High Quality Star Anise Powder with Low Pesticide Residues and Heavy Metals

Short Description

English name： Star Anise Powder

Botanical Name:  Illicium verum Hook. f.

Part used:  the fruit

Specification：

Volatile Oil Content: 8.0ml/100g MIN

Moisture: 10% MAX

Ash: 6% MAX

Pesticide Residues: up to EU and USA standards

SO2:   30ppm MAX

Size: 50 mesh MIN

TPC: 5X10^4 MAX

Salmonella: not to be found in 25g

E. Coli: negative

Total coli: <10 cfu/g

Bacillus Cereus: 1X10^2 MAX

Ash: 5% MAX

Yeasts:         100   cfu/g max

Moulds :        100   cfu/g max

PACKING: in cartons of 20kg net each

The source of our Star Anise Whole is from audited supplier from Guangxi, China. In Guangxi province, the growing area of Star Anise trees is about 528,000 acres, which is about 80% of the whole producing area of the world.  We buy Star Anise from our audited suppliers who grow the trees on hills with low heavy metals, managing the application of pesticides as per our supervision so that there is no pollution of pesticide residues in the fruits.

There are two crops of Star Anise fruits.  The harvest of spring crop is in March to April; autumn crop in September to October. The pods of Star Anise autumn crop are usually much fatter than that than those of spring crop.  However, the volatile oil content of Star Anise spring crop is much higher than that of Star Anise autumn crop.

There is still another specification of Star Anise:  Withered Star Anise.  Withered Star Anise  are those fruits which are too ripe before being got in so that they have been already dried with all the seeds inside fallen down on grown.  Withered Star Anise looks even skinnier than Star Anise spring crop.   In addition, the volatile oil content of this specification is even higher than that of Star Anise spring crop.

After being picked from the trees，  Star Anise fruits are usually dipped in hot water of about 80 degrees  centigrade  for about 2 minutes,  and then put in the sunshine for about four days.   After that, the Stars will look bright reddish yellow.  However, some people do not dip the Star Anise fruits in hot water for 2 minutes just to save the trouble.   The Stars thus processed show much duller color.

For grinding powder, Star Anise Spring Crop and/or Withered Star Anise are usually used as raw materials.  Before grinding, our workers first remove impurities and foreign matters from the Star Anise.   During the whole course, strong magnets and metal detectors are applied to avoid pollution of iron and other metals. 

Our annual output of Star Anise Powder is about 100 tons.

Our Star Anise Powder sells well in EU, USA, Japan, Middle East, and South Korea.  If you have any demand, call us anytime.