Colors Used In Biscuits

Bakery manufacturers uses  various ingredients and methods  to give color  to biscuits and cookies . Colors could be added to biscuits  as

Natural  colors can be categorised  into  following groups
Artificial  colors /  Synthetic


List  of  colors  used  in biscuit  -Distinctively or  in combination

Natural  colors
Chloropyll
Caramel
Curcumin or tumeric
Beta-carotene
Beta spo- 8 apo-B carotenic acid
Methylester  of   Beta -apo-8 carotenic acid
Ethylester of Beta -apo-8 carotenic acid
Canthaxamthin
Riboflavin, Lactoflavin
Annatto
Saffron

Synthetic

Indigo Carmine
Erythrosine
Carmoisine
Ponceau 4R
Tartrazine
Sunset Yellow  FCF
Brilliant Blue  FCF
Fast Green FCF

 Note :Pl refer PFA ,Act 1954  for  permissible limits