misc Question about Weight of Ingredients

Hello,
 
I am weighing out all of my ingredients so I can place them in order of weight on a label. My hot sauce uses 2 oz of dried chile de arbol, which is then reconstituted with water. When I consider the weight of the ingredient used, is it 2 oz? Or the reconstituted weight? It is probably easily 6 oz when reconstituted, though I haven't measured yet. Thanks.
 
Jon
 
I would go with reconstituted weight, it'll place the chiles higher on the list by predominance. 
If this goes into production, the inspector or PA may want it listed as "reconstituted chile de arbol" on the label.  It's their call how they want it listed and that may vary from inspector to inspector. 
 
Side question- do you measure out 2 oz dry chiles and (1 cup?) water, reconstitute and add ALL of it to the sauce?
Or measure 2oz, reconstitute, and only add the chiles and not the water?
 
If it is only the chiles and not the water, I think you should weigh the reconstituted chiles and use that weight for placement.
 
If everything goes in, then definitely weigh the chiles and water.
 
hope this helps-
SL 
 
 
 
salsalady said:
I would go with reconstituted weight, it'll place the chiles higher on the list by predominance. 
If this goes into production, the inspector or PA may want it listed as "reconstituted chile de arbol" on the label.  It's their call how they want it listed and that may vary from inspector to inspector. 
 
Side question- do you measure out 2 oz dry chiles and (1 cup?) water, reconstitute and add ALL of it to the sauce?
Or measure 2oz, reconstitute, and only add the chiles and not the water?
 
If it is only the chiles and not the water, I think you should weigh the reconstituted chiles and use that weight for placement.
 
If everything goes in, then definitely weigh the chiles and water.
 
hope this helps-
SL 
 
 
I intend on just adding the reconstituted chilies by themselves.
 
You added dry peppers and water, water should be listed as an ingredient now. The fact you reconstituted them beforehand is a step in your process. You would weigh them before and after, and the added weight = water. Just like if you mixed anything else with water, for example, some things can not be called whole ingredients. if you made a corn starch slurry with water before you added it, you would not call it "corn" as a whole. You would call it corn starch and water.
 
...which is why I mentioned listing as 'reconstituted chile de arbol'  the PA could require it listed like...
 
", reconstituted chile de arbol (dried chiles, water),..."
 
Back
Top