Red rice red , a natural
food color, is extracted from red
or black rice of Oryza sativa, by
the process of extracting, filtering,
refining and purifying, concentrating,
sterilizing(liquid
product),
spraying and drying(powder
product)
·Characteristics
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The
appearance of red rice red is purplish
red liquid or powder. The main ingredient
is cyanidin-3-glucoside, a kind of
anthocyan. It can dissolve in alcohol
and water easily, can not dissolve
in acetone and petroleum benzene.
It has a good resistance to light
and heat, but not to oxidant. Na+,K+,Ca2+,
Ba2+,Zn2+,Cu2+and
trace Fe2+do not affect the pigment, but the
shade of color becomes rose when there
are much Sn2+,and
becomes fading and deposition to Pb2+and much Fe2+.
The shade of color solution is red
when PH is between 1~6,
pale brown to yellow when PH is between
7~12
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Quality
Standard
Items
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Enterprise Standard
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Liquid
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Powder
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Appearance
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Purplish Red Liquid
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Purplish Red Powder
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Color Value E(1%、1cm、535±5nm)
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20~60
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100~200
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Loss on Drying
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% Less than
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—
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0.8
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Ash
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% Less than
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2.0
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3 .0
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PH
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Less than
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2~4
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2~4
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Lead (As Pb)
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mg/kg Less than
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2
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2
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Arsenic(as As)
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mg/kg Less than
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1
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1
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Pathogenic Bacteria
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Negative
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Negative
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·Applications
and Usage Instruction (in compliance
with GB2760:Hygienic standards
for uses of food additives)
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Red
Rice can be widely used
in modified milk,milk
beverages,frozen drinks(edible
ice excluded),candy,imitation
wine.
When use Red Rice Red,dissolve
the color with a small
amount of 50% edible
alcohol or water first,
and them mix the color
solution with food materials.
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·Usage
Reference(in compliance with
GB2760:Hygienic standards for
uses of food additives)
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The amount of usage is according
to production needs (no maximum
usage limit).
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·Legal
registered number
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CNS NO: 08.111
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·Package
Powder is packed with corrugated
box, carton, or plastic drum
with inner double plastic
bags, net weight is 10kg or
20kg for each container. Liquid
is packed with plastic drum,
net weight is 20kg.Package
standards are also available
according to consumer‵s demand.
·Storage
Sealed, avoid light, store
in cool and dry place.
·Shelf
Life
If the storage condition attains
as mentioned above, Powder
two years from production
date, liquid is six months(unopened).
Once opened, should seal up
again and use within six months(powder)or
one month(liquid).
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