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
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