Food additives data book - wordpres

Colourings 282
NAME: Ponceau 4R
CATEGORY: Food colour
FOOD USE: Baked goods/ Cereals and cereal products/ Soft drinks/ Fruit, vegetable and nut products/ Meat and
poultry products/ Edible ices/ Canned products/ Confectionery/ Desserts/ Sugars and preserves/
Decorations and coatings/ Seasonings/ Beverages/ Dairy products/ Snacks/ Fish and seafood products
SYNONYMS: E124/ C.I. 16255 (Food Red 7)/ Cochineal red A/ New coccine/ Trisodium 2-hydroxy-1-(4-sulfonato-1naphthylazo)
naphthalene-6,7-disulfonate
FORMULA: C20H14N2Na3O10S3
MOLECULAR MASS: 604.48
ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Calcium salt/ Potassium salt/ Aluminium lake (insoluble)
PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Red powder or granules
BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS N/A
PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760 mm Hg):
MELTING RANGE IN °C: N/A
FLASH POINT IN °C: N/A
IONISATION CONSTANT AT 25°C: N/A
DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER N/A
TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:
HEAT OF COMBUSTION AT 25°C IN J/kg: N/A
VAPOUR PRESSURE AT VARIOUS N/A
TEMPERATURES IN mm Hg:
PURITY %: Not less than 80% total colouring matter, calculated as the sodium salt