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Food additives data book - wordpres

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HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 40<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

ASH MAXIMUM IN %: 4.0<br />

SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:<br />

in water: @ 20°C Insoluble @ 50°C Insoluble @ 100°C Insoluble<br />

in vegetable oil: @ 20°C Insoluble @ 50°C Insoluble @ 100°C Insoluble<br />

in sucrose solution: @ 10% Insoluble @ 40% Insoluble @ 60% Insoluble<br />

in sodium chloride solution: @ 5% Insoluble @ 10% Insoluble @ 15% Insoluble<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 5% Insoluble @ 20% Insoluble @ 95% Insoluble @ 100% Insoluble<br />

in propylene glycol: @ 20°C Insoluble @ 50°C Insoluble @ 100°C Insoluble<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: A black food colour mainly used in sugar confectionery and commonly used as a shading agent<br />

ALTERNATIVES: Other black food colours, although not of exactly the same hue, include: vegetable carbon.<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Vegetable carbon is an insoluble pigment and as such is generally used in the form of a suspension.<br />

SYNERGISTS: None known<br />

ANTAGONISTS: None known<br />

FOOD SAFETY ISSUES: None known<br />

Vegetable carbon 313

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