CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
CINNAMON OR TRUE CINNAMON - Intercom Exports
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cinnamon; whereas in the United States, Indonesian cassia [C.burmanii] and Vietnam<br />
[Saigon] cassia [C.loureirii] are variously classed as ‘cinnamon’, and the volatile oil from<br />
Chinese cassia [C. cassia] as ‘cinnamon oil’.<br />
‘Cinnamon has been deleted from the US Pharmacopoeia 19, but in the US<br />
Dispensatory, 26 th edn, cinnamon is described as ‘ the dried bark of C.loureirii Nees(F:<br />
Lauraceae) and contains, in each 100g, not less than 2.5 ml of volatile oil’.<br />
The United States Government Standard defines ‘cinnamon, cassia,’ in the<br />
following terms:<br />
Type 1, Whole:<br />
1) Batavia cassia shall be the dried bark of cultivated varieties of Cinnamonum<br />
burmanii Blume.<br />
2) Saigon cassia shall be the dried bark of cultivated varieties of Cinnamonum<br />
loureirii Nees<br />
3) korintji cassia shall comply with the requirements of sub type A.<br />
TYPE 2 GROUND:<br />
1) Batavia cassia<br />
2) Saigon cassia<br />
3) Korintji cassia<br />
TYPE 3, CUT [STICKS]:<br />
Stick cinnamon shall be cut to specified length from Batavia cassia whoch shall<br />
not exceed 15 mm diameter.<br />
TYPE 4, F<strong>OR</strong>TIFIED, GROUND:<br />
Type 4 fortified ground cinnamon shall have a natural cassia or cinnamon base,<br />
except that fortified cinnamon shall have the addition of an encapsulated essential oil of<br />
cinnamon or cassia or a combination thereof.<br />
Type 1, whole cinnamon, cassia, is required to confirm to the requirements given<br />
in the below table, except for the sieve requirements. Type 2 ground cinnamon, cassia