And because it is easy to obtain and relatively cheap, it has become the preferred food preservative for many food enterprises.
Parameters | Specification | Results | ||||
Appearance | White Granular or Powder | White Granular | ||||
Identification | Conform | Complies | ||||
Assay | 99.0%-101.0% | 100.75% | ||||
Alkalinity (as K2CO3) | ≤ 1.0 % | < 1.0 % | ||||
Acidity (as Sorbic Acid) | ≤ 1.0 % | < 1.0 % | ||||
Aldehyde (as Formaldehyde) | ≤ 0.1 % | < 0.1 % | ||||
Lead (Pb) | ≤ 2 mg/kg | < 2 mg/kg | ||||
Heavy Metals (as Pb) | ≤ 10 mg/kg | < 10 mg/kg | ||||
Mercury (Hg) | ≤ 1 mg/kg | < 1 mg/kg | ||||
Arsenic(as As) | ≤ 3 mg/kg | < 3 mg/kg | ||||
Ash | Free | Free | ||||
Loss on Drying | ≤ 1.0 % | 0.12% | ||||
Organic volatile impurities | Meets the requirements | Meets the requirements | ||||
Residual solvents | Meets the requirements | Meets the requirements |