ITEMS | STANDARD |
Appearance | Light and free flowing powder |
Loss on Drying | max. of 12% |
PH | 8.0-11.0 |
Water Viscosity | >=60 mPa.s |
Gel Strength Water gel (1.5%, 0.2KCl) | >1350 g/cm2 |
As | max. of 1 mg/kg |
Zn | max. of 50 mg/kg |
Pb | max. of 1 mg/kg |
C d | max. of 0.1 mg/kg |
Hg | max. of 0.03 mg/kg |
Substances insoluble in hot water | max. of 2.0% |
Substances insoluble in acids | max. of 2.0% |
Total Plate Count | max. of 5,000 cfu/g |
Total variable mesophilic aerobic | max. of 5,000 cfu/g |
Yeasts and Moulds | max. of 100 cfu/g |
Sulphite reducing spores | absent in 0.1 g |
Salmonella | negative in 25 g |
Escherichia coli | negative in 5 g |
Food insects and their rests | Absent |
Ferromagnetical mechanical impurities | Absent |
Molecular Weight | > 100,000 Daltons |
Packaging | 25 kg multi walled paper bag with polyethylene liner. |
Shelf life & Storage | 24 months stored in cool and dry place in original packaging |
Using carrageenans is meat industry: Carragenans – semi-refined as well as refined are widely used in meat industry.
The dosages are between 0.1% -0.5% and give excellent results in the end product: | ① Improve product quality by improving texture, cutting and bite |
② Improve water binding in production and storing | |
③ Increase yield by binding more brine | |
④ Stabilise water-fat-protein emulsion preventing separation of the fractions which in effect gives a more homogenous, better cut | |
⑤ Carrageenans disperse well in water without increasing density which makes injecting easier – low density is retained until heat treatment | |
⑥ Improve freeze and thaw stability | |
Owing to good synergy with gums, carrageenans are often used in following applications: | ① Pork and poultry smoked products |
② Pork, beef and poultry sausages | |
③ Luncheon meat and other block products | |
④ Frankfurters | |
⑤ Hamburgers, cutlets and other minced products |