Product Code: AVGDPW Revision Date: 09/15/2004
| Description: | Two hundred-fold (200 X) powdered concentrate of pure Aloe Vera inner leaf filets, prepared without additives of any kind. Suitable for use in health food and beverage formulations.
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| Appearance: | Light tan powder
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| Raw Material | Aloe barbadensis Miller (Aloe vera Linne), grown and processed in the Dominican Republic
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| Process | Mature aloe vera leaves are harvested by hand. The inner gel in the leaf is removed by a hand-fileting process. The gel filets are gently air dehydrated under controlled conditions. The dehydrated filets are then ground into a uniform, somewhat fluffy powder.
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| Color | 3 Gardner maximum (when reconstituted with distilled water at a ratio of powder to water of 1:199)
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| Odor | Characteristic vegetable-like
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| Percent Moisture | 5% Maximum.
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| pH | 4.0 - 5.0 (when resonstituted with distilled water at a ratio of powder to water of 1:199)
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| Aloe Vera Gel Solids | 100% (dry basis)
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| Additives | None
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| TYPICAL NUTRITIONAL PROXIMATES |
| CHEMICAL |
| Arsenic(As2O3): | Less than 1.5 mg/kg as As2O3
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| Heavy Metals (as Pb): | Less than 10 mg/kg as lead
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| MICROBIOLOGICAL |
| Total Aerobic Plate Count: | Less than 5000 cfu/g
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| Coliform: | Negative
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