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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Colourings 164<br />

NAME: Canthaxanthin<br />

CATEGORY: <strong>Food</strong> colour<br />

FOOD USE: Sausages/ Sauces/ Fish products/ Confectionery/ Soups/ Tomato-based products/ Processed cheese/ Icecream/<br />

Soft drinks/ Salad dressings/ Desserts/ Meat products/ Dairy products<br />

SYNONYMS: E161g/C.I. 40850 (<strong>Food</strong> Orange 8)/ Beta-carotene-4,4¢-dione/ 4,4¢-Dioxo-beta-carotene/ 4,4¢-Diketobeta<br />

carotene<br />

FORMULA: C40H52O2<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 564.86<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: N/A<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Deep violet crystals or crystalline powder<br />

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS N/A<br />

PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760 mm Hg):<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: About 210 (decomposes)<br />

FLASH POINT IN °C: N/A<br />

IONISATION CONSTANT AT 25°C: N/A<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER N/A<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:<br />

HEAT OF COMBUSTION AT 25°C IN J/kg: N/A<br />

VAPOUR PRESSURE AT VARIOUS N/A<br />

TEMPERATURES IN mm Hg:<br />

PURITY %: Not less than 96% of total colouring matters

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