Detailed Product Description

Acesulfame Potassium specification (Complied with FCCV standard):

Identification:

Solubility in Water  -----------------  Freely Soluble 

Solubility in ethanol  --------------   Slightly soluble

Ultraviolet absorption -------------  227 ± 2 nm

Test for potassium ------------------ Positive

Precipitation test --------------------Yellow precipitate

Purity:

Assay content -------------------------- 99.0 101.0%

Loss on drying (105, 2h) -------- 1 % max

Organic Impurities ug/g ------------ 20 max

Fluoride -----------------------------------3 mg/kg max

Potassium -------------------------------- 17.0-21

Heavy metal (as Pb) ------------------ 5 mgkg max

Arsenic ------------------------------------ 3 mg/kg max

Mercury ------------------------------------ 10 mg/kg max

Lead ----------------------------------------1 mg/kg max

Selenium ---------------------------------- 10 mg/kg

Sulfate ---------------------------------------0.1% max

PH ( 1 in 100 solution) ----------------- 5.5 7.5

Microbiological Test:

Total plate count cfu/g --------------- 200 cfu/g max

Coliforms-MPN MPN/g ----------------10 max

Yeast and Moulds cfu/g --------------- 100 cfu/g max

E.Coli ---------------------------------------- Negative

Salmonella ---------------------------------Negative