Food-Grade Silica Product Full Series
The core component of this series of products is silica (International Food Additive Code: E551), all prepared by precipitation/gas phase process, complying with the food additive standards of major global markets such as China, the European Union, the United States, and Japan. All products have passed the ISO22000 Food Safety Management System Certification, are non-hazardous chemicals, and can meet the needs of domestic production and global export. The following is the de-duplicated and integrated content of the full series of products, without repeated parameters, repeated application scenarios or repeated qualification descriptions.
I. General-Purpose Food-Grade Silica Series
This series is a basic general-purpose model for the food industry, with three core basic functions: anti-caking, flow aiding, and dispersion. It is suitable for the production needs of most conventional powdered foods, with outstanding cost performance, and is the most widely used category in the food industry.
1. General-Purpose Food-Grade Silica Powder
• Product Description: Prepared from food-grade raw materials and standardized precipitation process, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, non-irritating, with stable chemical properties. It does not react with proteins, carbohydrates, fats and other components in food, with a purity of ≥96%, and can be directly added to various edible foods, complying with the mandatory national standards GB 2760 and GB 25576-2020.
• Core Parameters:
Parameter | Detailed Information |
Appearance | White fluffy powder, no impurities, no odor |
Particle Size Range | 2-50μm (customizable) |
Silica Content | ≥96% |
pH Value | 6.0-8.0 (10% suspension) |
Typical Addition Amount | 0.1%-2.0% (complying with national standard limits) |
Shelf Life | 24 months (sealed storage) |
Annual Production Capacity | 10,000 tons+, scalable supply |
• Application Scenarios: Suitable for condiments such as salt, powdered sugar, and chicken essence; instant foods such as solid beverages, milk powder, and coffee powder; and general food processing such as baking raw materials, dehydrated foods, and candies. It solves problems such as powder caking, poor fluidity, and large filling errors without affecting the original flavor and taste of food.
• Packaging, Storage and Transportation: Standard 10/15/20kg food-grade PE inner membrane + woven bag, sealed and moisture-proof; stored in a cool, dry, sealed and dark place, avoiding high temperature and high humidity; supporting land, sea and air transportation.
• Core Qualifications: ISO9001 Quality Management System Certification, ISO22000 Food Safety Management System Certification, FDA Certification, HALAL Certification, KOSHER Certification, Food Additive Production License.
II. Functional Food-Grade Silica Series
This series is developed for specific functional needs in food processing. Each product has outstanding core functions, which can accurately solve the segmented pain points in food production. All products comply with global food additive safety standards.
1. Food-Grade Anti-Caking Special Silica
• Product Description: Focusing on the core functions of anti-caking and anti-clumping, it forms a spatial barrier through precise particle size design to break the van der Waals forces between powder particles. The anti-caking validity period covers the entire shelf life of the product, with a purity of ≥97%, suitable for various easily caking powdered foods, and can adapt to slightly humid storage environments.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 2-45μm, silica content ≥97%, pH value 6.0-8.0, typical addition amount 0.1%-1.8%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: Easy-caking powdered foods such as salt, powdered sugar, baking raw materials, cocoa powder, and dehydrated vegetable powder, solving the caking problem during storage and transportation without affecting the original characteristics of food.
2. Food-Grade Flow-Aiding Special Silica
• Product Description: Developed specifically to solve the problems of poor fluidity and filling jamming of powdered foods, through ultra-fine particle size and porous structure design, it significantly reduces the powder angle of repose (≤28°), and the fluidity is increased by 60%-80%, with a purity of ≥98.5%, suitable for various automatic filling production lines.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 5-50μm (D50 customizable), silica content ≥98.5%, angle of repose ≤28°, pH value 6.0-8.0, typical addition amount 0.1%-0.8%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: High-speed filling scenarios for powdered foods such as milk powder, protein powder, meal replacement powder, and infant supplementary food powder, reducing filling wall sticking and clogging problems, controlling the filling weight error within ±1.5%, and improving production efficiency.
