Appearance : white color free flowing crystals Colour in solution : transparent
Odor : typical MSG mono sodium glutamate Assay : 99.0% min (as Monosodium glutamate monohydrate) PH : 6.7-7.2 (5.0% solution) Specific rotation : +24.8%-+25.3% Loss on drying (105c,5hrs) : 0.5% max
Solubility : 74/100ml water at 25 degrees Celsius,105.0g/100ml water at 60 degrees Celsius Sodium Content : 12.3% Chloride : 0.2% max (as CI) Arsenic : 0.5 ppm max (as As) Heavy Metals (as Pb) : 10ppm max Leads (Pb) : 10ppm max Sieve Analysis : 80-200 mesh Standard plate count : 5,000/g max Moulds : 100g/max Coliforms : 10/g max