Gardenia Blue Edible Food Colorant

Gardenia blue color is a kind of  natural edible pigment which extract  from rubiaceous plant gardenia fruit (Gardenia jasminoides Ellis ). It  is a pure natural water soluble food color.

Gardenia Blue mainly contain of crocin and crocetin. Gardenia Blue is 100% water soluble, it’s stable in medium at PH 4.0-8.0,It has a good resistance to temperature, but not to light. Gardenia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands.
The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis after Dr. Alexander Garden (1730-1791), a Scottish-born American naturalist.

Product Name	Gardenia Blue
Color Value (1%,1cm 600+/-5nm)	E30-100
Appearance	Dark Blue Fine Powder
Extract Solvent	Water & Ethanol
Solubility	100% Soluble in water
Part Used	Gardenia Fruit
Certificate	Organic , FDA , HALAL , KOSHER
Loss on drying	<7%
PH	4.0-8.0
Ash	<9%
As	<2mg/kg
Pb	<3mg/kg
Aerobic Plate Count	<1000 cfu/g
Yeast & Mold	<100cfu/g
Coliform	30MPN/100G
Salmonella	Negative
Staphylococcus	Negative

Gardenia Blue Main Function:

1. Gardenia yellow can be used as coloring in the production of beverage, wine, cake, ice-cream, ice-lolly, preserved fruit, expansion food, jelly, flour cake, candy;

Application:

1. Gardenia Yellow can be widely used in instant rice & flour products, raw-wet flour products, raw-dry flour products, cereal products fillings, cocoa products, chocolates and chocolate products, fruit-flavor beverages, beverages of fruit and vegetable juice (pulp), frozen drinks(edible ice excluded), candy, cakes, preserved fruits, jelly, puffed food, canned nuts & seeds, imitation wine;
2. When use Gardenia Yellow, dissolve the color with a small amount of water first, and then mix the color solution with food materials;