Natural Colouring Matter

Natural Colouring Matter 1.Natural food pigment 2.Perfect solubility 3.100% Natural food grade 4.Kosher Certificate

Extract Name: Carthamus Yellow

Abbr. Name: Carthamus Yellow

Extract Category:Natural Food Color

Extract Class: Food Additives/Food coloring

 

Carthamus Yellow:

         Carthamus(Safflower)Yellow is a natural food pigment extracted from the petal of Carthamus Tinctoria L. by the process of extracting, filtrating, purifying, concentrating, sterilizing, spraying & drying. The main coloring ingredient is carthamine.

 

Appearance:

         The appearance of Carthamus(Safflower)Yellow is yellow or brown yellow powder. It can easily dissolve in water and ethanol solution, but not in ether, petroleum ether, oil and acetone. It is an excellent coloring agent for starch, but slightly coloring for protein. Ferric ion can make it becomes black. It has good resistance to light and high temperature

 

Quality Standard:

Items	Enterprise Standard
Appearance	Yellow or Brown Yellow Powder
Color Value E(1%,1cm,405±5nm)	100~200
Loss on Drying                      %  Less than	10
Ash                                         %  Less than	4
Lead(as Pb)                   mg/kg  Less than	5
Arsenic(as As)               mg/kg  Less than	1
Total Plate Count              cfu/g  Less than	1,000
Pathogenic Bacteria	Negative

 

Applications and Usage Instruction:

          Carthamus(Safflower)Yellow can be widely used in instant rice & flour products, soda pop, fruit-flavoured beverages,beverages of fruit and vegetable juice(pulp),decorative fruits and vegetables,frozen drinks(edible ice excluded),candy,topping,preserved fruits,jelly,canned fruits,canned vegetables,canned eight precious porridges,imitation wine.        When use Carthamus Yellow,dissolve the color with a small amount of water first,and them mix the color solution with food.

 

Usage Reference:

         For instant rice&flour products,the maximum usage limit is 0.5g/kg.The maximum usage limit for other products is 0.2g/kg. 

 

Storage:

         Sealed, avoid light, store in cool and dry place.

 

Shelf Life:

         If the storage condition attains as mentioned above, Powder two years from production date, liquid is six months(unopened). Once opened, should seal up again and use within six months(powder)or one month(liquid).

 

Natural Colouring Matter