Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Name
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Animal Feed & Nutrition Functions
- Food Ingredients Functions
- CAS No.
- 9012-76-4
- Ingredients
- Water, Acetic Acid, Chitosan
- EC No.
- 618-480-0
- Product Families
- Composition
Tramfloc® 621 Chitosan Solution is a liquid solution of a proprietary grade of chitosan, acetic acid, and water. There are no additional additives for any reason.
- Chemical Structure
Features & Benefits
- Food Ingredients Features
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Uses
- Tramfloc® 621 Chitosan Solution is used as a special flocculant and dewatering agent in a wide variety of food grade applications in which synthetic polymers are prohibited.
- Tramfloc® 621 Chitosan Solution is used where the nature of the application demands natural, organic, completely non-toxic, food ingredient safe flocculant.
- Tramfloc® 621 Chitosan Solution should be applied where petroleum based polyacrylamide flocculants are not permitted.
- Tramfloc® 621 Chitosan Solution is particularly well suited to applications in the human food production, bio-pharma, animal feed, yeast fermentation, algae harvesting, enzyme production, and in all-natural grade food production.
- Application
Processing :
Ingredients are added to water for mixing and dissolving to create a viscous solution. Filtered product ensures no undissolved material remains.
Usage :
Tramfloc® 621 Chitosan Solution is an all natural, class 55 water clarifier. It is non-toxic and non-hazardous material which naturally breaks down into carbon dioxide and water within two to three weeks of application. No special handling or safety precautions are required. The use of Tramfloc® 621 Chitosan Solution and application techniques are fully supported and documented.
Make - down :
Tramfloc® 621 Chitosan Solution should be both fed and bench tested neat. Further dilutions are unnecessary.
Properties
- Appearance
- Light amber
- Soluble in
- Water
- Physical Properties
- Composition
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| DDA | 80 - 85 | % | — |
| pH | 2.95 - 3.1 | — | — |
| Viscosity | 2000 - 4000 | mpa/s | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Acetic Acid | 6.0 | % | — |
| Chitosan | 3.0 | % | — |
| Filtered Water | 91.0 | % | — |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
- Regulation
- Tramfloc® 621 ingredients conform to the Food Safety Management System Standard ISO 22000:2005.
- The pertinent provisions of the FDC Act and FDA‘s regulatory framework allow a company to self-affirm a food ingredient as GRAS for specific uses and immediately begin marketing of such ingredient, without authorization or approval from FDA.
- Shrimp-derived chitosan, in the form of selected Tramfloc, Inc. products, is intended to be added to designated foods, including meat and poultry, as a GRAS substance to serve one or more of the designated food uses shown below.
- In order to classify the various effects ingredients may have in food, FDA has published a list of 32 physical or technical effects for which the ingredients may be added to food.
- These are codified at 21 CFR 170.3. The intended applications for shrimp-derived chitosan are covered under one or more of the following designations listed within 21 CFR 170.3.
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Type
- Packaging
Tramfloc® 621 Chitosan Solution is available in 275 gallon IBC's weighing 2205 net; 55 gallon drums weighing 460# net; five gallon pails weighing 42 net.