SUGAR
(1).PLANTATION WHITE SUGAR (commonly known as sugar) means the crystallised product obtained from sugarcane or sugar beet. It shall be free from dirt, filth, iron filings, and added colouring matter. Extraneous matter shall not exceed 0.1 per cent by weight. It shall also conform to the following standards, namely :—
• Moisture (when heated at 105 degree ± 1° degree C for 3 hours) – Not more than 0.5 per cent by weight
• Sucrose – Not less than 98 per cent by weight
• The product may contain food additives permitted in these Regulations and Appendices.
(2).REFINED SUGAR means the white crystallised sugar obtained by refining of plantation white sugar. It shall be free from dirt, filth, iron filings and added colouring matter. Extraneous matter shall not exceed 0.1 per cent by weight. It shall also conform to the following standards, namely:—
• Moisture (when heated at 1050 ± 10C for 3 hours) – Not more than 0.5 per cent by weight
• Sucrose – Not less than 99.5 per cent by weight
• The product may contain food additives permitted in these Regulations and Appendices

(3).KHANDSARI SUGAR obtained from sugarcane juice by open pan process may be of two varieties, namely:
•Khandsari Sugar Desi; and
•Khandsari Sugar (sulphur) also known as “Sulphur Sugar”
It may be crystalline or in powder form. It shall be free from dirt, filth, iron filings and added colouring matter. Extraneous matter shall not exceed 0.25 per cent by weight. It may contain sodium bicarbonate (food grade). It shall also conform to the following standards, namely:—

	Khandsari Sugar (Sulphur Sugar)	Khandsari Sugar (Desi)
Moisture (when heated at 105° ± 1° C for 3 hours)	Not more than 1.5 per cent by weight	Not more than 1.5 per cent by weight
Ash insoluble in dilute hydrochloric acid	Not more than 0.5 per cent by weight	Not more than 0.7 per cent by weight
Sucrose .	Not less than 96.5 per cent by weight	Not less than 93.0 per cent by weight

he product may contain food additives permitted in these Regulations and Appendices.
NOTE: – Khandsari sugar can be distinguished from plantation white sugar on the following characteristics, namely:

	Khandsari Sugar (Sulphur Sugar)	Khandsari Sugar (Desi)
Conductivity (106 mho/cm2)	100-300 in 5% solution at 30oC	Not more than 100 in 5% solution at 30oC
Calcium oxide (mg/100gms) .	Not more than 100	Not more than 50

(4).BURA SUGAR means the fine grain size product made out of any kind of sugar. It shall be free from dirt, filth, iron filing and added colouring matter. Extraneous matter shall not exceed 0.1 per cent by weight. It shall also conform to the following standards, namely:—
Sucrose – Not less than 90.0 per cent by weight.
Ash insoluble in dilute hydrochloric acid – Not more than 0.7 per cent by weight
The product may contain food additives permitted in these Regulations and Appendices

(5).CUBE SUGAR means the sugar in the form of cube or cuboid blocks manufactured from refined crystallised sugar. It shall be white in colour, free from dirt and other extraneous contamination. It shall conform to the following standards :—
Sucrose – Not less than 99.7 per cent by weight
Moisture – Not more than 0.25 per cent by weight
Total ash – Not more than 0.03 per cent by weight
The product may contain food additives permitted in these Regulations and Appendices

(6).ICING SUGAR means the sugar manufactured by pulverizing refined sugar or vacuum pan (plantation white) sugar with or without edible starch. Edible starch, if added, shall be uniformly extended in the sugar. It shall be in form of white powder, free from dust, or any other extraneous matter
The product may contain food additives permitted in these Regulations and Appendices. It shall conform to the following standards:—
Total starch and sucrose – Not less than 99.0 per cent by weight
Moisture – Not more than 0.80 per cent by weight
Starch – Not more than 4.0 percent by weight on dry basis

MISRI
MISRI means the product made in the form of candy obtained from any kind of sugar or palmyrah juice. It shall be free from dirt filth, iron filings and added colouring matter. Extraneous matter shall not exceed 0.1 per cent by weight. It shall also conform to the following standards, namely:—
•Total ash – Not more than 0.4% by weight
•Total Sugar (Called, known or expressed as Sucrose) – Not less than 98.0% by weight
The product may contain food additives permitted in these Regulations and Appendices.

HONEY
HONEY means the natural sweet substance produced by honey bees from the nectar of blossoms or from secretions of plants which honey bees collect, transform store in honey combs for ripening.
When visually inspected, the honey shall be free from any foreign matter such as mould, dirt, scum, pieces of beeswax, the fragments of bees and other insects and from any other extraneous matter
The colour of honey vary from light to dark brown. Honey shall conform to the following standards, namely:—
Specific gravity at 27oC – Not less than 1.35
Moisture – Not more than 25 per cent by mass
Total reducing sugars – Not less than 65.0 per cent by mass
for Carbia colossa and Honey dew – Not less than 60 per cent by mass
Sucrose – Not more than 5.0 per cent by mass
for Carbia colossa and Honey dew – Not more than 10 per cent by mass
Fructose-glucose ratio – Not less than 0.95 per cent by mass
Ash – Not more than 0.5 per cent by mass
Acidity (Expressed as formic acid) – Not more than 0.2 per cent by mass
Fiehe’s test – Negative
Hydroxy methyl furfural (HMF), mg/kg – Not more than 80
If Fiehe’s test is positive, and hydroxy methyl furfural (HMF) content is more than 80 milligram/kilogram then fructose glucose ratio should be 1.0 or more

GUR OR JAGGERY
GUR OR JAGGERY means the product obtained by boiling or processing juice pressed out of sugarcane or extracted from palmyra palm, date palm or coconut palm. It shall be free from substances deleterious to health and shall conform to the following analytical standards, on dry weight basis :-
Total sugars expressed as invert sugar – Not less than 90 percent and sucrose not less than 60 percent
Extraneous matter insoluble in water- Not more than 2 per cent
Total ash – Not more than 6 per cent
Ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid (HCl) – Not more than 0.5 per cent
Gur or jaggery other than that of the liquid or semi liquid variety shall not contain more than 10% moisture. The product may contain food additives permitted in these Regulations and Appendices.
Sodium bicarbonate, if used for clarification purposes, shall be of food grade quality.

