Food colour · Ingredients & raw materials
Carmoisine (INS 122)
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Water soluble synthetic azo dye, also called azorubine, giving a deep raspberry to maroon red. Used in sweets, sherbets, jellies, confectionery and bakery fillings, and as a base in red and brown blends. FSSAI permits it in the Appendix A food categories, typically up to 100 mg/kg of final food singly or in combination.
Strength 2
- 85% min dye content (standard)
- 90% min dye content (high strength)
Form 2
- Powder
- Granules (dust free)
Pack size 4
- 500 g pack
- 1 kg pack
- 6 kg pack
- 25 kg bag or drum
Spec
- INS number
- 122
- CAS number
- 3567-69-9
- Colour Index
- CI 14720 (Food Red 3)
- Appearance
- Dark red to maroon powder or granules
- Shade in solution
- Bluish red
- Dye content
- 85% min total colouring matter
- Solubility
- Soluble in water
- Standard met
- FSSAI (FSS Food Products Standards and Food Additives Regulations 2011), JECFA
- Typical use level
- Up to 100 mg/kg of final food, per FSSAI category limits
- Shelf life
- 3 to 5 years in sealed pack
- Storage
- Cool, dry place in tightly closed container
- Usual minimum
- 1 kg
- HSN code
- 32041989
- GST
- 18%
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