Water-soluble curcumin

Extract Name: Water-soluble curcumin

Abbr. Name: Water-soluble curcumin

Extract Category: Natural Food Color

Extract Class: Food Additives

Water-soluble curcumin Detail:

Curcumin is extracted from the root of Curcuma longa as raw material. It’s a natural food pigment by the process of solvent extracting, concentrating, refining and drying.

Characteristics

The appearance of curcumin is yellowish to orange red free flowing powder, has the characteristic odor-turmeric like, the active ingredient is curcumin. It can not dissolve in water and ether, easy to dissolve in ethanol, acetic acid and propylene glycol, completely soluble in acetone. The color shade of acidic solution is pale yellow, and reddish brown in alkaline condition. It has a good resistance to heat, but not to light and Fe²^＋. It has superior pigmentation ,especially for protein.

Items

Enterprise Standard

QB1415－P>91

Appearance

Yellowish to orange red free flowing powder

Orange yellow powder

Curcumin Content 　　　P> 　　　P>%

Color v-alue E（P>1%、

1cm、P>427nm）

1450

1450（P>425nm）

Ash

% Less than

Arsenic（P>as As）

mg/kg Less than

Lead

mg/kg Less than

Pathogenic Bacteria

Negative

　Application and Usage Reference
Curcumin can be widely used in carbonic acid drink, candy, wine, ice-cream, jelly. The usage reference is 0.01g/kg.

Package
Plastic or paper container with inner plastic bags, net weight is 10kg, 20kg or 25kg. Different package standards are available according to consumer’s demand.

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

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