DEXTROSE
DEXTROSE is a white or light cream granular powder, odourless and having a sweet taste.
When heated with potassium cupritartarate solution it shall produce a copious precipitate of cuprous oxide. It shall conform to the following standards:—
•Sulphated ash – Not more than 0.1 per cent on dry basis 0.5 gm. Dissolved in 50 ml. of freshly boiled and cooled water requires for neutralisation not more than 0.20 ml. of N/10 sodium hydroxide to phenolphthalein indicator
•Glucose – Not less than 99.0 per cent on dry basis
The product may contain food additives permitted in these Regulations and Appendices

GOLDEN SYRUP
GOLDEN SYRUP means the syrup obtained by inversion of sugar. It shall be golden yellow in colour, pleasant in taste and free from any crystallisation
It shall conform to the following standards:—
•Moisture – Not more than 25.0 per cent by weight
•Total Ash – Not more than 2.5 per cent by weight
•Total Sugar as invert sugar – Not less than 72.0 per cent by weightThe product may contain food additives permitted in these regulations including Appendix A
Sodium bicarbonate, if used, for clarification purposes, shall be of Food Grade Quality.

DRIED GLUCOSE SYRUP means the material in the form of coarse or fine, white to creamish white powder, sweet to taste, bland in flavour and somewhat hygroscopic. It shall be free from fermentation, evidence of mould growth, dirt or other extraneous matter or added sweetening or flavouring agent.
It shall also not contain any added natural or coaltar food colour. It shall conform to the following standards:—
Total solid contents – Not less than 93.0 per cent by weight
Reducing sugar content – Not less than 20.0 per cent by weight
Sulfated Ash – Not more than 1.0 per cent by weightThe product may contain food additives permitted in these Regulations and Appendices.

SACCHARIN SODIUM commonly known as soluble Saccharin having an empirical formula as C7 H4 NNaO3S.2H2O and molecular weight as 241.2 shall be the material which is soluble at 20oC in 1.5 parts of water and 50 parts of alcohol (95 per cent); and shall contain not less than 98.0 per cent and not more than the equivalent of 100.5 per cent of C7 H4 O3 NSNa calculated with reference to the substance dried to constant weight at 105oC, assay being carried out as presented in Indian Pharmacopoeia. It shall not contain more than 2 p.p.m. of arsenic and 10 p.p.m. of lead. The melting point of Saccharin isolated from the material as per Indian Pharmacopoeia method shall be between 226oC and 230oC. The loss on drying of the material at 105oC shall not be less than 12.0 per cent and not more than 16.0 per cent of its weight.
The material shall satisfy the tests of identification and shall conform to the limit tests for free acid or alkali, ammonium compounds and parasulpha moylbenzoate as mentioned in the Indian Pharmacopoeia.

,ASPARTYL PHENYL ALANINE METHYL ESTER (ASPERTAME)
Aspartyl Phenyl Alanine Methyl Ester commonly known as Aspertame, having empirical formula as C14 H18 N2 O5 and molecular weight as 294.31 shall be the material which is slightly soluble in water and Methanole. It shall contain not less than 98 per cent and not more than 102 per cent of Aspertame on dried basis. It shall not contain more than 3 ppm of Arsenic and 10 ppm of Lead.
The loss on drying of the material at 105oC for 4 hours shall not be more than 4.3 per cent of its weight. The sulphate ash shall not be more than 0.2 per cent. It shall not contain more than 1 per cent of diketo-piper-azine.
Acesulfame Potassium commonly known as Acesulfame-K, having empirical formula C4H4KNO4S, molecular weight as 201.24 shall be the material which is odourless, white crystalline powder having intensely sweet taste and is very slightly soluble in ethanol but freely soluble in water. It shall contain not less than 99 per cent and not more than 101 per cent of Acesulfame-K on dried basis. It shall not contain more than 3 ppm. Flouride. Heavy metals content shall not be more than 10 ppm. The loss on drying of material at 105 degree centigrade for two hours shall not be more than 1 percent of its weight.

Sucralose
Chemical name – 1, 6-Dichloro-1, 6-Dideoxy-?-D-Fructofuranosyl-4-Chloro-4-Deoxy-a-D-galactopyranoside; Synonyms -4, 1 ‘6’-Trichlorogalactosucrose; INS 955
Chemical formula – C12H19CI3O8 Molecular weight- 397.64
It shall be white to off-white, odourless, crystalline powder, having a sweet taste. It shall be freely soluble in water, in methanol and in alcohol and slightly soluble in ethyl acetate. It shall contain not less than 98.0% and not more than 102.0% of C12H19CI3O8 calculated on anhydrous basis. It shall not contain more than 3PPM of Arsenic (as AS) and 10PPM or heavy metals (as Pb). It shall not contain more than 0.1% of methanol. Residue on ignition shall not be more than 0.7% and water not more than 0.2%.