
Items | Standards |
Appearance | Red |
Odor | Has the unique smell of gardenia |
Form | No foreign impurities visible to the naked eye |
Solubility | Water soluble |
Grade | Food grade |

Gardenia Red is a gardenia powder product made from fresh gardenia fruit, washed, selected, extracted (or squeezed), concentrated, powdered; or diluted, filtered, concentrated, sprayed, and packaged. It is soluble in hydrophilic media such as water and ethanol, and can be widely used in food and beverages, jelly, ice cream, cakes, etc.
Physical and chemical properties:
It is easily soluble in hot water, water-containing ethanol, water-containing propylene glycol, and insoluble in organic solvents such as ethyl acetate; the pigment has bright color, strong coloring power, good light resistance and heat resistance.

Items | Specifications |
Package size | 1kg/5kg/10kg/20kg |
Packing | Inner packing:Food grade PE Bag Outer packaging:Carton |
Shelf life | 24 months |
Storage | Sealed, cool and dry place (recommended storage temperature 15-20 ºC) |

Items | Standards | Reference |
Water/(%) ≤ | 7.0 | GB 5009.3 |
Ash/(%) ≤ | 5.0 | GB 5009.4 |
As,mg/kg) ≤ | 0.5 | GB 5009.11 |
Pb,mg/kg) ≤ | 0.8 | GB 5009.12 |
Items | Sampling plan and limit | Reference | |||
n | c | m | M | ||
Total plate count/ (CFU/g) ≤ | 5 | 2 | 10^3 | 5×10^4 | GB 4789.2 |
Coliform/(CFU/g) ≤ | 5 | 2 | 10 | 100 | GB4789.3 |
Mold/ (CFU/g) ≤ | 50 | GB4789.15 | |||
The limit of pathogenic bacteria should meet the requirements of GB29921 | |||||
Note: n is the number of samples that should be collected in the same batch of products; c is the maximum allowable number of samples exceeding the value of m; m is the limit value of the acceptable level; M is the highest safety limit value. |
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