Complaint
| Item | Standard |
| Physical Appearance | White to brown, buff powder, free flowing, free from lump & foreign materials |
| Purity | 99.5% min |
| Degree of substitution | 0.7 min |
| Viscosity, 1% solution, (25ºC,30rpm) | 2000-3000 cp |
| PH (1% solution, 25ºC) | 6.5-8.5 |
| Loss on drying | 8% max |
| Microbiological specs | |
| Total count | 3000 cfu/g max |
| Fungi and Yeasts | 200 cfu/g max |
| Coliforms | 100 cfr/g max |
| E.coli (cfu/g) | Negative |
| Salmonella (cfu/25g) | Negative |
| Heavy metals | |
| Ar | 3ppm max |
| Pb | 2ppm max |
| Ca | 1ppm max |
| Hg | 1ppm max |
