Food Additives
ACESULFAME K
Product Description:white, odorless, freely flowing crystalline powder having an intensely sweet taste, approximately 200
times sweeter than sucrose(3%solution)
Identification
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Test
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Requirement
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Result
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Solubility in Water
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Freely Soluble
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Freely Soluble
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Solubility in Ethanol
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Slightly Soluble
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Slightly Soluble
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Ultraviolet Absorption
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227±2nm
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227±2nm
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Test for Potassium
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Positive
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Positive
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Precipitation test
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Yellow Precipitate
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Yellow Precipitate
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Purity
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Test
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Requirement
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Result
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Assay Content %
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99.0～101.0%
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99.56
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Loss on Drying(105℃,2h) %
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≤1
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0.06
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Organic Impurities ppm
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≤20
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<20
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Impurity A %
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≤0.125
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<0.125
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Impurity B ppm
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≤20
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<20
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Fluoride ppm
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≤3
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0.2
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Potassium %
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17.0-21
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18.9
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Heavy Metals ppm
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≤5
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<5
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Acidity
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Passes test
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Passes test
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Arsenic ppm
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≤3
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0.35
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Lead ppm
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≤1
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None
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Mercury ppm
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≤1
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None
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Selenium ppm
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≤10
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0.4
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Sulfate %
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≤0.1
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0.1
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PH (1 in 100 solution)
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5.5-7.5
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6.79
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Insolubles ppm
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≤75
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59
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Microbiological Tests
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Test
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Requirement
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Result
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Total Plate Count cfu/g
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≤200
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<20
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Coliforms-MPN MPN/g
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≤10
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None
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Yeast and Moukls cfu/g
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≤100
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<10
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E.Coli
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Negative
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None
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Salmonella
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Negative
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None
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Particle Size
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Sieve
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Percent
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30-100mesh
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98%
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*Impurity A:3-oxobtanamide(acctylacetamide)
**Impurity B:5-chloro-6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide
The requirement stated herein also meets with the standard of BP,EP and FAO/WHO JECFA96 E950.
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