- Ingredient Name:Annatto
- Functions:Food Coloring, Antioxidant
- Pigment Type:Organic Pigments
BioMax Annatto Extract has widest commercial use is as a natural food coloring made from the seed's coating. Many orange or yellow manufactured foods are colored with Annatto. Annatto paste is also used as a natural dye for cloth and wool and is sometimes employed in the paint, varnish, lacquer, cosmetic, and soap industries. Also known to be used as an antioxidant, hepatoprotective (liver protector), hyperglycemic; Used as expectorant, hypocholesterolemic (lowers cholesterol), hypotensive (lowers blood pressure), insect repellant, wound healer in tribal medicines.