| White Pepper Extracts Overview |  |
| White pepper, selected for Kalsec extract, is the fully ripened berry.
Ripening is marked by changed color from green to red. Because ripening
does not occur uniformly, harvesting requires laborious careful hand
selection. The ripe berries are processed using a procedure known as
"retting". This includes three steps: soaking; washing to remove the
epicarp and mesocarp; followed by drying. The soaking step is usually
performed in ambient temperature water with berries held in burlap bags.
During the seven to fourteen day process, fermentation softens the epicarp
and mesocarp allowing it to be easily removed during the washing step.
Finally, the fermented endocarp is dried yielding a white to
yellowish-white berry. Color is only a superficial difference. This
fermentation process yields a distinct flavor profile. "White pepper" from
which the epicarp and mesocarp have been removed by abrasion or other
physical process (mechanically decorticated) do not have the classic
fermented flavor and aroma of true white pepper.
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