3. High-Temperature Resistant Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: Prepared by a high-temperature stable process, can withstand high temperatures of 200-300℃, does not decompose, turn yellow, or release harmful substances under a high-temperature environment, with a purity of ≥98.5%, suitable for various high-temperature food processing scenarios.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 7-130μm, silica content ≥98.5%, high-temperature resistance range 200-300℃, pH value 6.0-7.5, typical addition amount 0.3%-0.9%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: High-temperature baking food powder, fried food seasoning powder, high-temperature sterilization health product powder, instant food seasoning powder, etc., suitable for various high-temperature processing technologies such as baking, stir-frying, and steaming.
4. Low-Iron Non-Discoloring Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: Adopting low-iron purification process, iron content ≤5ppm (far lower than international limits), which can completely avoid the color reaction between iron elements and food components, preventing food from turning yellow, discoloring and deteriorating, with a purity of ≥98%, suitable for food production sensitive to color.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 2-30μm, silica content ≥98%, iron content ≤5ppm, pH value 6.0-8.0, typical addition amount 0.1%-1.2%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: Infant supplementary food powder, light-colored candy powder, high-end dairy products, whitening meal replacement powder, pure white baking premix, food containing ethyl maltol, which does not change the original color of food during long-term storage.
5. Heavy Metal-Free Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: Adopting precision purification process, the content of heavy metals such as lead, arsenic and mercury is ≤0.01mg/kg, close to zero, no residue, no odor, purity ≥99.0%, suitable for food production scenarios with extremely high safety requirements.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 6-120μm (customizable), silica content ≥99.0%, heavy metal content ≤0.01mg/kg, pH value 6.0-7.0, typical addition amount 0.2%-0.7%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: Infant supplementary food powder, high-end health product powder, organic food powder, high-end condiments, etc., no risk of heavy metal residue, complying with global high-end food safety standards.
6. Food Additive Carrier Special Silica
• Product Description: Prepared by high adsorption process, adsorption capacity ≥150ml/g (BET method), excellent physical adsorption performance, does not chemically react with additives, can stably release active ingredients, purity ≥99%, suitable for various food additive compounding scenarios.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 3-20μm, silica content ≥99%, adsorption capacity ≥150ml/g, pH value 6.0-7.5, typical addition amount 0.05%-1.5%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: Liquid-to-powder carrier for flavors and pigments, dispersant for nutritional additives such as vitamins, minerals and probiotics, supporting auxiliary for preservatives and antioxidants, helping additives disperse uniformly and take effect stably.
III. Particle Size Customizable Food-Grade Silica Series
This series is divided according to precise particle size/mesh specifications, which can accurately match the particle characteristics of different powdered foods. Each product has high particle size control accuracy and minimal batch-to-batch deviation, suitable for different processing technologies and product texture requirements.
1. Specifications Divided by Mesh
Product Specification | Core Particle Size | Silica Purity | Core Features | Application Scenarios |
100-Mesh Food-Grade Silica | ≈150μm | ≥96% | Coarse particle size, strong anti-caking, forming efficient spatial barrier | Coarse-grained powdered foods such as salt, coarse baking powder, and large-particle condiments |
200-Mesh Food-Grade Silica | ≈75μm | ≥96% | Regular particle size, mainly anti-caking, combined with mild flow aiding, high versatility | Regular powdered foods such as powdered sugar, solid beverages, ordinary milk powder, and baking premix |
325-Mesh Food-Grade Silica | ≈45μm | ≥97% | Medium particle size, excellent anti-caking and flow aiding, suitable for high-speed filling | Medium-fine particle powdered foods such as dairy products, condiments, cocoa products, and non-dairy creamer |
500-Mesh Food-Grade Silica | ≈25μm | ≥98% | Fine particle size, mainly flow aiding, combined with anti-caking, excellent dispersibility, no sand feeling | Fine powdered foods such as whey protein, meal replacement powder, nutritional supplements, and high-end condiments |
