Mung bean is the accepted species Vigna radiata, not black gram, another bean class or one interchangeable product. Dry whole beans, split or dehulled mung dal, flour or starch, planting or sprouting seed and fresh sprouts have different identities, processing, safety controls, units and evidence. USDA maintains a specific Mung Beans class and grade table, while Codex CXS 171 explicitly excludes Vigna radiata from its generic standard for certain pulses. Atlas retains accepted species, whole or processed form, intended use, origin, crop and processing dates, grade factors, safety evidence, package, lot and delivery terms before comparing offers.
The July 2023 U.S. Standards for Beans set U.S. No. 1 Mung Beans maximums of 18 percent moisture, 2 percent total defects, 2 percent total damaged beans, 0.1 percent clean-cut weevil-bored beans, 0.5 percent foreign material, 0.5 percent contrasting classes and 5 percent classes that blend. These are limits within a defined U.S. grade and sampling system, not results for an offered lot, proof of food-safety suitability, current availability or price.
Kew accepts Vigna radiata (L.) R.Wilczek in Fabaceae. Common trade names can be ambiguous, and black gram or urad is Vigna mungo, a different species. USDA separately identifies Mung Beans as a bean class. Atlas records the accepted botanical identity, declared variety where relevant, production and processing origin, crop year, intended use and supporting identity evidence before accepting a class, grade or supplier description.
Dry whole mung beans, split or dehulled mung dal, flour or starch, planting seed, seed intended for sprouting and fresh sprouts differ in physical form, mass basis, processing, germination requirement, microbiological risk, package and shelf life. FDA treats sprouts as a distinct produce category and applies specific controls to covered sprout operations. Atlas retains whole, split, dehulled, milled, planting or sprouting form; process; intended use; germination evidence where relevant; microbiological controls; package and conversion basis instead of merging these observations.
USDA's Mung Beans table sets maximum moisture and defect factors for U.S. Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and defines outcomes above certain class-mixture or weevil-damage thresholds. The Bean Inspection Handbook describes the official procedures used to determine class, moisture, foreign material, contrasting classes, classes that blend, defects and grade. Atlas attaches the sampling authority, sample and lot identifiers, inspection date, methods and actual factor results to the exact lot. A grade-table citation or supplier target is not an inspection certificate.
Codex CXS 171-1989 expressly excludes Phaseolus aureus, synonymous in that text with Vigna radiata, from the standard's generic bean scope. Its generic pulse moisture provisions therefore should not be copied onto mung beans as if Codex had set a mung-bean grade. Atlas keeps the USDA Mung Beans class table, destination food-safety rules, buyer specifications and actual lot evidence attributed to their own scopes rather than combining incompatible standards.
An 18-percent grade ceiling, a U.S. No. 1 certificate or a clean-looking sample does not establish species identity, actual food-safety results, sprouting suitability, current availability, transaction value or delivered cost. A physical comparison still needs permitted current observations for the exact whole, split, dehulled, flour, planting or sprouting form; grade and test results; origin; crop and process dates; quantity; package; currency; Incoterm; destination; delivery window; route costs and information vintage. Atlas withholds a physical estimate when those observations or usage rights are missing.
No. Mung bean is Vigna radiata; black gram or urad is Vigna mungo. Trade names should be resolved to accepted species and the exact offered form before comparison.
No. Splitting and dehulling change the product form, saleable mass, defect basis, processing evidence, package and end use. A conversion yield is needed to relate them.
No. The description needs representative sampling, inspection on the stated class and methods, actual factor results and traceability to the offered lot. A published grade table alone proves no lot result.
Not under CXS 171-1989. That standard explicitly excludes Vigna radiata from its generic beans scope, so mung-bean requirements must come from an applicable product standard, destination rule, contract and lot evidence.
Accepted species, whole, split, dehulled, flour, planting or sprouting form, variety where relevant, production and processing origins, crop and process dates, intended use, U.S. or other applicable class and grade basis, moisture and defect results, germination and microbiological evidence where relevant, package and lot, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.