Complaint
Agar is a hydrophilic colloid extracted from red algae plants. It is one of the seaweed gums that was first used in the food industry and is currently the most widely used in the world. Agar has a wide range of applications in many aspects such as food industry, pharmaceutical industry, daily chemical industry, and biological engineering. In the food industry, agar is used as a gelling agent, extender, thickener, emulsifier, stabilizer, excipient, suspending agent, moisture retention agent, which can significantly change the quality of food and improve the quality of food Grade has become an important food additive.
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 | |
Salmonella bacteria(MPN/g) | None | None | |
Gel strength(1.5%,20ºC,15h) | 801-1200 g/cm2 | Pass test | |
