CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
CEYLON <strong>CINNAMON</strong><br />
The grading of Ceylon cinnamon is quite elaborate in comparision to other<br />
sources of the spice, and exports include compound quills and certain lower grades ,<br />
obtained as by-products in the preparations of quills, which are known as ‘quillings’,<br />
‘featherings’ and ‘chips’. Grading os essentially done on the basis of physical appearance<br />
and there is no close correlation with volatile- oil content, which may range between 0.5-<br />
2.0%.<br />
Compound quills, measuring 42 ins., long [just over 1m], are sorted into grades<br />
according to the thickness of bark. 3 main qualities are exported:the ‘fine’ or<br />
‘continental’ grades, the intermediate ‘Mexican’ grades, and the ‘Hamberg’ grades.<br />
Within each category, there is a further classification according to the thickness of the<br />
quills.<br />
Ceylon cinnamon quills imported into the United Kingdom are mainly used<br />
industrially in the manufacture of a wide variety of processed foods or for the production<br />
of cinnamon bark oil or cinnamon oleoresin. A small quantity is either cut up into pieces<br />
about 15 cm long or ground into a fine powder or mixed with other spices by spice<br />
merchants or millers for the retail pharmaceutical and grocery trades.<br />
Quillings, which consists of broken pieces of quills of all grades, are used mainly<br />
for grinding, but also for distillation of cinnamon bark oil. Featherings, which consist of<br />
inner bark of twigs and twisted shoots, are used for the same purposes as quillings. Chips<br />
are comprised of trimmings of unpeeled cut shoots, shavings of outer and inner bark and<br />
odd pieces of thick bark. This material is used mainly for distillation.<br />
A more detailed description of the grading of Ceylon cinnamon is provided in the<br />
“The world types and commercial classification” section.<br />
SEYCHELLES <strong>CINNAMON</strong><br />
This is variously graded as compound quills, simple quills, and quillings, thin<br />
scraped bark and rough unscraped bark. The last grade is the largest export, and is used<br />
largely in the formulation of mixed spices. Its essential- oil content is low, and according<br />
to trade opinion, averages about 0.8%.