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Product Overview
Sorghum red color is made of black-purple or reddish-brown sorghum shells as raw materials, extracted with water, concentrated, and dried to obtain the finished product. It is a kind of natural color. The main content is apigenin and quercetin. The product is brownish-red powder or liquid with a characteristic odor, easily soluble in water and ethanol, and insoluble in oil. It's stable to heat and light.
Health Safety & Performance
With people's increasing concern about human health, food safety has been taken seriously. Nitrite is usually added to traditional meat products as a coloring agent, which is a serious threat to human health. Sorghum red color not only has good coloring properties for protein, but the color tone is close to the natural color of meat, it has a sense of reality, and it is purely natural and harmless to health.
It can be added quantitatively in enema products such as ham and sausage to achieve the ideal coloring effect. The light fastness of the sorghum red color is good. After repeated tests, the color solution was placed under the condition of indoor astigmatism for one month, and its absorbance did not change significantly, and it had a good shelf life and color retention performance.
Wide Range of Applications
Nowadays, it is widely used in:
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Frequently Asked Questions
QWhat is Sorghum Red Color made of?
Sorghum red color is a natural color made from black-purple or reddish-brown sorghum shells as raw materials, which are extracted with water, concentrated, and dried to obtain the finished product.
QWhat are the main active components in Sorghum Red Color?
The main active contents of Sorghum Red Color are apigenin and quercetin.
QWhat are the solubility and stability properties of Sorghum Red Color?
Sorghum red color is easily soluble in water and ethanol, but insoluble in oil. It has excellent stability when exposed to heat and light.
QWhy is Sorghum Red Color a better alternative to nitrite in meat products?
While nitrite poses a serious threat to human health, Sorghum Red Color is purely natural, harmless, and provides realistic coloring properties for protein that closely match the natural color tone of meat.
QHow does Sorghum Red Color perform in terms of light fastness?
It has outstanding light fastness. Tests show that placing the color solution under indoor astigmatism for one month does not significantly change its absorbance, indicating a good shelf life and color retention performance.
QIn what food products is Sorghum Red Color commonly used?
It is widely used in candy, ice cream, carbonated beverages, jelly, chewing gum, frozen beverages, batter, coated powder, fried powder, seasonings, baking, and enema products like ham and sausage.