FFB G r ading

• Unripe Bunches without fruitlet (fraction 0)

• Unripe Bunches with fruitlets
• Ripe Bunches
• Over Ripe Bunches
• Empty Bunches
• Dura Bunches
• Long Stalk Bunches
• Old Bunches
• Dirty Bunches
• Damage Bunches
• Abnormal Bunches
• Small Bunches Palm Oil Mill

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Unripe Bunch
 The Bunch which has purplish color fruits
and without detached fruit let

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 Unripe Bunch
 The bunch which has reddish orange color
fruits and has less than 10 detached fruitlets.

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Ripe Bunch
 The bunch which is reddish orange with at
least 10 detached fruit lets and more than
50 % of the fruit still attached to the bunch

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Over Ripe Bunch
 The bunch which is darkish red with more
than 50 % of detached fruitlets but at least
10% of the fruits still attached to the bunch

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Empty Bunch
 The bunch which has more than 90% of
its fruits have detached from it

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Dura bunch
 The bunch which
Characteristics Value
has the following
characteristics
Shell 2 – 8 mm
Thickness
Shell fruit ratio 25 - 50 %

Mesocarp fruit 20 – 60 %
ratio
DURA
Kernel fruit (Cangkang
TENERA4 – 20 %
Tipis)
(thick shell)
ratio
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Long Stalk Bunch

 The bunch has stalk

longer than 5 cm in
length measured
from the lowest level
of the bunch stalk

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Old Bunch
 The bunch which
has been
harvested and left
at the field more
than 48 hours. It is
normally dry and
blackish in color

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Dirty Bunch

 The bunch which

more than half of
its surface covered
with mud, sand,
other dirty
particles and
mixed with stone
or other foreign
materials.
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Damaged Bunch
 The bunch which
has more than
30% of its fruits
damaged by pest,
such as rats etc

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Abnormal Bunch
 The bunch which has
more than 50%
parthenocarpic fruits
and has abnormal
size and density.

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Small Bunch
 The bunch which has
small fruits and weight
less than 2,3 Kg.

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