Color,
flavor and taste, food-shaped sensory
traits constitute the four elements.
And food color, food to food who is
the first visual impression of the senses. Red strawberries,
citrus orange, purple grapes, golden
pear, is a pleasure, to stimulate
people's appetite. By light, heat,
oxygen, such as shadow fading noon
due to the processing of food or the
loss of the normal color of food,
make people feel disgust, and even
that has changed the immediate loss
of appetite, reduce the subjective
value of the commodity. Therefore,
the natural color, natural color of
food color can feel natural, health,
safety, food processing, landscaping,
food, food in terms of sales is very
important!
Natural pigments from the natural
growth of the natural plant pigment
extracted from a natural color, unique
flavor, safety, etc., in line with
the consumer trend of food health
requirements, more favored by the
market.
As of May 15, 2008, China allowed
a total of 43 kinds of natural pigment,
the specific varieties are as follows:
Radish red, red rice red, safflower
yellow, gardenia yellow, gardenia
blue, red shellac, sodium copper chlorophyll,
yellow tea, tea green pigment, multi-Sui
Ke rice, citrus yellow, black red,
black gallon red , red rice, Monascus
Red, peanuts clothing red, turmeric,
curcumin, caramel, Rosa Brown, yellow
chrysanthemum extract, cocoa shell
color, orange pepper, pepper red,
blue tablet fruit red, red Basella
, Roselle red, Buddleja yellow, red
grape skin, red mulberry, sea buckthorn
yellow color axillaris, natural amaranth
red, brown acorn shell, cochineal
red, bixin, lutein, potassium copper
chlorophyllin, corn yellow, more orange-red,
blue algae, plant carbon black, red
shikonin.
With the improvement of living standards
in the food of choice, people will
pay more attention to safety, health,
and even health care products function,
in view of this, food processing enterprises
in the food production in the choice
of colorants will tend to have a shading
function, and There are nutrition
and health of the natural pigment,
out on the mere mention of the chemical
synthesis of color pigments has become
a trend in the food given to multi-functional
natural pigments will have broader
prospects!