Ingredients of food colorants

Introduction: food colorant is mainly used in food Here is a brief introduction of the ingredients of food colorant There are many kinds of food colorants At present, almost all the synthetic pigments allowed to be used in the world are water-soluble pigments There are 22 kinds of food synthetic pigments licensed in China, including amaranth, carmine, red moss, new red, tempting red, lemon yellow, sunset yellow, bright blue, indigo and their respective aluminum lakes, as well as 22 kinds of acid red, β - carotene, sodium copper chlorophyllin and titanium dioxide What are the ingredients of some food colorants? Capsanthin is mainly composed of capsanthin, capsanthin, r-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin and cryptoxanthin, among which capsanthin and capsanthin account for 50% - 60% of the total There are six main color components of Monascus red, which are divided into red pigment (erythema or Pan Hong, formula c21h22o5) , relative molecular weight 350), monarubin or monarubin (molecular formula c23h26o5, relative molecular weight 382), yellow pigment (monarubin or monarubin, molecular formula C21H26O5, relative molecular weight 358), Monascus or ankavin (molecular formula c23h30o5) , relative molecular weight 386), purple pigment (erythema or Panhong amine, molecular formula c21h33no4, relative molecular weight 353), Monascus or monarubine (molecular formula c23h27no4, relative molecular weight 381) In addition, there are many food colorants The ingredients of each food colorant are not the same If you want to know more about food colorants, please come to Baibai safety net Here is more about food colorants Some colorants are used in industry, but some of them are used in food What's the harm of eating too much colorant? In fact, a small amount of colorant does not harm people, but using too much will cause serious harm However, China's food safety detector It can accurately check the safety level of food, so consumers can eat it at ease More food safety knowledge is in Baibai safety net Editor in charge: he xianrob