Introduction  
  What is food?  
  What happens to the food we eat?  
Our nutrient needs  
  Energy balance  
  Nutritional status  
  Laws & labels  
  Additives & colours
  Toxicity in food  
  Processing food  
  Stability of food nutrients  
  Storage life of foods  
  Food- associated health problems  

- FIGURE 27 -
 PERMITTED COLOURING FOR FOOD*

COLOURING

SHADES

Coal tar dyes:


Allura red

Amaranth

Azorubine

Ponceau 4R

 Reds


Sunset Yellow

FGF

Tartrazine

Yellow 2G

 Yellows

Green S

 Greens


Brilliant Blue FCF

Indigotine

 Blues

Brown HT

 Brown

Brilliant Black BN

 Black

Others:


Annato

Carotenoids

Cochineal

Beetroot extract

Fruit & vegetable juices/extracts

Grape skin extract

Paprika

Riboflavin

Saffron

Turmeric

Yellows

to

reds

Caramel

 Yellows
to browns

Chlorophyll

 Greens

Vegetable carbon

 Black

Footnotes for Figure 27

*This list of permitted food colours is for Australia (1987). The U.K. and U.S.A. have lists that are similar but not identical.

 
Food Facts
- Food additives
- Food colour
Figures:
26: The use of food additives
27:Permitted colouring for food
28: How much juice in the orange drink?
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