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Potato starch is obtained by mechanical separation from potatoes components, washing out, purification, drying and sieving. Product is destinated for food and technical purposes. Used in a food, chemical, paper and textile industries, to starch of clothes in householding, for baking, thickening of soup, sauces, etc. and also for technical purposes in different branches of industry.
Physico-chemical measurements
| Smell and taste: | typical for potato starch, free from foreign smell and taste,
| | Colour: | pure white, not darker than standard I | Colour in CIE system, not less than:
| 93
| Macroscopic impurities, number of
organic particles per 1 decimetre 2, not more than:
| 50 (with 20 % tolerance) | | Moisture, %, not more than: | 20% | | PH: | 5,5 - 7,5 | | Ash content in s.s.,%, not more than: | 0,35 | Minerals content, insoluble in 10%
hydrochloric acid (HCl), in dry substance (m/m), not more than: | 0,06
| | SO2 content in mg/kg, not more than: | 10
| | Harmful metals content: | | arsenic (As), not more than: | 1 mg/kg | lead (Pb), not more than:
| 2 mg/kg | | quicksilver (Hg), not more than: | 0,1 mg/kg
| cadmium (Cd), not more than:
| 0,1 mg/kg | Microbiological measurements
Type of microorganisms:
| n* | c*
| Limit in 1g | | m* | M*
| Mesophilic organisms,
| 5
| 2
| 10 000 | 100 000
| E - Coli,
| 5 | 2
| 0(0,1g)
| 0(0,01g) | | Salmonella, | 5
| 0
| 0(25g)
| -
| | Staphylococcus aureus, | 5 | 0
| 0(0,1g)
| -
| Moulds and Yeasts
| 5
| 2
| 500
| 1000 | | | | | | | *M - accepted threshold value, over this value all results are disqualified
*m - steady value or below this value all results are acceptable
*n - number of samples analised in batch
*c - number of samples in batch with results between m and M Product free from genetic modification. Product free from allergens. No remains of pesticides higher than permissible. Magnetic separators mounted in technological system. Product is packed in 3-ply paper valve bags of 25 kg net. Other type of packing is possible after agreement with recipient. Packings are marked by label or overprint including following data:
- Name and address of producer
- Labelling of product
- Net weight in kg
- Date of production
- Terms of storage
- Shelf life (best before:…) Recommended relative moisture of air: 60-75 %
Temperature should not exceed 20°C. 5 years from date of production. PN - 93/A - 74710
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