Food and Cosmectic Grade Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)

Product Name:	Coenzyme Q10(Ubidecarenone)	Batch No.:	160319
Manufacture Date:	Mar.19,2016	Expiry Date:	Mar.18,2019
Items	Specifications	Results	Methods
Description	Yellow-orange crystalline powder	Yellow-orange crystalline powder
Melting point	48ºC~52ºC	50ºC~50.5ºC	USP(741)
Solubility	Soluble in ether; very slightly soluble in dehydrated alcohol; practically insoluble in water	conform
Identification IR	Sample spectrum consistent with the spectrum for USP reference Standard	Conform	USP(197K)
Color reaction	A blue color appears	conform
Sieve	100% pass 80 mesh 90% pass 100 mesh	conform	USP(786)
Trapped Density	0.40g/ml~0.60g/ml	0.47g/ml	USP(616)I
Water(KF)	≤0.2%	0.01%	USP(921) IC
Residue on ignition	≤0.1%	0.06%	USP(281)
Heavy metals	≤10ppm	<10ppm	USP(231)II
Pb	≤0.5ppm	<0.5ppm	USP(2232)
Hg	≤0.1ppm	<0.1ppm
Cd	≤0.5ppm	<0.5ppm
As	≤1.0ppm	<1.0ppm
Chromatographic Purity			USP(621)
Coenzymes Q7,Q8,Q9,Q11 and related impurities	≤1.0%	0.75%
Ubidecarenone(2Z)-isomer and related impurities	≤1.0%	0.35%
Total impurities	Total 1&2: ≤1.5%	1.1%
Residual Solvents
Methanol	≤3000ppm	7ppm
n-Hexane	≤290ppm	1ppm
Ethanol	≤5000ppm	37ppm
Isopropyl ether	≤300ppm	Not detected
Assay (on the anhydrous basis)	98.0~101.0%	99.0%	USP(621)
Microbial limit test
Total plate count	≤1000cfu/g	5cfu/g	USP(2021)
Yeast & mold count	≤100cfu/g	<10cfu/g	USP(2021)
E.coli	Absent/10g	Not detected	USP(2022)
Salmonella	Absent/10g	Not detected	USP(2022)
Bile-tolerant gram negative bacteria	≤100MPN/g	<1MPN/g	USP(2021)
Staphylococcus aureus	Absent/10g	Not detected	USP(2022)

The product is Non-irradiated and ETO-free, NON-GMO, Pesticide free.