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Food Color

The colour of food is an integral part of our culture and enjoyment of life. Even early civilizations such as the Romans that people "eat with their eyes" as well as their palates. Saffron and other spices were often used to provide a rich yellow colour to various foods. Butter has been coloured yellow as far back as the 1300's.

We provide Food Dye. Today, all food colour additives are carefully regulated by authorities to ensure that foods are safe to eat and accurately labelled.

These colours are widely used in: Soft Drinks & Beverages, Desserts, Confectioneries, Jams & Jellies, Decorations & Coatings, Baked foods, Canned products, Pickles, Sauces & Seasonings, Meat & Fish products and many more.

Colour is an important property of foods that adds to our enjoyment of eating. Nature teaches is early to expect certain colours in certain foods, and our future acceptance of foods is highly dependent on meeting these expectations.

Colour variation in foods throughout the seasons and the effects of food processing and storage often require that manufacturers add colour to certain foods to meet consumer expectations. The primary reasons of adding colours to foods include:

  • To offset colour loss due to exposure to light, air, extremes of temperature, moisture and storage conditions.

  • To correct natural variations in colour. Off-coloured foods are often incorrectly associated with inferior quality. For example, some tree-ripened oranges are often sprayed with Citrus Red No.2 to correct the natural orangy-brown or mottled green colour of their peels (Masking inferior quality, however, is an unacceptable use of colours.)

  • To enhance colours that occur naturally but at levels weaker than those usually associated with a given food.

  • To provide a colourful identity to foods that would otherwise be virtually colourless. Red colours provide a pleasant identity to strawberry ice while lime sherbet is known by its bright green colour.

  • To provide a colourful appearance to certain "fun foods." Many candies and holiday treats are coloured to create a festive appearance.

  • To protect flavours and vitamins that may be affected by sunlight during storage.

  • To provide an appealing variety of wholesome and nutritious foods that meet consumers' demands.

Categories

Food Colours

Lake Colours

Blended Colours

D & C Colours

Food Colours


Colours Colour
Index no.
FD &
C.No
Colour Index
Ref.
E.C_No. CAS_Number Total Dye
Con.
Volatile Matter Led Arsenic Mercury Heavy_Metals
  TARTRAZINE 19140 Yellow 5 Yellow 4 E-102 53026-69-9 85% 15% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Sunset Yellow fcf 15985 Yellow 6 Yellow 3 E-110 2783-94-0 85% 15% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Carmoisine 14720 - Red 3 E-122 53026-69-9 85% 15% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Ponceau 4R 16255 - Red 7 E-124 1611-82-7 82% 18% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Amaranth 16185 Red 2 Red 9 E-123 115-67-3 85% 15% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Allura Red 16035 Red 40 Red 17 E-129 25956-17-6 85% 15% 2 ppm 1 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Chocolate Brown ht 20285 - Brown 3 E-155 4553-89-3 70% 30% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Quinoline yellow ws 47005 Yellow 10 Yellow 13 E-104 100208-62-6 70% 30% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Brilliant blue fcf 42090 Blue 1 Blue 2 E-133 3844-45-9 85% 15% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Indigo Carmine 73015 Blue 2 Blue 1 E-132 860-22-0 85% 15% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Erythorsine 45430 red 3 red 14 E-127 16432-68-0 87% 13% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Patent Blue V 42051 Blue 3 Blue 5 E-131 20262-76-4 85% - 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Red 2G S 18050 - Red 10 E-128 3734-67-6 80% 20% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm
  Black Pn 28440 - Black 1 E-151 28440 80% 20% 2 ppm 3 ppm 1 ppm 20 ppm

Lake Colours


Colours Colour
Index no.
Colour Index No. E. E. C. No. Other Name
  Lake Tartrazine 19140:1 E-102 1934-94-D F.D. & C.Yellow 5 Food Yellow 4
  Lake Allura Red 16035:1 E-129 1934-94-D F.D. & C. Red 40 Food Red 17
  Lake Brilliant Blue FCF 42090:1 E-133 2783-94-0 F.D. & C. Blue 1 Food Blue 2
  Lake Ponceau 4R 16255:1 E-124 2611-82-7 Food Red 7  
  Lake Erythrosine 45430:1 E-127 2611-82-7 F.D. & C. Red 3 Food Red 14
  Lake Indigo Carmine 73015:1 E-132 3567-69-9 F.D. & C. Blue 2 Food Blue 1
  Lake Amaranth 16185:1 E-123 915-67-3 F.D. & C. Red 2 Food Red 9
  Lake Quinoline Yellow 47005:1 E-104 915-67-3 D. & C. Yellow 10 Food Yellow 13
  Lake Carmoisine 14720:1 E-122 3567-69-9 Food Red 3 Azorubine
  Lake Sunset Yellow FCF 15985:1 E-110 2783-94-0 F.D. & C. Yellow 6 Food Yellow 3
Blended Lake All Blended Lake Colours Available

Blended Colours


Egg Yellow

BO 3090

Yolk Yellow

BO 4590

Orange Red

BO 3890

Straberry Red

BO 4290

Rose Pink

BO 4190

Raspeberry Red

BO 4090

Grape

BO 3290

Violet

BO 4490

Coffee Brown

BO 2690

Chocolate Brown

BO 2490

Dark Chocolate

BO 2890

Lime Green

BO 3690

Apple Green

BO 2190

Pea Green

BO 3990

Black Current

BO 2290

Kesar Supra

BO 3190

Falsa

BO 4790

Khala Khatta

BO 1290

Dark Orange

BO 5290

Purple

BO 3790

Black

BO 5390

D & C Colours


D&C No. C.I. No. C.I. Name
D&C Green 5 61570 Acid Green 25
D&C Green 6 61565 Solvent Green 3
D&C Green 8 59040 Solvent Green 7
D&C Orange 4 15510 Acid Orange 7
D&C Red 6 15850 Pigment Red 57
D&C Red 7 15850:1 Pigment Red 57:1
D&C Red 17 26100 Solvent Red 23
D&C Red 21 45380:2 Solvent Red 43
D&C Red 22 45380 Acid Red 87
D&C Red 33 17200 Acid Red 33
D&C Violet 2 60725 Solvent Violet 13
D&C Ext. Violet 2 60730 Acid Violet 43
D&C Yellow 7 45350:1 Solvent Yellow 94
D&C Yellow 8 45350 Acid Yellow 73
D&C Yellow 10 47005 Acid Yellow 3
D&C Yellow 11 47000 Solvent Yellow 33