Food Grade Supplement Turmeric Extract Curcumin   

Product name: Turmeric  extract

Latin name: Curcuma Longa  L .

Part of the plant used: rootstalk of curcuma longa

Product specifition:90% 95% Curcumin 

Product type:Yellow Powder

Test method: HPLC

 

What is Turmeric? 

Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae,which reaches up to 1 m tall and native to India, South America, China and the East Indies. Highly branched, yellow to orange, cylindrical, aromatic rhizomes are found.

 

Turmeric, a yellow root, imparts color and flavor to food and has been used as a color and/or spice for centuries, that is produced by grinding the rhizomes of the perennial herb, Curcuma longa. The colourings responsible for the bright yellow hue of turmeric are the pigments curcumin, demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin. 

Some brief product information

Product name:	Curcuma Longa Extract
Latin Name	Curcuma Longa L
Appearance:	Yellow Powder
Product Specification:	95%
Loss on drying:	NMT5.0%
Heavy metals:	NMT10ppm
Acid insoluble Ash:	NMT5.0%
CAS No:	458-37-7
Part used:	Root
Test Method:	HPLC
Particle Size:	80 Meshes

 

What is the functions of  Turmeric  extract?

1.Improve immunity.
2.Helping to prevent dementia.
3.Antioxidant,anti-inflammatory,antifungal.
4.Preventing the body from the damages of free radicals.
5.Preventing swelling of the joint ,arthritis, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
6.Having anticoagulant, lipid-lowering, anti-atherosclerotic, anti-aging,and inhibiting growth of tumor .

Where deoes the Turmeric Extract use for?  

1. Mainly used as flavor additive to pigments and foods,

2. It also has a good performances such as anticancer, anti,inflammatory  antioxidation, antimutagenics, Lipoidemia reducing and etc.

3. Now it is used as a food coloring since it normally gives food (slightly yellow color) is used to protect food products from sunlight. 

4. The curcumin/polysorbate solution or curcumin powder dissolved in alcohol is used for water-containing products. Over-coloring, such as in pickles, relishes, and mustard, is sometimes used to compensate for fading.