Food additives data book - wordpres

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 40
ppm:
ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3
SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:
in water: @ 20°C Insoluble @ 50°C Insoluble @ 100°C Insoluble
in vegetable oil: @ 20°C Soluble @ 50°C Soluble @ 100°C Soluble
in sucrose solution: @ 10% Insoluble @ 40% Insoluble @ 60% Insoluble
in sodium chloride solution: @ 5% Insoluble @ 10% Insoluble @ 15% Insoluble
in ethanol solution: @ 5% Insoluble @ 20% Insoluble @ 95% Insoluble @ 100% Insoluble
in propylene glycol: @ 20°C Insoluble @ 50°C Insoluble @ 100°C Insoluble
FUNCTION IN FOODS: Water-insoluble bright-red food colour used for cheese rind and surface marking.
ALTERNATIVES: Carmine or other red insoluble lake colours can be dispersed into wax to give a similar coloration to
Litholrubine BK
TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: A red, water-insoluble food colour. Soluble in oil and hydrocarbon solvents. Used to colour cheese wax
rind
SYNERGISTS: None known
ANTAGONISTS: Not known
FOOD SAFETY ISSUES: No ADI set due to insufficient toxicological data being available.
LEGISLATION: USA: UK and EUROPE: CANADA:
Not permitted Permitted according to European Parliament and Not permitted
Council Directive 94/36/EC of 30th June 1994
on Colours for Use in Foodstuffs. AUSTRALIA:
Refer to Annex IV – restricted to colouring Not permitted
edible cheese rind.
Litholrubine BK 267