Calcium Alginate Cas No. 9005-35-0 calcium alginate powder
Calcium Alginate Description
Calcium alginate is a waterinsoluble, gelatinous, cream coloured substance that can be created
hrough the addition of aqueouscalcium chloride to aqueous sodium alginate. Adding artificial fl
vours and colours creates a moretasty edible slime.
Calcium Alginate Specification:
Items |
Standards |
Appearance |
Cream white powder |
Viscosity (mPa.s, 1% solution, 20°C) |
As per need (500 Min) |
Assay (dry basis, %) |
90.8 - 106% |
Loss on drying (105°C, 4h) |
≤ 15% |
pH (1% solution) |
6.0 - 7.5 |
Water insolubles (dry basis) |
≤ 0.6% |
Total ash |
18 - 27% |
Copper (Cu) |
≤ 10PPM |
Zinc (Zn) |
≤ 10PPM |
Lead (Pb) |
≤ 3PPM |
Arsenic (As) |
≤ 2PPM |
Mercury (Hg) |
≤ 1PPM |
Cadmium (Cd) |
≤ 1PPM |
Total Heavy metals (as Pb) |
≤ 10PPM |
Total plate count |
≤ 5000 cfu/g |
Yeast & mould |
≤ 500 cfu/g |
Salmonella/ 10g |
Absent |
E. Coli/ 5g |
Absent |
Sodium Alginate Application
In Foods,
Alginate has an excellent functionality as a thickening agent, gelling agent, emulsifier, stabi
izer, textureimprover (for noodles), to improve the quality of food. Nowadays, based on unique and excellent properties alginate is applied to numerous kinds of food, such as ice cream, jelly
lactic drinks, dressings, instant noodle, beer, et cetera .Safety of alginate for food applications is certified by FAO/WHO, as one of the safest food additives.
In texile,
Alginate is used for substrate of color paste when applying patterns to print fabrics, scarf, towel, etc. Use of alginate for printing of cotton, jute, rayon is mandatory. Alginate, a seaweed extract, is safer and easier to be decomposed compared with other substrate for textile printin
and gives easier waste water disposal.
Company Information:
ZF SUNGOLD CORPORATION is an active and reliable worldwide ingredients distributor, specializin
in the Food, Chemical, Beverage and Nutritional Industries. With more than 12years professional experiences in sourcing and marketing.It has been engaged in promoting qualified products to worldwide markets under GMP, HACCP, KOSHER, ISO, HALAL and other certified process control systems
So far we have built good business relationship with some wellknown enterprises of world,includ
ng Nestle, Unilever, DUMAS, etc
Our Services
1. Your inquiry related to our products or prices will be replied in 12hours.
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4. Sample order can be delivered within 3 working days, small order 3-5working days, mass order 7-10working days.
5. Samples can be offered by free,customers just need to pay the freight.But the freight can be returned to our customer after he/she places formal order with us.
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