Ginger Powder

About Ginger Powder

Ginger Powder Specification

• Product Name: Ginger Powder

• Botanical Name: Zingiber officinale

• Description: Fine powder made from dried ginger rhizomes

• Appearance: Fine powder

• Color: Light brown to pale yellow

• Flavor: Strong pungent spicy flavor

• Odor: Characteristic aromatic ginger aroma

• Moisture Content: Not more than ten

• Total Ash: Not more than six

• Acid Insoluble Ash: Not more than one

• Particle Size: Passes through sixty to eighty mesh sieve

• Bulk Density: Between zero point three five and zero point five grams per milliliter

• Additives: No added colors or preservatives unless specified

• Preservatives: None unless specified

• Heavy Metals: Within safe limits

• Lead: Not more than three parts per million

• Arsenic: Not more than two parts per million

• Cadmium: Not more than one part per million

• Mercury: Not more than one part per million

• Microbial Limits:

  • Total Plate Count not more than one hundred thousand colony forming units per gram

  • Yeast and Mold not more than one thousand colony forming units per gram

  • E coli absent

  • Salmonella absent

• Storage: Store in a cool dry place away from sunlight and moisture

• Shelf Life: Twenty four months from date of manufacture when stored properly