PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
Digesten Kiwifruit Skin Extract
Product: Digesten Kiwifruit Skin Extract (prebiotic)
Product code: XKS
Country of origin: New Zealand
Product description: Digesten® is a water-soluble extract prepared using New Zealand Extracts unique 100% Aqua Pure® extraction process from mature kiwifruit skins. This uniquely functional ingredient is light fawny brown in colour, sweet yet mildly astringent in taste, and has no offensive flavours or odours.
Botanical description: Actinidia deliciosa
Other name: kiwifruit
CAS number: 92456-63-8
Plant part: skin
Solvent used: potable water
Equivalence: skin: powder 50:1
Plant preparation: wash, extract, concentrate, freeze-dry
Excipient: none
GMO: non-GMO
Minimum recommended dosage: 500 mg/g
Physical, Analytical and Microbiological Detail
| Test | Specification | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Appearance | Light brown fine powder | Visual |
| Taste | Mildly astringent | Sensory evaluation |
| Odour | Light aromatic | Sensory evaluation |
| Active ingredients | > 30 mg/g phenolic material | AOAC 952.03 OMA online (mod) |
| Soluble dietary fibre | > 300 mg/g | AOAC 985.29 OMA online |
| Mesh size ** | > 95% through 40 mesh | Pass |
| Loss on drying | < 5% | BP or USP loss on drying method |
| Water activity | < 0.25 | AquaLab Operator’s manual |
| Solubility in water | > 95% | In-house method |
| Pesticides residue | Complies with BP 2004 Appendix XI L and USP 561 | Solvent extraction, SPE cleanup, GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS analysis |
| Lead (Pb) | < 3.0 ppm | Biological materials digestion ICP-MS |
| Mercury (Hg) | < 0.1 ppm | Biological materials digestion ICP-MS |
| Arsenic (As) | < 3.0 ppm | Biological materials digestion ICP-MS |
| Cadmium (Cd) | < 1.0 ppm | Biological materials digestion ICP-MS |
| Total plate count | < 2000 cfu/g | APHA 8.72 5th Ed |
| Yeasts and moulds | < 2,000 cfu/g | APHA 21.5 (modified) 5th Ed |
| Escherichia coli | Negative/10g | APHA 9.93 (modified) 5th Ed |
| Salmonella | Negative/10g | ISO 6579-1:2017 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | Negative/10g | APHA 39.6 (modified) 5th Ed |
| Shelf life | 24 months | |
| Storage | In a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight | |
| Packaging | 2x 10 kg, net 20 kg, within a heat sealed, nitrogen flushed, foil laminate bags within individual cartons and then packed together in a heavy-duty cardboard outer. | |
| Certification | Kosher certification is available on request. | |
| NOTE | Individuals who are allergic to kiwifruit may also be allergic to products containing Kiwifruit Skin Extract. | |
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- Date of issue: 19th July 2023 |
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