CAS No.:11114-20-8
Carrageenan
CAS No.:11114-20-8
HS Code:13023911
Specification:FCC
Packing:25kg bag/drum/carton
Application
Carrageenan is best known for making carrageenan jelly powder. Carrageenan is a naturally-occurring family of polysaccharides extracted from red seaweed.It is used as a gelling, thickening, and stabilizing agent in a wide range of food and beverage applications. Carrageenan can be used as an extender and stabilizer in processed meat & poultry products.
Specification
| ITEMS | STANDARD |
| Appearance | Light and free flowing powder |
| Loss on Drying | max. of 12% |
| PH | 8-11 |
| Gel Strength Water gel(1.5%,0.2kcl) | >450 g/cm2 |
| As | max. of 1 mg/kg |
| Zn | max. of 50 mg/kg |
| Pb | max. of 1 mg/kg |
| C d | max. of 0.1 mg/kg |
| Hg | max. of 0.03 mg/kg |
| Total Plate Count | max. of 10,000 cfu/g |
| Total variable mesophilic aerobic | max. of 5,000 cfu/g |
| Yeasts and Molds | max. of 100 cfu/g |
| Sulphite reducing spores | absent in 0.1 g |
| Salmonella | negative in 25 g |
| Escherichia coli | negative in 5 g |
| Substances insoluble in hot water | max. of 2.0% |
| Substances insoluble in acids | max. of 2.0% |
| Average Molecular Weight | min. of 100,000 Daltons |
| Food insects and their rests | Absent |
| Ferromagnetical mechanical impurities | Absent |