Quality Control Laboratory

VOLTERRA SALTWORK
Via Moje Vecchie 5
56047 Saline di Volterra(PI)
tel. 0588 44325
fax. 0588 44340

MATERIAL DATA SHEET

VACUUM SALT FOOD GRADE Date of Issue 02/01/14 Date of Revision 11 20/11/20
PRODUCT Vacuum Salt (Sodium Chloride)
PRODUCTION PLACE Salt Plant of Volterra (PI) – Italy
Salt is obtained from brine by cavity mining of underground deposits, chemically purified and crystallized in vacuum
PRODUCTION PROCESS
evaporating plant
CHEMICAL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (DATA OF LITERATURE)
White Crystalline note1
APPEARANCE FORMULA WEIGHT 58.45 g/mole CAS NUMBER 7647-14-5
Grains
note 2
CHEMICAL NAME Sodium Chloride BULK DENSITY 1.28 t/mc EINECS NUMBER 231-598-3
MOLECULAR FORMULA NaCl SOLUBILITY IN WATER(20°C) 330 g/l
SELF MONITORING SYSTEM Volterra Saltwork operates in accordance with EC n° 852/2004
All materials entering in direct contact with the product during production process comply with D.M.21.03.1973 and
PACKING M ATERIAL
additional updates, with EC 1935/2004 and EC 10/2011

 1kg cardboard box  Big Bag 1t – 1,25 t

PACKAGING
 25 Kg Thermo Welding polyethylene Bag  Tant-Truck
For further information please contact our Sales Dept.
Product may be additived by buyer’s request with
1. Anticacking agent E536 note 3 (max 20 ppm). note 4
ADDITIVES 2. Potassium Iodate (0,0051%, equivalent to 30 ppm note 9 expressed as Iodine, same as 3 mg I /100g food grade salt ). note 5
Presence af additives is expressly declared by the manufacturer or indicated on the packing. In opposite case the product is not
additivated. For further information please contact our Sales Dept.
ALLERGENS Does not contain substances or products causing allergies or intolerances, as indicated in Reg EU n°1169/2011, Annex II

CHEMICAL – PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF DRIED VACUUM SALT

Analytical Data Typical Value Limit Value Legal Limit Analytical Methods note 6
note 6

Conventional Moisture at 110°C (%) 0.01 ≤0.03note7 n.d. ISO 2483-1973

Insoluble Matter in Water (% D.W.) <0.01 ≤0.01 max 0.5
ISO 2479-1972
Insoluble Matter in HCl 1M (% D.W.) <0.01 ≤0.01 max 0.3
Potentiometry “Determination must be performed within 30
pH (Aqueos Solution 100 g/l) 8.5 8.09.1 n.d.
minutes from the preparation of the solution.”
Calcium (% D.W.) <0.01 ≤0.01 n.d.
ISO 2482-1973
Magnesium (% D.W.) <0.01 ≤0.01 n.d.
Sulphate (% D.W.) 0.07 ≤0.25 n.d. ISO 2480-1972

Potassium (% D.W.) 0.03 0.010.05 n.d. EuSalt/AS 007-2005

Sodium Chloride (% D.W.) 99.8 99.599.9 min 97 CX STAN 150-1985, Rev. 2-2012.

1
Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number.
2
European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances.
3
Reg. EU 1129/2011
4
Analytical Method: EuSalt/AS 004-2008 Determination of water soluble Hexacyanoferrate (II)- Prussian Blue Photometric Method
5
Additivation and analytical method: D.M. 10 August 1995, n° 562 “Regulation relating the production and commerce of food grade iodured and iodized salt”
6
Limits and analytical methods are those indicated in D.M. 31 Gennaio 1997, n°106 Regulation of the production and commerce of food grade salt
7
Salt Additived with E536 and/or Potassium Iodate have a typical value of conventional moisture at 110°C of 0,03% and a maximum value of 0,1% d.w.
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Sede legale e stabilimento: Saline di Volterra (PI) - Via Moje Vecchie 5
Sede amministrativa e stabilimento: Bolgare (BG) - Via Lago d’Iseo 14
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 Quality Control Laboratory
VOLTERRA SALTWORK
Via Moje Vecchie 5
56047 Saline di Volterra(PI)
tel. 0588 44325
fax. 0588 44340

note 6
Contaminants Typical Value Legal Limit
note 6 Analytical Methods

Arsenic (mg/kg) <0.05 ≤ 0.5 EuSalt/AS 011-2005

Copper (mg/kg) <0.2 ≤2 EuSalt/AS 005-2005
Lead (mg/kg) <0.2 ≤2 EuSalt/AS 013-2005
Cadmium (mg/kg) <0.05 ≤ 0.5 EuSalt/AS 014-2005
Mercury (mg/kg) <0.01 ≤ 0.1 EuSalt/AS 012-2005

Typical Value Analytical Method

Bulk density (t/mc)
1.28 “Weight of a known volume”

note8
Granulometry
Dimension of crystalline grains ≥0.80 mm 0.800.60 mm 0.600.25 mm ≤0.25 mm
Typical Distribution (%) ≤0.1 ≤1.3 9095 ≤10

PRESENT DATA ARE THE AVERAGE OF A SERIES OF CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL CONTROLS CARRY OUT BY OUR CONTROL QUALITY LABORATORY.

CONVENTIONAL MOISTURE MAY VARY CONSISTENTLY FROM THE INDICATED VALUES DEPENDING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF STOCKING

THE PRESENT DATA SHEET DOES NOT ENSURE THE SUITABILITY OF THE PRODUCT FOR THE USE WHICH IT IS DESTINED, AND THEREFORE THE BUYER’S IS NOT
EXEMPTED TO MAKE ITS OWN CONTROLS.

8
Dry mechanical sifting.

9
As defined by D.M. 10 Agosto 1995 n°562, this value is defined in a range (+40%, -20% equivalent to a range of Iodine between 24 and 42 ppm) as indicated by art. 1 of
D.M.1°Agosto 1990, n°255 “Regulation about discipline of production and commerce of iodurized and iodized salt”

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Sede legale e stabilimento: Saline di Volterra (PI) - Via Moje Vecchie 5
Sede amministrativa e stabilimento: Bolgare (BG) - Via Lago d’Iseo 14
Codice Fiscale / Partita Iva / Numero di Iscrizione Reg. Imprese PI 02079570509
Tel. 035/843220 – Fax 035/4423219 – E-mail info@idrosal.it
Capitale Sociale Euro 317.278,88 i.v.