Sodium Alginate is an anionic polysaccharide distributed widely in
the cell walls of brown algae,where through binding with water it
forms a viscous gum. Alginates are refined from brown seaweeds.such
as seaweed”Lessonia Nigrescens”,”Lessonia Flavicans”.It is used as
thickening agent of ice
cream,cheese,pudding,jam,salads,juice,Noodle etc.
Specification | E401 |
Grain Size | As per requirement |
Viscosity | As per requirement |
Moisture | ≤15.0% |
PH Value | 6.0-8.0 |
Ash(on dry basis) | 18.0-27.0% |
Water unsolvable | ≤2.0% |
Transparency | Qualified |
Heavy metal | / |
As | ≤0.0003% |
Pb | ≤0.0005% |
Characteristics | Light yellow or milk white powder or granular |
Methanal | ≤0.0050% |
Hg | ≤0.0001% |
Cd | ≤0.0001% |
Total bacteria count | ≤5000cfu/g |
Yeast | ≤500cfu/g |
Coliform count | Absent in 5g |
Salmonella | Absent in 10g |