What is the colorant

Introduction: in order to make feed products more suitable for users' traditional habits, feed dyeing is generally processed into light yellow or yellow products In the production process of feed, you only need to add common colorants such as lemon yellow in a certain proportion to achieve this goal What is the colorant with the small-scale production of Baibai safety net? Colorants are mainly divided into pigment and dye Pigments can be divided into organic pigments and inorganic pigments according to their structure Dye is an organic compound that can be used in most solvents and dyed plastics It has the advantages of small density, high coloring power and good transparency But its general molecular structure is small and easy to transfer when coloring Is the colorant harmful to the body? The answer is yes, the state order forbids the production enterprises to illegally add non edible colorant and over standard colorant After long-term consumption of such food, human health will be affected, and excessive pollutants will cause damage to the main organs of human body Especially for children's healthy development caused certain harm, let's have a specific understanding of what is 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 According to the sources, colorants can be divided into two categories: one is natural colorants, the other is synthetic colorants Natural colorant is a kind of carotenoid extracted or processed from driven, plant and microorganism At present, the natural pigments widely accepted and used in the international market are mainly lutein and capsanthin In addition, natural animals and plants are often used as colorants in China, such as ginseng stem and leaf powder, marigold powder, Ziyu refined powder, cassava leaf powder, pine needle leaf powder, orange peel powder, Leucaena leaf powder, carrot, shrimp and crab shell powder, seaweed, etc., as colorants for livestock, poultry and aquatic products Synthetic colorants are mainly carotenoids For example, β - apo-8-carotene (c30h40o) or β - apo-8-carotenoid ethyl ester (c32h44o) and citrullin (c33h44o), cantharidin, galihong, galihuang, lukangding, etc Through the introduction of the small edition of Baibai safety net, you can understand what colorant is If you want to know more about food additives, you can continue to browse the contents of the food safety column of this net, so as to better ensure that your family can eat safe food Editor in charge: Zhang Xiaofu