The difference between pigment and colorant

Introduction: people always mistakenly think that the protective pigment is the colorant, in fact, there are differences between the two Here is the difference between the protective pigment and the colorant Colorant, also known as food pigment, is a substance that takes food coloring as the main purpose to endow food with color and improve food color At present, there are more than 60 kinds of food colorants commonly used in the world, and 46 kinds are allowed to be used in China According to their sources and properties, they can be divided into two categories: synthetic colorants and natural colorants With the improvement of people's safety awareness of food additives, the development of natural, nutritious and multifunctional natural colorants has become the development direction of colorants Here is the difference between the pigment and the colorant Colorant is mainly for coloring food as the main purpose of the additive called colorant, also known as food pigment The edible pigment makes the food have a pleasant color, which is of great significance to increase the appetite and appetite of the food Color protecting agent is a kind of substance that can react with the color substance in meat and meat products, so that it will not decompose and destroy in the process of food processing and preservation, and will present good color If the color fixative is added to the food, the code is 250, which means the added sodium nitrite, and 250 is the international code of sodium nitrite Some colorants are used in industry, but some of them are used in food What's the harm of eating too much colorant? In fact, a small amount of colorant does not harm people, but using too much will cause serious harm However, China's food safety detector It can accurately check the safety level of food, so consumers can eat it at ease More food safety knowledge is in Baibai safety net Editor in charge: he xianrob