Item

Specifications

Test results

Identification

Infrared absorption

Complies

Identification tests

Complies

Disaccharide composition

Complies

Specific rotation

Complies

Assay

90%-105%

91.7%

Optical rotation

-12.0°- 20.0°

-19.0°

PH

5.5-7.5

6.8

Residue on ignition

20.0%-30.0%

23.5%

Loss on drying

Max. 12.0%

6.5%

Chloride

Max. 0.5%

0.24%

Sulfate

Max. 0.24%

0.17%

Ethanol

Max. 5000ppm

Complies

Electrophoretic purity

Max. 2%

Complies

Limit of protein

Max. 6%

3.2%

Heavy Metals

Max. 20ppm

0.2ppm

Lead

Max. 3.0mg/kg

Complies

Cadmium

Max. 1.0mg/kg

Complies

Mercury

Max. 0.1mg/kg

Complies

Arsenic

Max. 1.0mg/kg

Complies

Limit of Nonspecific

dissaccharides

Max 10%

6.0%

Absorbance

Max. 0.35

Complies

Total bacterial count

Max. 1000 cfu/g

25 cfu/g

Molds and yeasts

Max. 100 cfu/g

10 cfu/g

Salmonella

Absence

Absence

Escherichia coli

Absence

Absence