The specifications given by the Sri Lanka Slandered Institute is as follows:
- Cloves Handpicked
This clove grade is a minimum of 99% free from impurity, well-sorted manually with less than 10% headless, free from coco-cloves/white cloves, and almost no baby cloves.
- Cloves Grade 1
This grade is always to be allowed at least 1% of admixture, very few baby cloves, bright in color, and the percentage of headless is less than 25%.
- Cloves FAQ
This quality of cloves is of average quality with 3 to 4% admixture, tolerable, and slightly dark/bright.
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