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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Antioxidants 106<br />

NAME: Beta-carotene<br />

CATEGORY: Antioxidant/ Nutrient<br />

FOOD USE: Orange beverages/ Cheese/ Dairy products/ Butter/ Ice-cream/ Fats and oils/ Fruit juices/ Infant<br />

formula as vitamin A<br />

SYNONYMS: Provitamin A/ <strong>Food</strong> Orange 5/ Natural Yellow 26/ C140800/ C175130/ E160a<br />

FORMULA: C40H56<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 536.89<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Purple hexagonal prisms or red leaflets<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C 178–179<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Singlet oxygen quencher, thereby acts as an antioxidant. Colourant and function as provitamin A in<br />

foods.<br />

REFERENCE: <strong>Food</strong> Chemical Codex (1981) 3rd edition. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.

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