| ≥1 piece | 4 |
| NO. | ITEM | UNIT | SPECIFICATION | |
1 | Organoleptic &visual | Color | ----- | Nearly same color as red beetroot |
| Form | Fine powder without bond | |||
| Odor and taste | Characteristic odor and taste of red beetroot | |||
Reconstitution properties | It recovers to pre-dehydration state after soaking it into 95 degrees Celsius water for 2 minutes. | |||
| Impurities | None | |||
| Mildew | None | |||
| 2 | Moisture, % | ----- | ≤8.0 | |
| 3 | Ash content, on dry basis, % | ----- | ≤6.0 | |
| 4 | Acid-insoluble ash, on dry basis, % | ----- | ≤1.5 | |
| 5 | As | mg/kg | ≤0.5 | |
| 6 | Pb | mg/kg | ≤0.2 | |
| 7 | Cd | mg/kg | ≤0.05 | |
| 8 | Hg | mg/kg | ≤0.01 | |
| 9 | Nitrate | mg/kg | ≥40000 | |
| 10 | NaNO2 | mg/kg | ≤4 | |
| 11 | SO2 | mg/kg | ≤30 | |
| 12 | TAMC(1) | CFU/g | ≤100000 | |
| 13 | Escherichia coli | MPN/100g | ≤300 | |
| 14 | Salmonella species | /25g | Absence | |
| 15 | Staphylococcus aureus | /25g | Absence | |
| 16 | Benzex | mg/kg | ≤0.05 | |
| 17 | DDT | mg/kg | ≤0.05 | |
| 18 | Methamidophos | mg/kg | ≤0.05 | |