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Carthamus
Yellow
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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.
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·Characteristics |
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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
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·Quality
Standard |
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Items
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Enterprise Standard
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Appearance
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Yellow or Brown Yellow
Powder
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Color Value E（1%、1cm、405±5nm）
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100～200
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Loss on Drying
% Less
than
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10
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Ash
% Less than
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4
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Lead（as
Pb）
mg/kg Less than
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5
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Arsenic（as
As） mg/kg
Less than
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1
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Total Plate Count
cfu/g Less than
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1,000
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Pathogenic Bacteria
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Negative
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·Applications
and Usage Instruction(in compliance
with GB2760：Hygienic standards
for uses of food additives) |
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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.
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| ·Usage
Reference(in compliance with
GB2760：Hygienic standards for
uses of food additives) |
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instant rice&flour products,the
maximum usage limit is 0.5g/kg.The
maximum usage limit for other
products is 0.2g/kg. |
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registered number |
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NO：08.103 C.I NO：75140 KFDA
NO：Natural Additives 97 Japanese
NO：Natural Additives 397 |
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·Package
Powder is packed with corrugated
box, carton, or plastic drum
with inner double plastic
bags, net weight is 10kg or
20kg for each container. Liquid
is packed with plastic drum,
net weight is 20kg.Package
standards are also available
according to consumer‵s demand.
·Storage
Sealed, avoid light, store
in a cool and dry place.
·Shelf
Life
If the storage condition attains
as mentioned above, powder
is two years from production
date. Once opened, should
seal up again and use within
six months.
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