Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Country of Origin
- Ingredient Name
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- Ingredients
- Canthaxanthin
- Food Additive Number
- E 161g, INS 161g
Features & Benefits
- Food Ingredients Features
- Product Highlights
- Canthaxanthin is an oil-soluble carotenoid pigment with a characteristic orange-red color. It occurs naturally in many foods such as mushrooms, crustaceans, fish, and green algae.
- Nature-identical canthaxanthin is used as a colorant in food and beverages. It advantageously replaces FD&C dyes and helps food marketers in their transition to clean labels.
- Product Benefits
Divi’s offers nature-identical canthaxathin for coloration of a variety of foods and beverages.
- Excellent uniformity
- Superior stability in both liquid and dry applications
- Consistent color shade in food preparations
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Divi’s Canthaxanthin Applications
- Suitable for vegetarian and vegan diets
- Beverages: Fruit juices Vegetable juices Smoothies
- Savory: Sausages
- Fats/ Spreads: Oils Fat-based foods
- Bakery: Cakes
- Dairy: Yogurt
- Confectionary: Gummies
- Product Applications
- Coloration
- Beverages
- Food
Properties
- Color
- Dispersible in
- Cold Water
- Typical Properties
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Retest Date | 36.0 | Months | — |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
- Regulatory Information
- EU: Canthaxanthin is not permitted in the EU as a direct food color.
- USA: The color additive canthaxanthin may be safely used for coloring foods generally subject to the following restrictions:
- The quantity of canthaxanthin does not exceed 30 mg per pound of solid or semisolid food or per pint of liquid food and
- It may not be used to color foods for which standards of identity have been promulgated under section 401 of the act unless added color is authorized by such standards
Packaging & Availability
- Standard Packaging Size
20 kg Alu Bag in Box