ICUMSA–INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNIFORM METHODS OF SUGAR ANALYSIS DESCRIPTION

• WHITE REFINED SUGAR CANE
• ICUMSA RATING: ICUMSA 45
• COMPOSITION: 100% WHITE REFINED SUGAR
• CROP: 2025-2026

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

• APPEARANCE-WHITE CRYSTAL HOMOGENEOUS SOLID POWDER. UNIFORM PARTICLE
• COLOR-CRYSTAL SPARKLING WHITE
• ODOR-NON
• FLAVOR-SWEET

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

•  RBU “ATTENUATION INDEX UNITS”-ASTM 4-1978
•  POLARIZATION AT 20C-99.80% MIN
•  ASH CONTENT-0.04% MAX BY WEIGHT
•  MOISTURE-0.04% BY WEIGHT
•  GRAIN SIZE-0.60 MM
•  GRANULATION-FINE CRYSTAL GRAIN
•  SOLUBILITY-100% DRY AND FREE FLOWING
•  RADIATION*-NORMAL W/O PRESENCE OF CESIUM OR IODINE
•  COLOR-CRYSTAL SPARKLING WHITE
•  SMELL-FREE OF ODOR
•  MAGNETIC PARTICLES-4 MG/KG MAX
•  SO2-20 MG/KG MAX
•  HPN STAPH AUREUS-NIL. MAX
•  POISONOUS-PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE
•  SEDIMENTS-NONE
•  REDUCING SUGAR-0.05% MAX BY WEIGHT

LIMIT OF MICROORGANISMS IN WHITE SUGAR

MICROORGANISMS-LIMIT (MAXIMUM)

•  YEAST AND MOULD-20 CFU/10G
•  COLIFORMS-10 CFU/10G
•  SALMONELLA-ABSENT IN 25G
•  TOTAL PLATE COUNT-100,000 CFU/10G
•  THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA-150 CFU/10G
•  FLAT SOUR SPORES-75 CFU/10G
•  MODERATE THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA-100 CFU/10G
•  THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBES NOT PRODUCING H2S-5 CFU/10G
•  THERMOPHILIC ANAEROBES PRODUCING H2S-5 CFU/10G

HEAVY METALS

CONTAMINANTS-LIMIT (MAXIMUM)

•  MAX AS (ARSENIC)-1 P.P.M.
•  MAX PB (LEAD)-2 P.P.M.
•  MAX CU (COPPER)-3 P.P.M.
• SHELL LIFE: 24 MONTHS FROM DATE OF MANUFACTURE
• TYPE OF PACKAGING: THE PRODUCT COMES IN BAGS FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OF 50KG OVER PALLETS
• STORAGE CONDITIONS: DRY PLACE IS THE BEST