120 Mesh Kappa Refined Carrageenan E407 Food Ingre

120 mesh Kappa refined carrageenan is a jelly-like substance obtained by extraction with alkaline water from red seaweeds. It is used mainly in products that need gelling, suspending, thickening or water holding properties. In the food industry, carrageenan is used as stabilizer, emulsifier, thickener, filler and gelling agent for dairy-based products such as cheese, ice cream, yogurt, butter, sausages and others. For the pharmaceutical industry, it is used as cosmetics, capsules, vitamin, bacteria culturing media, shampoo, lotion and others. Name: Kappa refined carrageenan Brand DEHUI Standard: E407 Description Yellowish to colourless odourless Methanol, ethanol propane-2-ol content % Not more than 0,1 % singly or in combination Viscosity of a 1,5 % solution at 75°C mPa.s Not less than 5 mPa.s Loss on Drying % Not more than 12 % (105°C, four hours) Sulphate % Not less than 15 % and not more than 40 % on the dried basis (as SO4) Ash % Not less than 15 % and not more than 40 % determined on the dried basis at 550°C Acid-insoluble ash % Not more than 1 % on the dried basis (insoluble in 10 % 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 below50 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 5 000 colonies per gram Yeast and moulds Not more than 300 colonies per gram Escherichia Coli Negative in 5 g Salmonella spp. Negative in 10 g Appearance and Colour Mobility powder white or ash white PH value(1.5% w/w, 75°C) 7-10 Trans Parency (0.5%w/w,496nm With water clarity 100% 1cm) Not less than 90% Potassium Gel Strength g/cm2 (0.8%, 20°C) 1.5%+0.2%KCL(w/w)at20°C 10h Not less than 1300 g/cm2 Water gel strength 1.5%L(w/w)at20°C 10h Not more than 500 g/cm2 Partical size 85% crossed 120mesh Storage : sealed and stored in a cool and dry place