China Food Grade Sweetener Acesulfame-K Acesulfame

Product Name: Acesulfame-K

Functional Use: Nonnutritive Sweetener

Description: White, odorless, freely flowing crystalline powder having an

intensely sweet taste, approximately 200 times sweeter than sucrose (3%

solution)

Solubility in water: freely soluble

Solubility in Ethanol: slightly soluble

Ultraviolet Absorption: 227±2nm

Test for potassium: Positive

Precipitation Test: Yellow precipitate

Assay Content: 99.0%-101.0%

Loss on Drying:

≤

1.0%(105

ºC

, 2h)

Organic Impurities:

≤

20mg/kg

Impurity A :

≤

0.125%

Impurity B :

≤

20mg/kg

Fluoride:

≤

3mg/kg

Heavy metals (as Pb):

≤

10mg/kg

Arsenic:

≤

3mg/kg

Lead:

≤

1mg/kg

PH Value: 5.5-7.5

Acidity: Passes Test

*Mercury:

≤

1mg/kg(external inspection: once per Quarter)

*Selenium:

≤

10mg/kg(external inspec

tion: once per Quarter)

The requirements stated herein also meets with the standard of FCC,BP,

EP,E950 and USP.