
[ Products Name ] Gardenia Yellow
[ About Gardenia Yellow ]
Gardenia Yellow, a pure natural and water soluble food color ,is extracted from the gardenia fruit of madder family (Gardenia jasmimoides ELLIS) by the process of crushing, extracting, filtrating, purifying, concentrating, sterilizing, spraying & drying. The main coloring ingredient is crocin and crocetin.
[ Characteristics ] Gardenia Yellow is a yellow powder, can be dissolved in water and alcohol solution easily. It has a good resistance to light and temperature in neutral and weak alkaline mediums.
[Quality Standard ]
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Items |
Enterprise Standard |
GB 7912~87 |
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Appearance |
Yellow Powder |
Orange Powder |
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Color v-alue E(1%、 |
60~550 |
More than 24(440nm) |
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Loss on Drying % Less than |
7 |
7 |
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Ash % Less than |
4 |
9 |
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Heavy metal ppm Less than |
10 |
10 |
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Lead ppm Less than |
2 |
2 |
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Arsenic ppm Less than |
3 |
3 |
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Total plate count cfu/g less than |
1000 |
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Pathogenic Bactenia |
None |
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[ Application and Usage Reference ]
Gardenia Yellow can be used as coloring in the production of beverage, wine, cake, ice-cream, ice-lolly, preserved fruit, expansion food, jelly, flour cake, candy .The usage reference for 60 CV is 0.01-0.03%,the usage quantity can be decreased if the CV is more than 60.
[ Package ]
Plastic container with inner plastic bags, the net weight for each container is 20kg.Package standards are available according to consumer’s demand.
[ Storage ]
Sealed,avoid light, store in a cool & dry place.

