Gardenia Green Natural Colorant

Gardenia green  a natural food pigment, is got from the gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides ELLIS) fruit of madder family by biological fermentation.

The appearance of gardenia green is dark green. It can easily dissolve in water, ethanol solution and propylene glycol solution, can not dissolve in organic solvent. The shade is stable in medium when PH is between 4 to 8. It has a good resistance to temperature, but not to light. The dye ability is good to protein than star.

Gardenia green can be widely used in instant rice & flour products, jam, fruit-flovoured beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, candy, cake, imitation wine,  frozen drinks (excluding 03.04 edible ice) , salted vegetable, fried nuts and seeds, fillings for cereal products, fillings for bakery wares, condiments, protein beverages, solid beverages, puffed food.

Quality Standard	Powder
E 1% 1cm 4440nm                    ≥	24
Drying Loss                               ≤	7%
Ash Content                              ≤	9%
Arsenic(As)                               ≤	2mg/kg
Lead(Pb)                                   ≤	3mg/kg
Heavy metal                               ≤	10mg/kg
Germs Count                              ≤	1000/g
Colon Bacillus                            ≤	30MPN/100g
Pathogenic Bacteria	Not Detected

Gardenia Green Main Function:

1. It’s 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 green 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 green, dissolve the color with a small amount of water first, and then mix the color solution with food materials;