800-Mesh Food-Grade Silica | ≈18μm | ≥99% | Ultra-fine particle size, high flow aiding and high dispersion, no sensory impact | Ultra-fine powdered foods such as infant supplementary food powder, high-end high-protein powder, imported health product powder, and high-end cocoa powder |
2. Specifications Divided by Fixed μm
Product Specification | Silica Purity | Core Features | Application Scenarios |
5μm Food-Grade Silica | ≥99% | Ultra-fine particle size, high dispersibility, no sandy texture, ultra-low heavy metal residue | Infant supplementary food powder, high-end meal replacement powder, ultra-fine solid beverages, micro-powder flavors and fragrances |
10μm Food-Grade Silica | ≥96% | Non-discoloring exclusive formula, high temperature resistance, avoiding iron ion color reaction | Baking food containing ethyl maltol, milk candy, pure white cake premix, flavors and fragrances |
12μm Food-Grade Silica | ≥99% | Medium-coarse particle size, high anti-caking property, high filling accuracy, weight error ≤±2% | Salt, chicken essence, cocoa products, non-dairy creamer, dehydrated egg products, baking raw materials |
15μm Food-Grade Silica | ≥99% | Medium-coarse particle size, super anti-caking property, suitable for large-packaging storage and transportation | Salt, powdered sugar, whey protein, large-particle flavors and fragrances, large-packaging meal replacement powder products |
IV. Scenario-Specific Food-Grade Silica Series
This series is developed for the processing characteristics and storage needs of segmented food categories. It has excellent compatibility with the flavor and components of the corresponding food categories, can perfectly adapt to the category-specific production process, and does not require adjustment of the original production process.
1. Baking-Specific Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: Complies with EU and US baking additive standards, high temperature resistance ≤200℃, excellent dispersibility, fine particle size without sand feeling, does not affect the fermentation, taste and flavor of baked food, purity ≥98%.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 1-15μm, silica content ≥98%, pH value 6.5-7.5, typical addition amount 0.08%-0.6%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: Various baking food processing such as high-gluten flour, baking premix, cake powder, cookie raw materials, and bread flour, solving the problems of raw material caking and poor fluidity without affecting dough fermentation and finished product taste.
2. Condiment/Spice-Specific Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: Odorless, does not absorb spice aroma, does not mask condiment flavor, excellent salt resistance and high temperature resistance, suitable for condiment stir-frying and drying processes, outstanding moisture-proof and anti-caking performance, purity ≥98.5%.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 2-30μm, silica content ≥98.5%, pH value 6.0-8.0, typical addition amount 0.1%-1.2%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: Condiments such as salt, chicken essence, monosodium glutamate, and soy sauce powder; spices such as pepper powder, chili powder, cumin powder, prickly ash powder, and five-spice powder; compound seasoning powders such as curry powder and hot pot base powder, solving the problems of moisture absorption, caking and filling wall sticking, and completely retaining the original flavor and color of the product.
3. Solid Beverage-Specific Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: High dispersion, no residue, does not affect the taste and color of beverages after addition, can promote the rapid dissolution of beverage powder without precipitation residue, purity ≥97%, complying with global beverage industry additive standards.
• Core Parameters: Particle size ≈45μm (325 mesh), silica content ≥97%, pH value 6.0-8.0, typical addition amount 0.1%-1.5%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: Various beverage powders such as fruit juice powder, instant tea powder, protein powder, solid coffee, and sports drink powder, solving problems such as caking, uneven mixing, and large filling errors.
4. Infant Food-Specific Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: High purity, low impurities, no crystallization, heavy metal residue is far lower than the international limit for infant food, ultra-fine particle size without sand feeling and foreign body feeling, complying with the strict global standards for infant food additives, purity ≥99.5%.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 2-15μm, silica content ≥99.5%, heavy metal lead ≤0.03mg/kg, arsenic ≤0.3ppm, pH value 6.5-7.0, typical addition amount 0.05%-0.8%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: Infant formula powder, supplementary food powder, infant nutritional supplements, etc., helping nutritional components disperse uniformly, preventing product caking, without any sensory discomfort and safety risks.
