Food additives data book - wordpres

Colourings 308
NAME: Red 2G
CATEGORY: Food colour
FOOD USE: Sausages/ Preserves/ Confectionery/ Meat products
SYNONYMS: E128/ C.I. 18050 (Food Red 10)/ Azogeranine/ Disodium 8-acetamido-1-hydroxy-2phenylazonaphthalene
3,6-disulfonate
FORMULA: C18 H13 N3 Na2 O8 S2
MOLECULAR MASS: 509.43 (sodium salt)
ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Potassium salt/ Calcium 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 %: Content not less than 80% total colouring matters, calculated as the sodium salt
WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 15