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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 | ||