| 1 | Appearance | Slightly yellow, syrupy liquid | Colorless and yellow, syrupy liquid |
| 2 | Odour | Passes | Acid, acidifier |
| 3 | Solubility | Passes | Soluble in water and in ethanol |
| 4 | Assay | 86.19% | NLT 85.0% and NMT 90.0% of C3H6O3 |
| 5 | Test for acid | Complies | Dispersion of the sample is acid to litmus paper |
| 6 | Test for lactate | Passes | Passes test |
| 7 | Sulfated ash | 0.03% | 0.1% Max |
| 8 | Chloride (Cl) | Less than 0.2% | 0.2% Max |
| 9 | Sulfate | Less than 0.25% | 0.25% Max |
| 10 | Iron (Fe) | Less than 10 ppm | 10 ppm Max |
| 11 | Cyanide (CN) | Less than 5 ppm | 5 ppm Max. |
| 12 | Citric, oxalic and phosphoric acids | Complies | and boil for 2 min. No turbidity is produced |
| 13 | Sugars | Complies | No red precipitate is formed |
| 14 | Readily carbonizable substances | Complies | No deep grey colour is produced within 15 min at the colour is produced within 15 min at the two liquids. |
| 15 | Lead(Pb) | Less than 2 ppm | 2 ppm Max |
| 16 | Arsenic (As) | Less than 1.1 ppm | 1.1 ppm Max |