Can anybody give me a website of food coloring ingredients?!
i know that most of the red food colors come from beetles except for #40, that from coal!. but idk about any of the other onesWww@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
The only colouring additive that is completely non-vegetarian-safe is the one you mentioned already -
E120 (cochineal or carmine or C!.I!. 75470)!.
(Similarly, the glazing agent E904 (shellac), is also insect-derived!.)
Possibly animal or vegetable derived:
E104 (quinoline yellow or C!.I!. 47005),
E153 (carbon black),
E160(a) (carotene or C!.I!. 75130),
E161(g) (xanthophyll or canthaxanthin or C!.I!. 40850)!.
Vegetable-derived colouring additives include:
E100 (turmeric or curcumin or C!.I!. 75300),
E101 (riboflavin or lactoflavin or vitamin B2),
E140 & E141 (chlorophyll or C!.I!. 75810),
E150 (caramel),
E160(b) (annatto or bixin or norbixin or C!.I!. 75120),
E160(c) (capsanthin or capsorubin),
E160(d) (lycopene or C!.I!. 75125),
E161 (xanthophyll or flavoxanthin or lutein or cryptoxanthin or rubixanthin or violaxanthin or rhodoxanthin),
E162 (beet red or betanin),
E163 (anthocyanin),
E181 (tannin or tannic acid)!.
Synthetic (usually coal-tar) colours include:
E102 (tartrazine or C!.I!. 19140 or FD & C yellow 5),
E107 (yellow 2G or C!.I!. 18965),
E110 (sunset yellow FCF or C!.I!. 15985 or FD & C yellow 6),
E122 (azorubine or carmoisine or C!.I!. 14720),
E123 (amaranth or C!.I!. 16185 or FD & C red 2),
E124 (ponceau 4R or brilliant scarlet 4R or C!.I!. 16255),
E127 (erythrosine or C!.I!. 45430 or FD & C red 3),
E128 (red 2G or C!.I!. 18050),
E129 (allura red AC or C!.I!. 16035 or food red 17 or FD & C red 40),
E131 (patent blue V or C!.I!. 42051),
E132 (indigotine or indigo carmine or C!.I!. 73015 or FD & C blue 2),
E133 (brilliant blue FCF or C!.I!. 42090 or FD & C blue 1),
E142 (green S or acid brilliant green BS or food green S or lissamine green or C!.I!. 44090),
E151 (brilliant black BN or brilliant black PN or C!.I!. 28440),
E154 (brown FK or kipper brown or food brown),
E155 (brown HT or chocolate brown HT or C!.I!. 20285),
E160(e) (apocarotenal),
E160(f) (apocarotenoic acid ethyl ester),
E180 (pigment rubine or lithol rubine BK or C!.I!. 15850)!.
Mineral:
E170 (chalk or calcium carbonate or C!.I!. 77220),
E171 (titanium dioxide or C!.I!. 77891),
E172 (iron oxide or C!.I!. 77492 - yellow or C!.I!. 77491 - red or C!.I!. 77499 - black),
E173 (aluminium or aluminum or C!.I!. 77000),
E174 (silver or C!.I!. 77820),
E175 (gold or C!.I!. 77480)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
E120 (cochineal or carmine or C!.I!. 75470)!.
(Similarly, the glazing agent E904 (shellac), is also insect-derived!.)
Possibly animal or vegetable derived:
E104 (quinoline yellow or C!.I!. 47005),
E153 (carbon black),
E160(a) (carotene or C!.I!. 75130),
E161(g) (xanthophyll or canthaxanthin or C!.I!. 40850)!.
Vegetable-derived colouring additives include:
E100 (turmeric or curcumin or C!.I!. 75300),
E101 (riboflavin or lactoflavin or vitamin B2),
E140 & E141 (chlorophyll or C!.I!. 75810),
E150 (caramel),
E160(b) (annatto or bixin or norbixin or C!.I!. 75120),
E160(c) (capsanthin or capsorubin),
E160(d) (lycopene or C!.I!. 75125),
E161 (xanthophyll or flavoxanthin or lutein or cryptoxanthin or rubixanthin or violaxanthin or rhodoxanthin),
E162 (beet red or betanin),
E163 (anthocyanin),
E181 (tannin or tannic acid)!.
Synthetic (usually coal-tar) colours include:
E102 (tartrazine or C!.I!. 19140 or FD & C yellow 5),
E107 (yellow 2G or C!.I!. 18965),
E110 (sunset yellow FCF or C!.I!. 15985 or FD & C yellow 6),
E122 (azorubine or carmoisine or C!.I!. 14720),
E123 (amaranth or C!.I!. 16185 or FD & C red 2),
E124 (ponceau 4R or brilliant scarlet 4R or C!.I!. 16255),
E127 (erythrosine or C!.I!. 45430 or FD & C red 3),
E128 (red 2G or C!.I!. 18050),
E129 (allura red AC or C!.I!. 16035 or food red 17 or FD & C red 40),
E131 (patent blue V or C!.I!. 42051),
E132 (indigotine or indigo carmine or C!.I!. 73015 or FD & C blue 2),
E133 (brilliant blue FCF or C!.I!. 42090 or FD & C blue 1),
E142 (green S or acid brilliant green BS or food green S or lissamine green or C!.I!. 44090),
E151 (brilliant black BN or brilliant black PN or C!.I!. 28440),
E154 (brown FK or kipper brown or food brown),
E155 (brown HT or chocolate brown HT or C!.I!. 20285),
E160(e) (apocarotenal),
E160(f) (apocarotenoic acid ethyl ester),
E180 (pigment rubine or lithol rubine BK or C!.I!. 15850)!.
Mineral:
E170 (chalk or calcium carbonate or C!.I!. 77220),
E171 (titanium dioxide or C!.I!. 77891),
E172 (iron oxide or C!.I!. 77492 - yellow or C!.I!. 77491 - red or C!.I!. 77499 - black),
E173 (aluminium or aluminum or C!.I!. 77000),
E174 (silver or C!.I!. 77820),
E175 (gold or C!.I!. 77480)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
this is an article on the FDA/CFSAN site from 1993Www@FoodAQ@Com