What is the Ideal Transport Environment for Cloves?

Freshliacne TagPlus multi use USB temperature and humidity data logger can be used in recording the temperature and humidity during the cloves shipping to ensure transportation under its ideal storage environment.

Clove is a spice that is rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. Spices used to be worth their weight in gold, and cloves were no exception. Cloves are the dried flowers of the clove tree. Native to the Spice Islands near China, cloves spread throughout Europe and Asia during the late Middle Ages as an important part of local cuisine. Today, cloves remain an important spice that gives many dishes that special kick. Cloves can be used whole or ground. People often include ground cloves in spice mixes and whole cloves in recipes to add depth and flavor to a wide variety of foods. These small dark brown pods are used to spice up curries, season meats, enrich sauces like Worcestershire sauce, and even flavor spiced baked goods. Cloves are temperature and humidity-sensitive goods. 

Cloves require particular temperature, humidity, and possibly ventilation conditions during shipping. Their favorable travel temperature range is 5~25°C and the ideal humidity is 60~70%. Cloves should be transported in areas that exhibit the lowest temperatures during the voyage and are dry. In any event, storage beneath the weather deck or, in the case of shipping in containers, in the uppermost layer on the deck, must be avoided as the deck or container is strongly heated by the intense tropical sun and, at temperatures of > 25°C, essential oils may be lost and there is a risk of self-heating. Spices are hygroscopic goods, which interact with the moisture in the air. The risk of mold growth is naturally at its greatest in the warm, damp air. The cargo may become musty, and the risk of self-heating increases with a high air moisture content. Once damp, cloves are absolutely worthless, as there is no way of reconditioning them. They become sticky, soft, and gray and can no longer be ground. For this reason, it is absolutely essential to avoid relative humidity of > 75%.

TagPlus-TH is a reusable usb temperature and humidity sensor with an LCD screen for easy viewing of temperature data. In this device, parameters can be configured by a professional user before use. The alarm points can be configured on our free configuration software. Once the temperature and humidity are out of the alarm range, the alarm symbol will be displayed on the screen. Complete trip history is recorded and downloaded as encrypted reports with summary data, graphs, and tables, the report can be directly read by PC at the destination. And the temporary mode allows this thermometer hygrometer to continue working after users have generated and read the temporary report. It is an ideal choice for monitoring and recording the temperature and humidity changes of cloves and other temperature and humidity sensitive spice during transportation.