Product Code: AVSPPWDR Revision Date: 09/16/2004
| Description: | Aloe vera gel spray-dried powder concentrate suitable for food, beverage and dietary supplement preparations. We recommend aloe vera liquid concentrate (Product Code: AVC10XC) for cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations.
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| Appearance: | White to yellowish 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 ground, filtered, and concentrated under vacuum to a level of 5% soilds. The concentrate is pasteurized and appropriate stablizing agents are added before spray drying into a maltodextrin matrix.
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| Odor/Flavor | It has a native vegetable odor and flavor with no off flavors
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| TYPICAL NUTRITIONAL PROXIMATES |
| Moisture: | Less than 10%
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| 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 5,000 cfu/g
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| Coliform: | Negative
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