Silkworm Pupa complex Amino Acid is yellowy powder made from defatted silkworm pupa by hydrolysis. It’s soluble in water with pH value between 4 to 6.5 and positive ninhydrin reaction.
·Quality Index:
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Index
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Appearance
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Jasmine or brown powder, special odor, deliquescence in air
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Amino acids / Total nitrogen
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≥75%
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Total nitrogen
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≥13.5%
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Weight Loss on Drying
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≤6.0%
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Residues on Ignition
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≤ 5.0%
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pH value
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5.0-7.0
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Heavy metal (as Pb)
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≤10 ppm
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Bacteria
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≤100
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Coli Group (MPN) (piece/100g)
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≤30
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Pathogenic Bacteria
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Not detected
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·Application characteristics:
The content of free L- type amino acid is up to above 75%, and total free essential amino acids account for 40% in this product.
Silkworm Pupa protein is a kind of complete protein and contains a variety of amino acids necessary for health, including 8 kinds of amino acids essential to human body. Up to the quality standards of FAO/WHO, its nutritive value is even superior than that of eggs and milk and its zinc content reaches up to 19.025mg/100g.
It has good water solubility and the aqueous solution has good transparence; the product has been widely used in health foods (i.e., Amino Acid oral liquid, amino acid soluble granule, amino acid capsule, fruity amino acid beverage, and concentrated beverage, special work type energy increasing beverage, foods for elders, foods for children); the product is also used in candy, cakes, enriched foods, baked foods, many kinds of gravy fine dried noodles, flavorings (i.e., soy sauce, sauce, vinegar, various types of soup materials). It can also be used as a raw material for producing medicinal amino acid as well as basic raw materials for separating and purifying many types of single amino acid.
