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List: Approved cooking methods for cooked seeds

Effective 14 February 2022

According to ISPM 32 seeds that have undergone any or a combination of the following processing methods are categorised as cooked seeds:

Commercial cooking process

Description

Additional information

Cooking (roasting, boiling, frying)

Preparing seeds for consumption by heating, primarily transforming the physical structure of the seeds

Involves chemically transforming a food, thus changing its flavour, texture, appearance, or nutritional properties

Sugar coating

Action of coating seeds with sugar

Usually applied as a syrup and can be combined with other cooking processes.