Product No.: #1207 Product name: Gardenia yellow color
- Source: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis
- Part of the plant used: Fruits
- Product description
Gardenia Yellow is a pure natural food color, extracted from the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis. It is a kind of bright yellow to brown powder with slight bitter odor. This product has good solubility in water and alcohol, but not soluble in fat solvent. The main coloring ingredient is crocin, which is a rare water soluble carotene. The product has a strong resistance to light and heat. The Gardenia Yellow water solvent is bright yellow, very stable at PH3~10. It is widely used in food industry. - Specifications:
Items Specifications
Liquid Powder
Appearance Bright yellow liquid Bright yellow powder
Color value E(1% 1cm 440nm) 10~100 20~600
Stability Comparatively stable when exposed to light and heat Comparatively stable when exposed to light and heat
Loss on drying ≤50% ≤9%
Ash 5% 5%
PH 2~4 2~4
Heavy metals ≤10ppm ≤10ppm
Pb ≤2ppm ≤2ppm
As ≤1ppm ≤1ppm
Total plate count ≤1000cfu/g ≤1000cfu/g
Yeast & Mold ≤100 cfu/g ≤100 cfu/g
Salmonella Negative/10g Negative/10g
E. Coli Negative/10g Negative/10g
