What is beet root red color?

 When we go to the supermarket, we can find a vegetable that looks purplish red like a radish, that is --- beet. Its price is low, and in Asia, it is categorized as a raw food diet beet. In fact, in the West has long been not uncommon in recent years, due to several studies have found that beet's health benefit, let it gradually become a popular health vegetable.

Beet root red color is a commonly used natural color, the main component is beet red glucoside, accounting for 75% to 95%. Beet red is red-purple to dark purple liquid, lump, powder, or paste, and its liquid aqueous solution shows red to red-purple, from the stability point of view, pH3.0 ~ 7.0 is more stable, pH4.0 ~ 5.0 stability is the largest. Compared with other colorants, beet red is relatively stable during food processing and storage. It is slightly stable in the presence of vitamin C. It prevents discoloration in the presence of polysaccharides and is applied to foods unaffected by heat and light. What role does beet red play in our lives?

In medical use, beet red color has medicinal properties such as antioxidants, tumor prevention, lowering blood lipids, slowing down muscle fatigue, and preventing cancer and malignant tumors. In terms of food, beet red color can also be added and used in food. It is an ideal coloring agent for juice-type drinks, soft drinks, prepared wines, candies, coloring on pastries, canned foods, concentrated fruit juices, etc. It is also widely used in these fields.