International Association of Color Manufacturers: Fruit & Vegetable Juice Colors

Fruit & Vegetable Juice Colors

Identifiers CAS No. 977010-51-17 (fruit juice) CAS No. 977010-58-4 (vegetable juice) Physical Description Fruit and vegetable juice color additives are prepared either by expressing the juice from mature varieties of fresh, edible vegetables or fruits, or by the water infusion…

Galdieria Extract

Identifiers Galdieria Extract Blue Physical Description Galdieria extract blue is a liquid or powder prepared by the filtered aqueous extraction of the dried biomass of a non-pathogenic and non-toxigenic strain of Galdieria sulphuraria. The biomass is prepared by heterotrophic fermentation…

Calcium Phosphate

Identifiers Calcium phosphates Tricalcium phosphate CAS No. 1306-06-5 INS No. 341(iii) E 341 Physical Description Calcium phosphate is a white, odorless, synthetically prepared powder consisting predominantly of precipitated Ca5OH(PO4)3. Specifications JECFA (for use as an anticaking agent, buffer) FDA EU…

Gardenia (Genipin) Blue

Identifiers Gardenia (Genipin) Blue CAS No. 106441-42-3 INS No. 165 Physical Description Gardenia (genipin) blue is a dark purple or dark blue liquid or powder prepared by the polymerization of genipin obtained from the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis with…

Jagua (Genipin-glycine) Blue

Identifiers Jagua (Genipin-Glycine) Blue CAS No. 1314879-21-4 INS No. 183 Physical Description Jagua blue is a water-soluble blue colorant. It is obtained by reacting genipin, present in the extract of unripe Genipa americana Linne (Rubiaceae) fruit, with stoichiometric equivalents of…

Calcium Carbonate

IACM Fact Sheet Identifiers INS No. 170(i) E 170 CAS No. 471-34-1 CI Pigment White 18 CI No. 77220 Physical Description Calcium carbonate is a fine, white powder consisting essentially of precipitated calcium carbonate (CaCO3) prepared either by grinding naturally…

Spirulina Extract

Identifiers INS No. 134 CAS No. 20298-86-6 Physical Description Spirulina occurs as a fine, uniform powder or flakes, darks blue green to green in color. Spirulina extract is prepared by the filtered aqueous extraction of the dried biomass of Arthrospira…

Lycopene

Identifiers INS No. 160d(i); Lycopene (synthetic) INS No. 160d(ii); Lycopene extract from tomato INS No. 160d(iii); Lycopene from blakeslea trispora Tomato lycopene extract; tomato lycopene concentrate E 160d(i); Synthetic lycopene E 160d(ii); Lycopene from red tomatoes E 160d(iii); Lycopene from…

Vegetable Carbon

Identifiers INS No. 153 Vegetable Black E 153 Physical Description Vegetable carbon is produced by the carbonization of vegetable materials such as wood, cellulose residues, peat and coconut and other shells. The raw material is carbonized at high temperatures and…

Titanium Dioxide

Identifiers INS No. 171 E171 CAS No. 13463-67-7 CI Pigment White 6 Titania Physical Description Titanium Dioxide occurs as a white, amorphous powder. It is produced by either the sulfate or the chloride process, and processing conditions determine the form,…