Item |
Standard |
Results |
Appearance |
A white to light yellow granules or powder |
Conforms |
Methoxy group |
≥6.7% |
8.75 |
Galacturonic acid |
≥74.0% |
91.0 |
Degree of esterification |
25-45% |
30.7 |
Sugar and organic acid |
≤20.0mg |
14.2 |
Unsaturated |
≥0.5x10-5 Mol |
0.74x10-5 |
Sulfur dioxide |
≤0.005% |
<0.005 |
Loss on drying |
≤10.0% |
6.6 |
Heavy Metal |
≤10 ppm |
<10 |
Arsenic |
≤3 ppm |
<3 |
Methanol |
≤0.3% |
N.D |
Ethanol |
≤0.5% |
0.18 |
Isopropanol |
≤0.5% |
N.D |
Total aerobic bacteria |
≤1000 CFU/G |
109 |
The total combined Molds and Yeasts count |
≤100 CFU/G |
<10 |
Escherichia Coli |
Absent |
N.D |