DESCRIPTION: Light brown sugar crystal, clean dry appearance, free falling, free of foreign material, free of agglomeration and caking, not involving any process of genetic modification or trans-genesis, suitable for direct human consumption and for refining for production of refined sugar.

 

ODOUR AND TASTE: Molasses flavor, sweet

 

PHYSIOCHEMICAL QUALITY

 

-  Polarization     Not less than 99.3%

-  Moisture  w/w      0.06% - 0.08% maximum

-  Factor of safety     Not exceeding 0.30 (High number indicate low quality)

- Colour       700 – 900 ICUMSA Max

- Grain size      Between 52 and 22

(Percent through 28 mesh Tyler 30 Mesh US sieve) – high number indicate low quality.

TURBIDITY (suspended solid)   Not exceeding 400 ppm

DEXTRAN      Not exceeding 250 M A U

STARCH      not exceeding 250 ppm

ASH       0.2% -  0.4% max.

COPPER   -     Mg/Kg     2.0 max

ARSENIC -     Mg/Kg     1.0