Natural Food Colours

Natural Food Colours are dyes or pigments extracted from natural sources like vegetables, plants and insects. These Colours can provide versatile colouring application with safe usage in different types of Food Products.

These natural colours include the red from paprika fruits, yellow from turmeric roots, orange red of annatto seeds, yellow-orange from marigold flowers and green from leaves. All natural food colours are available in water soluble and dispersible forms for use in water based products and applications. They can also be provided in powder form.

These colours are used to give visual appeal and colour uniformity & consistency to Food and Beverages.

Specifications

ENumber	Colour	Light	Heat	Alkali	Acid	Oxidation / Reduction
E 100	Curcumin	Poor	Good	Fair	Good	Fair
E 160b	Annatto	Fair	Good	V. Good	Precipitates	Fair
E 162	Beetroot Red	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	Fair
E 163	Anthocyanin	Good	Good	Poor	V. Good	Good
E 140 / E141	Chlorophyll Copper Chlorophyll	Poor V. Good	Poor V. Good	Fair Good	Precipitates Precipitates	Poor V. Good
E 150	Caramel	V. Good	V. Good	V. Good	V. Good	V. Good
E160c	Paprika	Fair	Good	Good	Good	Poor
	Safflower	Fair	Good	Fair	Fair	Fair