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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Colourings 232<br />

NAME: Erythrosine<br />

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

FOOD USE: Cocktail cherries/ Meat and poultry products/ Candied cherries/ Decorations and coatings/ Bigarreau<br />

cherries in syrup and in cocktails/ Canned products/ Confectionery<br />

SYNONYMS: E127/ C.I. 45430 (<strong>Food</strong> Red 14)/ FD & C Red No 3/ Disodium 2-(2,4,5,7-tetraiodo-3-oxido-6oxoxanthen-9-yl)benzoate<br />

monohydrate/ Disodium 9(O-carboxy-phenyl)-6-hydroxy-2,4,5,7-tetraiodo-<br />

3H-xanthen-3-one<br />

FORMULA: C20 H6 I4 Na2 O5·H2O<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 897.88<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Calcium salt/ Potassium salt/ Aluminium lake (insoluble)<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Bluish-red powder or granules<br />

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

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

MELTING RANGE IN °C: Not known<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 %: Content not less than 87% total colouring matter, calculated as the anhydrous sodium salt

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