Product Description
Sweetener Neotame, Food/Pharma Grade is an intensive sweetener and flavor enhancer, about 7,000~13,000 times of sucrose (table sugar).
Widely approved to be used in food and beverages by most countries, in the European Union, it is known by the E number E961, also been approved to used in pharma industry as excipients and feed industry as sweetener.
Specification
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Item
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Standard
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Appearance
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White crystalline powder
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Assay
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97.0 - 102.0 %
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N-[n-(3,3-dimethylbuty1)-l-alpha-asparty1]-l-phenylalanine
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≤ 1.5 %
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Water
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≤ 5.0 %
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Specific Rotation (20ºC)
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-40.0° ~ -43.4°
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PH
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5.0 - 7.0
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Heavy Metals (as Pb)
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≤ 10 mg/kg
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Arsenic (as As)
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≤ 2 mg/kg
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Residue on ignition
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≤ 0.2 %
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Melting point
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80.9°C - 83.4ºC
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Coliform
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< 10mpn/g
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Fungi
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<100cfu/g
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Function
Neotame is a high intensity sweetener and flavor enhancer for use in foods, except in meat and poultry. it is 7,000-13,000 times sweeter than sugar and has a clean, sweet taste. it is a derivative of the dipep- tide composed of amino acids, aspartic acid, and phenylalanine. it can be blended with nutritive sweeteners such as sucrose and high fructose corn syrup as well as with high intensity sweeteners such as aspartame and sucralose. uses include beverages, baked goods, desserts, cereals. it functions as a flavor enhancer in certain applica- tions and flavor systems, such as mint-flavored chewing gum.
Applications
1. Carbonated drinks and still beverages;
2. Jams, jelly, milk products, syrup, confections
3. Baked goods, desserts
4. Ice cream, cake, pudding, wine, fruit can, etc.
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