BOTANICAL NAME:

Carthamus tinctorius

PART OF PLANT USED:

Seed

ORIGIN OF RAW MATERIAL:

China

COUNTRY OF PROCESSING:

China

ISSUE DATE:

Apr. 8th, 2009

PRODUCT NO.:

XQD-CLA-EE80

PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL

SPECIFICATIONS

APPEARANCE

A clear colorless or light yellow oil

CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID EE,%

≥78.0

ACTIVE C9T11 CLA EE (%)

≥37.0

ACTIVE T10C12 CLA EE (%)

≥37.0

PALMITIC ACID,%

≤9.0

STEARIC ACID,%

≤4.0

LINOLEIC ACID,%

≤2.5

OLEIC ACID,%

≤12.0

ACID VALUE ,mg KOH/g

≤2.0

PEROXIDE VALUE, meq/kg

≤10.0

MOISTURE,%

≤0.1

IODINE VALUE, g I₂/100g

≥120.0

SAPONIFICATION VALUE, mg KOH/g

≥180.0

UNSAPONIFIED MATTER,%

≤1.0

LEAD ,PPM

≤0.2

ARSENIC,PPM

≤0.2

MERCURY,PPM

≤0.1

BAP, PPB

≤2.0

MICROBIOLOGY

TOTAL PLATE COUNT,CFU/G

≤1,000

YEASTS AND MOLDS,CFU/G

≤100

E. Coli

Negative/g

Salmonella

Negative/25g

Staphyloccous aureus

Negative/25g