Food Technological Additives

Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC)

Product Type:
Thickeners
CAS Number:
9004-34-6
Product Size:
250 g, 1 kg, 25 kg, Custom size
Cat. Number:
FTC0098
Product Information
Color White or almost white
Form Powder
Flavor Taste & Odor Odorless
Assay (dry basis) α- cellulose: ≥ 97%
Loss on Drying ≤ 7%
Particle Size 98% pass 120 mesh
pH Value 5.0-7.5 (10% solution)
Starch Negative
Sulphated Ash ≤ 0.5%
Water-Insoluble Substance ≥ 99.76%
Heavy Metals ≤ 10 mg/kg (as Pb)
Arsenic (As) ≤ 3 mg/kg
Lead (Pb) ≤ 5 mg/kg
Cadmium (Cd) ≤ 1 mg/kg
Mercury (Hg) ≤ 1 mg/kg
Pesticides Residues Negative
Total Plate Count ≤ 1000 cfu/g
Yeast and Moulds ≤ 100 cfu/g
Staphylococcus Aureus Negative in 25 g
Salmonella Negative in 10 g
Shigella Negative in 25 g
Escherichia. Coli Negative in 5 g
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Negative
Coliform Negative
C. perfringens Negative
Sulphite Reducing Spores Absent in 0.1 g
Food Insects and Their Rests Absent
Ferromagnetical Mechanical Impurities Absent

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