5. Health Product/High-Protein Food-Specific Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: High dispersion and high flow aiding, does not react with nutritional components such as proteins, vitamins and probiotics, does not interfere with product component detection, can help micro-nutritional components disperse uniformly, avoiding excessive local concentration, purity ≥99%.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 2-20μm, silica content ≥99%, pH value 6.0-7.5, typical addition amount 0.1%-1.0%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: Protein powder, vitamin powder, probiotic powder, meal replacement powder, high-end health product powder, etc., solving problems such as powder agglomeration, poor fluidity, and low filling accuracy, without affecting the nutritional efficacy of the product.
V. Export-Compliant Food-Grade Silica Series
This series is specially developed for the global export market, fully covering the compliance standards and access requirements of target markets, supporting complete export qualifications, customs clearance documents and logistics services, and can be directly exported to more than 50 countries and regions around the world.
1. Multi-National Standard Certified Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: Fully passed six authoritative certifications including FDA (US), EU 10/2011 (EU), GB 25576-2020 (China), HALAL, KOSHER, and JFCC (Japan), can be directly exported to major global markets without additional compliance testing, purity ≥98.5%.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 5-200μm (customizable), silica content ≥98.5%, pH value 6.0-8.0, heavy metal lead ≤0.05mg/kg, arsenic ≤0.5ppm, typical addition amount 0.1%-1.0%, shelf life 24 months.
• Supporting Services: Provide multi-language test reports, certification documents and customs clearance materials in English, German, French, Japanese, Arabic, etc., support multi-language label and shipping mark customization, adapting to customs clearance requirements of different countries.
2. EU Standard Food-Grade Silica (EU 10/2011)
• Product Description: Strictly complies with EU Regulation 10/2011 and EFSA requirements, passed EU food contact material standard EC 1935/2004, no EU prohibited ingredients, suitable for market access in all EU member states, purity ≥98.5%.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 2-300μm (customizable), silica content ≥98.5%, pH value 6.0-8.0, heavy metal lead ≤0.05mg/kg, arsenic ≤0.5ppm, mercury ≤0.01ppm, typical addition amount 0.1%-1.0%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: Dairy products, baked goods, snack foods, condiments, and plant-based powders exported to the EU market, adapted to EU food processing technologies and compliance requirements.
3. US Standard Food-Grade Silica (FDA/FCC/USP)
• Product Description: Complies with US FDA 21 CFR 182.90, Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), and US Pharmacopeia (USP) standards, suitable for access requirements of US food and health product markets, USP grade purity ≥99.5%, FCC grade purity ≥99%.
• Core Parameters:
○ FCC Grade: Particle size 2-250μm customizable, silica content ≥99%, pH value 6.0-8.0, typical addition amount 0.1%-1.0%;
○ USP Grade: Particle size 2-250μm customizable, silica content ≥99.5%, heavy metal lead ≤0.1mg/kg, arsenic ≤1ppm, typical addition amount 0.1%-1.0%.
• Application Scenarios: Production of food, health products and dietary supplements exported to the US, adapting to the strict raw material compliance requirements of the US market.
4. Japanese Standard Food-Grade Silica (JFCC)
• Product Description: Complies with Japanese JFCC food-grade standards and Japanese Food Sanitation Law, has been included in the Japanese food additive list, specially developed for Japanese food production processes, excellent dispersibility, no ingredients prohibited in Japanese food, purity ≥99%.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 5-200μm (Japanese-style precision customization), silica content ≥99%, pH value 6.5-7.5, heavy metal lead ≤0.03mg/kg, arsenic ≤0.3ppm, cadmium ≤0.01ppm, typical addition amount 0.05%-0.8%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: Production of Japanese food enterprises in Japan and Southeast Asia, adapting to the processing needs of Japanese-style milk powder, matcha powder, low-salt condiments, baked foods, etc.
5. LCL Export-Specific Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: Specially developed for small-batch LCL (Less than Container Load) export needs, minimum order quantity 50kg, packaging and customs clearance documents are customized according to LCL export standards, complying with global mainstream food additive standards, supporting a full set of LCL customs clearance documents, reducing small-batch export costs.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 8-150μm, silica content ≥98.5%, pH value 6.0-7.5, typical addition amount 0.2%-0.8%, shelf life 24 months.
