- Appearance
- An almost white or colourless crystal(s), dry crystalline powder, odourless, tastes sweet.
- Identification
- An orange precipitate is produced immediately.
- Solubility
- Very Soluble in water; Freely soluble in 70% ethanol; Practically insoluble in ethanol
- Specific Optical Rotation
- +65.9° to +67.0°
- Acidity or Alkalinity
- The solution is colourless and NMT 0.6 mL of 0.01 M NaOH is required to change the colour of the solution to pink
- Heavy Metals, PPM
- NMT 10
- Calcium
- The solution remains clear for at least 1 minute
- Barium
- Any opalescence is not more intense than that of a mixture of 1 mL of distilled water and 10 mL of solution A
- Sulphites
- Blue colour develops
- Glucose and invert sugar, g/100g
- Blue colour does not disappear completely
- Sulphated Ash, %
- NMT 0.10
- Colouring matter A
- No unpleasant odour is detectable
- Colouring matter B
- Any fluorescence is not more intense than that of a solution containing 0.4 µg per mL of quinine sulphate in 0.005 M sulphuric acid
- Dextrins
- The Solution remains yellow or becomes faint bluish green
- Bacterial endotoxine, unit per mg of sucrose
- NMT 0.25
- Colour ICUMSA, IU
- Max. 35
- Moisture, %
- NMT 0.1
- Sucrose, %
- Min. 99.80
- Foreign matter
- 0.1% Max
- Sulphur dioxide SO2
- Max. 10 ppm
- Conductivity Ash (%)
- NMT 0.04
- Total Plate Count
- <500 cfu/g
- Yeast & Mould
- <10 cfu/g
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Absent/10 g