Split Red Lentils are quick to cook and perfect for making soups and stews. They are a rich source of protein and fiber.

Parameter	Requirements	Comments/ Variation
Physical Characteristics	Good colour lentils: Split lentils having a clean and bright appearance. The lentils shall be milled from hard and well-filled whole red lentil seed.
Purity	99.75% min. by weight	Split lentils, whole Lentils and caps.
Moisture	14% max	—-
Foreign Material	0.25% max by weight	Unmilliable material (i.e. includes soil, stones, metals and non-vegetable matter) and all vegetable matter other than Lentil seed material including detached seed coats.
Poor colour	0.25% max by weight	Kernel that is distinctly off colour from the characteristic colour of the predominating class. Includes lentils that are brown, black, green and / or yellow.
Chalky white disease	0.25% max by weight	———
Caps	0.25% max by weight	Caps are those seed coats adhering to split or broken see measured as a combined weight.
Dehulled whole lentils	5% max by weight	——
Broken and /or kibble lentils	5% max by weight	Lentil seed material that passes through a round hole screen. Northfield = 2.87mm; all other varieties = 3mm
Screen size	Northfield = 2.78mm round hole	Lentil material broken or kibble if falls through.
Screen size	All other varieties – 3 mm round hole	Lentil material broken or kibble if falls through.
Field insects	Nil tolerance	Dead per 200 g sample
Foreign seeds	2 cereal seeds max.	Cereal seeds exception only.

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