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colouring agent

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ID 697063 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain foodstuffs - production - products - tradefood chemicals
  • any substance that imparts color to another material or mixture. Colorants can be either soluble dyes or pigments.
värvaine
colourant preferred
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  • ... for an aniseed-flavoured spirit drink to be called 'pastis' it must also contain natural extracts of liquorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra), which implies the presence of the colorants known as 'chalcones' as well as glycyrrhizic acid, the minimum and maximum levels of which must be 0,05 and 0,5 grams per litre respectively.
colorant

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