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Food Grade Specs

Sr. No Parameters Results
1 Appearance Off- White or Light Yellow Free Flowing Powder
2 Particle Size
80 Mesh 200 Mesh
80 Mesh (>/=95) 200 Mesh (>/=92)
3 1% KCl, M.Pa.S Viscosity (cps)1% XG in 1% KCl Solution Brookfield LVDCV-II+, 3#Spindle, 60 rpm, 25+/- 1C >/= 1200
4 Loss on Drying % </=13
5 Shearing Ration >/= 6.5
6 Ahses % </= 13
7 Total Nitrogen % </= 1.5
8 </= 1.5 >/= 1.5
9 pH (1%XG Solution) >/= 1.5
10 Ethanol And Propan – 2-ol, ppm </= 750
11 Total Heavy Metals (as Pb), ppm </= 20
12 Pb, ppm </= 2
13 As, ppm </= 2
14 Hg, ppm </= 1
15 Cd, ppm </= 1
16 Total Plate Count, cfu/g </ = 2000
17 Yeasts and Moulds Count, cfu/g </= 100
18 Coliform, MPN/100 g </= 30
19 Escherichia Coli. Absent in 5 Grams
20 Salmonella Absent in 10 Grams
21 Staphylococus Aureus Negative
22 Assay, % 91-108
23 V1, V2 1.02-1.45


Carboxy Methyl Cellulose:

Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) or cellulose gum is a cellulose derivative with carboxymethyl groups (-CH 2-COOH). We are supplying CMC with different variants to different industrial sectors like Oil Drilling Industries (CMC LV and CMC HV) and Food Industries. Specs of our products are as follows



CMC LV :
Sr. No Particular Results
1 Grade CMC LV (Low Viscosity)
2 Physical Appearance Cremish Powder
3 D.S 0.7 to 0.8
4 Apparent Viscosity 32
5 pH 7 (+/-0.5)
6 Moisture 7% max
7 Mesh Size 30 mesh
8 API Water Loss 10 ml (max)


CMC HV :
Sr. No Particular Standard Results
1 APPEARANCE OFF WHITE TO CREAMISH FREE FLOWING POWDER COMPLY
2 NATURE OF POLYMER SODIUM CARBOXY
METHYL CELLULOSE
SODIUM CARBOXY
METHYL CELLULOSE
3 MOISTURE CONTENT 8 % MAX 4.88 %
4 Viscometer Dial
reading at 600 r/m
a.In Deionized Wate
b.In 40 g/itr salt water
c.In saturated Salt Water
Min. 30
Min. 30
Min. 30
33.2
33.3
31.6
5 PH 6 TO 8 7.90
6 Solubility Soluble in Fresh Comply
7 Toxicity Non Toxic Comply
8 Filtrate Volume MAX 10.00 Cm³ 9.6 Cm³


CMC Food Grade :
ITEMS SPECIFICATION RESULTS
APPERANCE White Free Flowing Powder Complies
1% Aqueous Solution Brookfield Viscosity (mPa.s) 5500+ 5710
Degree of Substitution 0.8-0.9 0.85
PH (1% in solutions) 6.0-8.5 6.90
Loss on drying (%) ≤8 7.15
Purity (%) ≥99.5 99.60
Chloride content (as Nacl) % ≤0.5 0.18
Sodium Glycolate % ≤0.4 0. 18
As (mg/kg) ≤2.0 ≤2.0
Pb (mg/kg) ≤2.0 ≤2.0
Total Plate Count (cfu/g) ≤500 Complies
Mould& Yeasts (cfu/25g) ≤100 Complies
E.Coli (cfu/g) Absent Absent
Salmonella (cfu/g) Absent Absent
Staphylococcusaureus (cfu/g) Absent Absent


We have below products to offer as food additives :

  Citric Acid

  Xanthan Gum Food grade

  Ascorbic Acid

  And many more. For more information please contact our sales team.

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