Product Name | Agar Agar |
CAS No. | 9002-18-0 |
Formula | C12h18o9 |
EINECS | 232-658-1 |
Certification | ISO |
Quality | Premium quality |
Storage Method | Normal |
color | Class white or pale yellow |
Item | Standard | Test results |
Color | Class white or pale yellow | Class white or pale yellow |
Smell | No smell | No smell |
Form | Uniform strip or powder | Powder |
Moisture [water] content | ≤15.0% | <15.0% |
Ash content | ≤5.0% | <5.0% |
Starch test | Pass test | Pass test |
Water-insoluble | ≤1.0% | <1.0% |
Starch test | Pass test | Pass test |
Mesh 75 | <5% | <5% |
Heavy metal(As Pb) | ≤20 mg/kg | <20mg/kg |
Pb | ≤5 mg/kg | <5mg/kg |
As | ≤3 mg/kg | <3mg/kg |
Identification | Pass test | Pass test |
Total bacterial count,CFU/g | ≤2,000/g | <2,000/g |
Mould and yeast,CFU/g | ≤100/g | <100/g |
Coli group(MPN/g) | None | None |
Gel strength(1.5%,20ºC,15h) | 801-1200 g/cm2 | Pass test |
Agar-Agar | Food industry | As gelling and stabilizing agent used in yogurt,candy, jelly, yokan, canned food, ham and sausage; As thickening and stabilizing used in jam, peanut butter, sesame soy; As stabilizing agent used in ice cream, popsicle etc; As stage-deflocculant used in fruit juice and beverage. As clarifying agent used in wine ,soy sauce, vinegar |
Pharmaceutical industry | Lowering blood lipid, expulsion of toxin and beautifying the skin. | |
Bio-engineering | Bacterium culturing medium and microorganism carrier etc. |