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Specifications

Appearance:

A white to off-white crystalline powder£¬having an intensely sweet taste, approximately 600 times as sweet as sucrose (3% solution).

Odor:

Odorless

Taste:

Intensely sweet

Identification:

HPLC

TLC

Water (KF):

Not more than 2%

Methanol:

Not more than 0.1%

Residue on ignition:

Not more than 0.5%

Arsenic (as AS):

Not more than 3ppm

Heavy metals( as Pb):

Not more than 10ppm

Specific optical rotation:

+84.5 to +87.5

Hydrolysis products:

TLC

Related substance:

TLC

Assay:

98.0 -102.0%

Total aerobic count:

Not more than 250cfu/g

Yeasts:

Not more than 50cfu/g

Molds:

Not more than 50cfu/g

Coliforms:

Not more than 0.3 organisms/g

E. Coli:

Not more than 0.3 organisms/g

S. aureus:

Not more than 10cfu/g

Salmonella:

Negative

Particle size:

100% pass 60mesh sieve