PARAMETER TEST METHOD SPECIFICATION Appearance Visual Off-white to white Powder Taste and Odor Sensory Testing Sweet with cooling, lingering sweet aftertaste without Solvent Total Steviol Glycosides % HPLC JECFA, 2010 99 Rebaudioside A % HPLC JECFA, 2010 97 Stevioside % HPLC JECFA, 2010 Rebaudioside C % HPLC JECFA, 2010 Steviol Equivalents % HPLC 28-36 Absorbance Spectrophotometer 0.05 PH (1 in 100 solution) JECFA Vol.4 4.5-7.0 Loss on Drying % (1052h) JECFA Vol.4 6.0 Residual Ethanol ppm USP 5000 Residual Methanol ppm USP 200 Ash % JECFA, 2010 1 Lead (as Pb ppb AOAC993.14 100 Arsenic (as As) ppb AOAC993.14 20 Mercury (As Hg) ppb AOAC993.14 10 Cadmium (As Cd) ppb AOAC993.14 10 Total Plate Count CFU/g Chapter3, FDA 1000 Yeast & Mold CFU/g Chapter18, FDA 100 Total Coliform MPN/g Chapter4, FDA Negative E. Coli MPN/g Chapter4, FDA Negative Salmonella absent in 25g AOAC/ Negative