| Appearance (Colour) | White to off-white |
| Appearance (Form) | Granular powder |
| Solubility (Turbidity) 1.5% aq. hot solution | Clear |
| Solubility (Colour) 1.5% aq. hot solution | Colourless to pale yellow |
| Loss on drying | max. 15% |
| Sulphated Ash | max. 3% |
| Gel strength (1.5% gel) | min. 1000 gm/cm2 |
| Gelling temperature (1.5 %aq sol.) | ~36°C |
| Acid insoluble ash | max. 0.5% |
| Starch | Passes test |
| Gelatin | Passes test |
| Water absorption capacity | Passes test |
| Heavy Metals (Pb) | max. 0.001% |
| Absorbance (A) of 1.5% aq. solution at ~ 50°C in a 1cm cell v/s H2O | |
| @430nm | max. 0.1 |
| @530nm | max. 0.05 |
| @655nm | max. 0.03 |
