| PRODUCT | | | | : | COLD WATER SOLUBLE instant tea | | |
| COLOUR & APPEARANCE | | : | MEDIUM BROWN POWDER | | | | |
| AROMA & flavour | | | : | CHARACTERISTICS OF TEA | | | | |
| BULK DENSITY | | | | : | COMPACTED : 0.60 ± 0.02 g/cc | | | | |
| | | | | | | | FREEFLOW : 0.51 ± 0.03 g/cc | | | | |
| MOISTURE | | | | : | LESS THAN 5% (INFRARED) | | | | |
| caffeine | | | | : | 3.7 ± 1.5% | | | | | | | |
| MINERAL CONTENT | | | : | LESS THAN 24% | | | | | | |
| POTASSIUM | | | | : | LESS THAN 10% | | | | | | |
| PARTICLE SIZE | | | : | MORE THAN 200 MESH | | | | | |
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| SOLUBILITY | | | | : | GOOD | | | | | | | | |
| FOREIGN MATERIALS | | : | NONE | | | | | | | | |
| TURBIDITY | | | | : | LESS THAN 60 NTU (0.3% IN DISTILLED WATER, |
| | | | | | | | 25. HACH RADIO TURBIDIMETER) | | | |
| pH | | | | | | : | 6.0 ± 0.3 (0.3% DISTILLED WATER, 25) | | |
| COLOUR 10mm. CELL | | : | 0.40 ± 0.05 ABS., 560nm. (0.3% IN DISTILLED | |
| | | | | | | | WATER, 25) | | | | | | | |
| MICROBIOLOGICAL DATA | : | TOTAL PLATE COUNT : LESS THAN 1000 CFU/g | |
| | | | | | | | MOLDS & YEAST : LESS THAN 100 CFU/g |
| | | | | | | | COLIFORM : LESS THAN 10 CFU/g |
| | | | | | | | E.COLI : ABSENT | | | |
| | | | | | | | STAPHYLOCOCCUS : ABSENT | | | |
| | | | | | | | SALMONELLA : ABSENT | | | |