Burnt sugar is a product obtained by the controlled heating of carbohydrates (sucrose). Its is produced without additives from chemical substances. Burnt sugar is used as a taste-staining additive for food means. Physico-chemical measurements
Appearance:
| thick, syrup liquid
| | Smell: | typical for burnt sugar
| Taste:
| sweet, with light sweet-and- sour taste
| | Colour: | brown | Stain intensity (absorbance at 420 nm), 0,5 % solution:
| 0,15 - 0,25
| | Concentration: | min. 78°Bx | | Reducing sugar content [%(m/m)] | min. 50
| | PH: | 3,0 - 4,5
| | Ash content [%(m/m)] | max. 0,3
| | Harmful metals content: | | arsenic (As), not more than: | 0,5 mg/kg | | cadmium (Cd), not more than: | 0,1 mg/kg
| lead (Pb), not more than:
| 1 mg/kg | | quicksilver (Hg), not more than: | 0,03 mg/kg | zinc (Zn), not more than:
| 20,0 mg/kg
| Product free from genetic modification. Product free from allergens. Burnt sugar is packaged in:
- polypropylene buckets and little buckets – 12 kg or 40 kg net
- plastic containers or other packings after agreement with recipient.Packing is marked with label or overprint including following data:
- Name and address of producer
- Labelling of product
- Net weight in kg
- Date of production
- Terms of storage Product should be kept in close or open roofed store, in justified cases in unroofed but darkened place. 6 months from production date. ZN-2/98 Burnt sugar |
Burnt sugar 
