Safflower Yellow

Extract Name: Safflower Yellow

Extract Category: Natural Food Color

Extract Class: Food Additives

Safflower Yellow is a natural food pigment extracted from the petal of Carthamus Tinctoria L. by the process of extracting, filtrating, purifying, concentrating, sterilizing, spraying & drying. The main coloring ingredient is carthamine.

Characteristics:

The appearance of safflower yellow is yellow or brown yellow powder. It can easily dissolve in water and ethanol solution, but not in ether, petroleum ether, oil and acetone. It is an excellent coloring agent for starch, but slightly coloring for protein. Ferric ion can make it becomes black. It has good resistance to light and high temperature.

Quality Standard

Items

Enterprise Standard

GB5176-85

Appearance

Yellow or Brown Yellow Powder

Color v-alue E

（P>1%、P>1cm、P>390～P>410nm）

40～P>180

More than 40(400nm)

Loss on Drying % Less than

Ash % Less than

Lead ppm Less than

Arsenic ppm Less than

Mercury ppm Less than

0. 3

Total Plate Count cfu/g Less than

1000

Pathogenic Bacteria

None

Application and Usage Reference

Safflower Yellow can be widely used in the coloring of beverage, wine, candy .canned fruit, ice cream, ice-lolly, jelly, preserved fruit. The usage reference for 50 CV is 0.01~0.02%.The usage quantity can be decrease if the CV is more than 50.

Package
Plastic (or paper) container with inner plastic bags. Net weight for each container is 10kg or 20kg. Package standards are also available according to consumer’s demand.

Storage
Sealed, avoid light, store in a cool and dry place.

Shelf Life
12 months from production date if the storage condition attains as mentioned above.Once opened, should seal up again and use within 6months.