Category:
Plant Extracts
Standard:
In-house Standards,

Product Information |
Product name |
Marigold Flower Extract |
Active ingredient |
Lutein |
Part of plant used |
Flower |
Speicification |
Lutein : 5%,10%,20%,40%, 80% 90% by HPLCZeaxanthin : 5% , 20% , 40% by HPLC |
Appearance |
Orange fine powder |
COA of Marigold Flower Extract |
ITEMS |
SPECIFICATION |
RESULT |
Appearance |
Orange powder |
Complies |
Odor and taste |
Characteristic |
Complies |
Lutein content |
≥90.0% |
90.50% |
Zeaxanthin content |
≥1% |
1.28% |
Loss on drying |
≤5.0% |
3.12% |
Sulphated ash |
≤2.0% |
1.21% |
Solvent residuals(N-hexane) |
≤25mg/kg |
Complies |
Heavy metal |
≤10ppm |
Complies |
Arsenic |
≤1.0PPM |
<0.2PPM |
Cadmium |
≤1.0PPM |
<0.05PPM |
Lead |
≤1.0PPM |
<0.1PPM |
Mercury |
≤0.1PPM |
<0.02PPM |
Mesh size |
100% pass 80 mesh |
Complies |
Microbiology |
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Total plate count |
≤1000cfu/g |
<1000cfu/g |
Yeast & Mould |
≤100cfu/g |
<100cfu/g |
E.Coli |
Absent |
Absent |
Salmonella |
Absent |
Absent |
Conclusion |
Conform with specification |
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Usage |
