Food colour · Ingredients & raw materials
Curcumin and turmeric oleoresin (INS 100)
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Natural bright yellow colour from turmeric (Curcuma longa), sold as high purity curcumin powder, water dispersible powders and liquids, or turmeric oleoresin. Used in mustard, pickles, sauces, dairy, bakery, confectionery and snacks; it fades in light and turns reddish in alkaline foods. FSSAI lists curcumin or turmeric among permitted natural colours, generally at GMP or Appendix A limits.
Form 4
- Curcumin 95% powder (oil soluble)
- Water dispersible powder (10 to 25%)
- Water dispersible liquid (about 10%)
- Turmeric oleoresin, oil soluble (about 30%)
Pack size 3
- 1 kg pack
- 5 kg pack
- 25 kg drum
Spec
- INS number
- 100
- CAS number
- 458-37-7
- Colour Index
- CI 75300
- Appearance
- Orange yellow crystalline powder, or yellow brown viscous liquid
- Assay
- Curcuminoids 95% min (powder) or 10 to 30% (dispersible and oleoresin grades)
- Solubility
- Pure curcumin oil and alcohol soluble; WS grades disperse in water
- Standard met
- FSSAI, JECFA
- Typical use level
- GMP or as per FSSAI category limits
- Shelf life
- 24 months
- Storage
- Cool, dry place, protected from light
- Usual minimum
- 1 kg
- HSN code
- 32030020
- GST
- 18%
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