Activated Carbon For Food Industry
Technology
The series of activated carbon in powder or granular form is made from wood or coal or fruit shell or coconut shell, produced by physical or chemical activation methods.
Characteristics
The series of activated carbon has developed pore structure, fast decolorization and short filtration time etc.
Application
The main purpose of use activated carbon in food is to remove pigment, adjust the fragrance, deodorization, remove the colloid, remove the substance that prevent crystallization and improve the stability of the product.
Wildly used in liquid-phase adsorption, such as refining liquid sugar, beverage, edible oil, alcohol, amino acids. Especially suitable for refinement and decolorization, such as cane sugar, beet sugar, starch sugar, milk sugar, molasses, xylose, xylitol, maltose, Coca Cola, Pepsi, preservative, saccharin, sodium glutamate, citric acid, pectin, gelatin, essence and spice, glycerin, canola oil, palm oil, and sweetener, etc.
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Raw material |
Wood |
Coal / Fruit shell/Coconut shell |
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Particle size, mesh |
200/325 |
8*30/10*30/10*40/ 12*40/20*40 |
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Caramel decolorization range,% |
90-130 |
- |
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Molasses,% |
- |
180～350 |
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Iodine, mg/g |
700～1100 |
900～1100 |
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Methylene blue, mg/g |
195～300 |
120～240 |
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Ash, % |
8Max. |
13Max. |
5Max. |
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Moisture,% |
10Max. |
5Max. |
10Max. |
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pH |
2～5/3～6 |
6～8 |
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Hardness, % |
- |
90Min. |
95Min. |
Remarks:
All specifications could be adjusted as per customer’s requirement.
Packaging: 20kg/bag, 25kg/bag, Jumbo bag or as per customer’s requirement.