PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL PARAMETERS

• Total Dye Content
• Loss on drying
• Water insoluble matter
• Combined ether extracts
• Cyanides (as HCN)
• Ether extractable matter (Alkaline)
• Inorganic Iodide
• Purity of Beta carotene
• Sulphated ash
• Identification test of Chlorophyll
• Solid content
• Colour intensity
• Ammonical nitrogen
• Total Sulphur
• Sulphur dioxide
• Water-soluble annatto (as Norbixin)
• Purity
• Pure dye content of
• Aluminium Lake
• Sodium chlorides and sulphates
• Inorganic matter (HCl insoluble)
• Purity as C30H40O
• Melting range, C
• Acid soluble substances
• Water soluble substances
• pH
• Methanol
• Ethanol
• Free from extraneous materials
• Moisture
• Dispersibility in water
• Citric, oxalic, phosphoric and tartaric acids
• Sugars
• Readily carbonizable substances
• Specific rotation
• Viscosity of a one per cent. solution
• Magnesium
• Acidity or alkalinity
• Readily carbonizable substances
• Readily oxidizable substances
• Chlorinated organic compounds
• Aldehydes
• Ammonium Hydrogen
• Carbonate
• Non volatile matter
• Oxalate
• Total Ash
• Water absorption
• Volatile acids
• Gelatin
• Starch and dextrins
• Tannin-bearing gums
• Karaya gum test
• Swelling property
• Freedom from animal filth
• Free fatty acids (estimated as oleic acid
• Hydroxyl value
• Refractive index
• Drop softening point, 0C
• 2-Propanol
• Solid paraffins
• Ethylene Glycol
• Iodine value

NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS AND LABELLING

• Energy
• Protein
• Carbohydrates
• Total Sugar
• Added Sugar
• Fat
• Dietary Fiber
• Cholesterol

FATTY ACID PROFILE & TRANS FATTY ACIDS

• Saturated Fatty Acid
• Trans Fatty Acid
• Monounsaturated Fatty Acids (MUFA)
• Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA)

MINERALS

• Calcium
• Iron
• Magnesium
• Manganese
• Potassium
• Sodium
• Zinc

MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

• Mesophilic aerobic spore count (B.cererus)
• Anaerobic spore count (Clostridium perfringens)
• Bacillus cereus
• Clostridium perfringens
• E.coli
• Enterobacteriaceae
• Faecal streptococci
• (Enterococci)
• Lactic Acid Bacteria (mesophilic)
• Listeria monocytogens &
• Listeria sp
• S. aureus
• Salmonella sp
• Shigella sp.
• Sulphite reducing clostridia
• Thermophilic Flat sour spore formers
• Total Coliform Count
• Total Plate Count
• Total Viable Count
• Vibrio cholera & V.parahemolyticus
• Yeast and Mould count
• Aciduric flat sour organism
• Heat -Resistant Molds
• Mesophilic Aerobic
• Endospore formiming bacilli (Rope spore count)
• Cronobacter sakazakii (E.sakazakii)
• Osmophillic Yeast
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa

NOTS

• Agaric Acid
• Hypercine
• Safrole
• Hydrocyanic acid