramonium that grows in all teff fields worldwide including Africa, USA and Europe. Chemical or biological control is possible but never 100%. For this reason we have invested in post harvest cleaning possibilities and we are still investing more as we speak. The harvest of the new crop will start in August and we expect that we will remain far under the norm suggested by the FAO / WHO Codex Alimentarius of 90 ppb. The EU norm of 5 ppb is unrealistic low according to us and there are no laboratories that can guarantee these low measurements. They claim 50% uncertainty which makes the supply of teff in the EU very risky for us for the time being.
BLONK QUALITY INGREDIENTS
Blonk is the teff expert, they are continuously working on improving crop conditions and consequently the properties of the teff. In this way, after years of research in selected fields, they have obtained better nutritional values for their teff, which allows us to offer superior quality teff. In fact, Blonk can guarantee certain special nutritional values of some of their batches should they be of interest to you. Since it is the sole raw material they work with, all premises are designed to only process teff. Blonk controls the whole process, from farm to final product, so they guarantee total traceability.
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