Amaranth (dye)
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Surname | Amaranth | ||||||||||||||||||
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Molecular formula | C 20 H 11 N 2 Na 3 O 10 S 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Brief description |
dark red-brown powder |
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Molar mass | 604.46 g mol −1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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firmly |
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solubility |
soluble in water: 50 g l −1 (20 ° C) |
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As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
Color amaranth
color code: # E52B50
color code: # E52B50
Amaranth is a red, water-soluble azo dye that is used as a food coloring . In Europe it is approved as a food additive E 123.
Amaranth is resistant to light, heat and the preservative benzoic acid . Amaranth loses its color in the presence of fruit acids . Amaranth is used for aperitif wines, spirits and fish roe .
In the United States and the former Soviet Union, amaranth is not approved as a food additive. It is believed that amaranth can trigger pseudoallergies , skin reactions and bronchial asthma . The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) lists amaranth in Group 3: not classified .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on E 123: Amaranth in the European database for food additives, accessed on June 16, 2020.
- ↑ Entry on CI 16185 in the CosIng database of the EU Commission, accessed on June 16, 2020.
- ↑ a b Amaranth data sheet (dye) from Acros, accessed on February 20, 2010.
- ↑ a b c Amaranth data sheet at Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on March 20, 2011 ( PDF ).
- ↑ ZZulV: Annex 1 (to Section 3, Paragraph 1 and Section 7) Additives that are approved for coloring food or for achieving color effects on food
- ↑ Compliance Program Guidance Manual - Foodborne Biological Hazards p. 37 (PDF; 336 kB) of the FDA
- ↑ monograph IARC , IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. Volume 8. Some Aromatic Azo Compounds. (PDF, 16.5 MB) , accessed on February 12, 2018.
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