• Supporting Services: Provide a full set of LCL customs clearance documents such as commercial invoice, packing list, product test report, and certificate of origin, connect with LCL logistics at major ports around the world, and can customize export shipping marks and multi-language labels.
VI. High-End Customizable Food-Grade Silica Series
This series is specially developed for high-end food production, international brand replacement and special process needs, realizing full parameter customization such as particle size, purity, moisture and performance, and the product performance reaches the international high-end level.
1. High-Purity High-End Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: Prepared by molecular-level precipitation purification process, purity ≥99.8%, high particle size accuracy, excellent dispersibility, odorless, tasteless, no chemical residue, strictly complying with FDA and EU high-end food standards, suitable for high-end food production scenarios.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 3-15μm (high-precision customizable), silica content ≥99.8%, pH value 6.5-7.0, typical addition amount 0.05%-1.0%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: High-end scenarios such as infant food, high-end health products, and organic food, no residue, no odor, accurately exerting anti-caking, flow aiding and dispersion effects, improving product grade.
2. International Brand Replacement Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: Specially designed to replace international mainstream brands such as Evonik and Grace, adopting the same production process and raw material standards as international brands, purity ≥99.5%, parameters fully benchmarked, can be seamlessly replaced without adjusting the production process, with higher cost performance.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 4-20μm (benchmarking international brand particle size), silica content ≥99.5%, pH value 6.3-7.2, implementation standard is completely consistent with the benchmarked international brand, delivery time 5-8 days (urgent available).
• Core Advantages: No difference in performance from international brands, 30%-50% lower price than international brands, each batch of products is tested in comparison with international brand samples to ensure consistency, free samples are available for trial.
3. Amorphous Food-Grade Silica
• Product Description: Prepared by advanced gas phase/precipitation process, stable amorphous structure, no crystalline impurities, excellent dispersibility, higher safety, complying with the strict requirements of global high-end food for form, purity ≥98%-99%.
• Core Parameters: Particle size range 2-50μm (customizable), silica content ≥98%, no crystalline impurities, pH value 6.0-8.0, typical addition amount 0.1%-1.5%, shelf life 24 months.
• Application Scenarios: High-end food in Europe and the United States, infant food, health products, organic food and other scenarios with strict requirements on form, no risk of crystalline harmful substances, helping nutritional components disperse uniformly.
4. Customizable Food-Grade Silica
Customizable Dimensions:
a. Moisture Content: Customizable within 0.5%-7.0%, error ≤0.3%, adapting to the processing and storage needs of different foods;
b. Whiteness Index: High whiteness customization with whiteness ≥98%, no yellowing or fading under high temperature/light, suitable for foods with extremely high color requirements;
c. Performance Parameters: Adsorption capacity, angle of repose, high-temperature resistance range, acid and alkali resistance, etc., customizable according to needs, adapting to special production processes;
d. Packaging Specifications: Regular packaging of 5kg/10kg/20kg, custom 1kg small packaging and large ton packaging, custom materials such as vacuum bags, aluminum foil bags, and valve bags, supporting multi-language labels and enterprise LOGO printing.
Common General Questions
1. Will the product affect the taste and flavor of food?
No. The product is odorless and tasteless with fine particle size. The addition amount strictly follows the global food additive limit standards. It can be completely dispersed in food without sand feeling or foreign body feeling, and does not change the original taste, flavor and color of food.
2. Is free sample application supported?
Yes. Free samples are available for the entire series of products, along with corresponding test reports and certification documents. Custom samples can be provided for some customized products.
3. What is the delivery time for bulk orders?
The delivery time for conventional stock products is 3-10 days, and for customized parameter/packaging products is 10-20 days. Long-term cooperation orders can be prioritized for production, and the delivery time for urgent orders can be shortened through negotiation.
4. Do the products meet global export compliance requirements?
The entire series of products have passed mainstream international certifications such as FDA, EU, HALAL, and KOSHER. Corresponding compliance test reports and customs clearance documents for the target market can be provided, supporting export to more than 50 countries and regions around the world.