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Cinnamon Alba export grading calipers: 6mm diameter tolerance and five-tier visual sorting?

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Elena Orchid•890 rep

What mechanical thickness calipers and visual quill inspections define export-grade Pure Ceylon Cinnamon Alba from C5 Special at government export inspection docks?

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Export certification for Ceylon Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) under Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI) standard SLS 81 enforces strict physical calipers. Alba is the ultimate premium grade: quills must measure under 6mm in exterior diameter (pencil-thin), constructed from paper-thin sub-cambium bark rolled into multi-layered concentric cylinders without thick rough outer bark patches. Inspections verify that moisture content sits below 14%, with less than 1% foxing (reddish-brown surface stains) and zero insect bore holes. Shipments meeting these criteria receive the official "Pure Ceylon Cinnamon" lion certification trademark.

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Dr Dayaratne Vanilla•1820 rep

Quills measuring 6mm to 10mm are graded down to C5 Special or C5; while chemically similar in cinnamaldehyde, Alba commands a 40% export price premium.

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Elena Orchid•890 rep

Commercial cassia (Cinnamomum cassia) cannot be rolled into multi-layered quills; it forms a single, thick hollow bark tube containing high, liver-toxic coumarin.

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Ian Flavors•880 rep

Bales of Alba quills are packed into clean unbleached cotton bags wrapped in outer polypropylene covers, fumigated with phosphine gas before ocean shipping container loading.

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Dr Senaka Soil•1820 rep

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