Name:

Kappa refined carrageenan

Brand

DEHUI

Standard:

E**7

Description

Yellowish to colourless

odourless

Methanol, ethanol propane**-ol content

%

Not more than 0,1 % singly or in combination

Viscosity of a 1.5 % solution at *5°C

mPa.s

Not less than 5 mPa.s

Loss on Drying

%

Not more than *2 % (**5°C, four hours)

Sulphate

%

Not less than *5 % and not more than *0 % on the dried basis (as SO4)

Ash

%

Not less than *5 % and not more than *0 % determined on the dried basis at **0°C  

Acid-insoluble ash

%

Not more than 1 % on the dried basis

(insoluble in *0 % hydrochloric acid)

Acid-insoluble matter

%

Not more than 2 % on the dried basis

(insoluble in 1 % v/v sulphuric acid)

Low molecular weight carrageenan (Molecular weight fraction below*0 kDa)

%

Not more than 5 %

Arsenic

Not more than 3 mg/kg

Lead

Not more than 5 mg/kg

Mercury

Not more than 1 mg/kg

Cadmium

Not more than 1 mg/kg

Total plate count

Not more than 5 **0 colonies per gram

Yeast and moulds

Not more than **0 colonies per gram

Escherichia Coli

Negative in 5 g

Salmonella spp.

Negative in *0 g

Appearance and Colour

Mobility powder white or ash white

PH value(1.5% w/w, *5°C)

***0

Trans Parency (0.5%w/w,**6nm With water clarity **0% 1cm)

Not less than *0%

Potassium Gel Strength g/cm2 (0.8%, *0°C)

1.5%*0.2%KCL(w/w)at*0°C *0h

Not less than ***0 g/cm2

Water gel strength 1.5%L(w/w)at*0°C *0h

Not more than **0 g/cm2

Partical size

*5% crossed **0mesh