Test item
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Standard | Test reference | Sample Size | Time cost (Business days) |
Colour and apperance | White or colourless, crystalline solid | Citric Acid(INS No. 330)-JECFA | 300g | 12 working days |
Odour | Odourless | |||
Taste | Sour, without excess taste | |||
Structure | Dry, crystalline solid; effloresces in dry air | |||
Mechanical impurities | Not allowed | |||
Identification test | ||||
Solubility | Passes test | OF FOOD ADDITIVE | ||
Test for citrate | Passes test | SPECIFICATIONS-JECFA Volume 4 | ||
Assay(С6Н807 ■ Н20), %, | 99,5-100,5 | |||
Water content, %, Karl Fischer Method | 7,5-8,8 | |||
Sulfated ash, % | not more than 0,05 | |||
Sulfates, % | not more than 0,015 | |||
Oxalate, % | not more than 0,01 | |||
Test for ferrocyanide | Passes test | method provided by client | ||
Test on readily carbonizable substances**** | Passes test | COMBINED COMPENDIUM | ||
OF FOOD ADDITIVE | ||||
SPECIFICATIONS-JECFA Volume 4 | ||||
Test on iron***** | Passes test | |||
Lead, mg/kg | not more than0,5 | COMBINED COMPENDIUM | ||
OF FOOD ADDITIVE | ||||
Arsenic, mg/kg | not more than0,7 | SPECIFICATIONS-JECFA Volume 4 |