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
Items |
Standard |
Appearance |
Yellow Powder |
| Color Value E(1%,1cm,430-445nm) | 60-550 |
| Loss on Drying | max 7% |
| As | max 4% |
| Heavy metal | max 10ppm |
| Arsenic | max 3ppm |
| Total plate count | max 1000 cfu/g |
| Pathogenic Bactenia | None |
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. 24months from production date if the storage condition attains as mentioned above. Once opened, should seal up again and use within 6 months.
