Food grade sodium alginate Sodium alginate is a food gelling agent, can be hot or cold processed. It is popular food ingredients. Sodium alginate food grade specifications ItemE401 AppearancePowder ColorWhite to yellow TasteNeutral Particle sizeAs customer request Viscosity (mpa. S) (1% solution)As customer request Moisture (%)15.0max Ph value6.0-8.0 Ash (%)18.0-27.0 Water insoluble (%) 2.0max As (%)0.0003max Lead (%)0.0005max Content (%)90.8-106.0 Methanal (%)0.0050max Hg (%)0.0001max Cd (%)0.0001max Total bacteria count (cfu/g)5000max Yeast (cfu/g)500max E.Coli Absent in 5g SalmonellaAbsent in 10g. 25kg/bag