Product Description
Carmine is a natural colorant derived from the cochineal insect Dactylopius Coccus Costa which grows on cacti in Central and South America. Nowadays a large part of the cochineal comes from Peru where it grows in nature as well as on plantations due to the ideal climate of the country.
Function
1. Cochineal Carmine is an excellent natural food red pigment. It shows bright purplish red in weak acid or neutral environment, but its color changes under alkaline conditions. The maximum absorption of pigment solution at the pH value of 5.7 occurred at 494 nm.
2. The pigment had good storage stability and thermal stability, but poor light stability. After 24 hours of direct sunlight, the pigment retention rate was only 18.4%. In addition, the pigment has weak oxidation resistance and is greatly affected by metal ion Fe3 +. But the reducing substance can protect the color of pigment.
3. Cochineal Carmine is stable to most food additives and has a wide range of application.
Application
Cosmetic: Can be used for lipstick, foundation, eye shadow, eyeliner, nail polish.
Medicine: Carmine in the pharmaceutical industry, as a coating material for tablets and pellets, and colorants for capsule shells.
Food: Carmine can also be used in food such as candy, drinks, meat products, coloring.
Introduction of Carmine Cochineal
Cochineal Extract is a natural coloring that provides a characteristic pink, red or purple hue while demonstrating excellent heat and light stability.Cochineal insects are soft-bodied, flat, oval-shaped scale insects, native to tropical and subtropical South America and Mexico. They live on cacti, feeding on the plant's moisture and nutrients.Carminic acid is a substance found in high concentration in cochineal insects. It is extracted from the insect's body and eggs and is mixed with aluminum or calcium salts to make carmine dye (also known as cochineal).
The words Cochineal, Cochineal Extract, Carmine, Crimson Lake, Natural Red 4, C.I. 75470, E120, and even some 'natural colorings' refer to a dye called 'carminic acid', which is primarily used as a food coloring and in cosmetic.
Main Function of Carmine Cochineal
Carmine red can be used for food, medicine and cosmetics coloring, especially mouthwash, toothpaste, powder, ointment, for solid powder dosage form, it should be dissolved in a small amount of concentrated ammonia, and then add To the powder, the long grinding, in order to obtain the best distribution of the best color with aluminum salt or tin salt mordant, silk and wool can be dyed bright red. It can be used as an indicator for pigments and titrant ammonia solutions for foods, cosmetics and the like and used as reagents for microscopic analysis, fluorescence analysis and the like.
Application of Carmine Cochineal
Cosmetic: Can be used for lipstick, foundation, eye shadow, eyeliner, nail polish and infant supplies.
Medicine: Carmine in the pharmaceutical industry, as a coating material for tablets and pellets, and colorants for capsule shells.
Food: Carmine can also be used in food such as candy, drinks, meat products, coloring.
