Synthetic Food Colours, also known as Artificial Food Colours, are chemically processed and manufactured. As prominent manufacturer of food colours, Dain Colour Chem provide our customers a wide range of Synthetic Food Colours for national and international markets. Synthetic Colours are mostly applied as colours in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

Types of Synthetic Food Colours:

Primary Food Colours - Primary Food Colours are water soluble, and exhibit color strength when dissolved. Our food dyes are of high utilitarian value and extensively used dyes in food, medicine, cosmetic and various other industries. These primary food Colours are in accordance with international food quality standards.

Quinoline Yellow - Quinoline yellow is a bright yellow color with a shade of green. We offer excellent quality quinoline yellow food colouring. These food dyes are processed using high grade material keeping in mind the quality standards.

Carmoisine - Carmoisine, is praised for its use in applications ranging from red in color to shades, cold drinks, ice cream, sweat meat and allied. We are a unique name in offering a wide gamut of Carmoisine Colours.

Tartrazine - Tartrazine, a synthetic lemon yellow dye, is used in a variety of foods including desserts and candy, soft drinks, spices and breakfast cereals. Our customers worldwide for our quality, reliability and service.

Erythrosine - Erythrosine turns pink to reddish pink in applications, commonly used in candy, ice pops, and cake decorating gels. Our color pigments are widely acclaimed in adding charm to various products.

Blended Food Colours - Blended Colours are obtained by mixing different primary and secondary Colours either independently or with each other. The resulting Colours are unique in color property and provide a different feel to the products.

Egg Yellow Blended Colours - Used for food, tablets, syrups and beverages. At Dain Colour Chem we offer a wide range of Egg Yellow blended Colours.

Dark Chocolate Mixed Colours – It used for food flavors, dairy products, bakery items, cosmetics and soft drinks. It is an essential food colouring ingredient worldwide.

Apple Green Blended Colours - It used for colouring esters, hydrocarbon solvents, paraffin wax, candles and soaps. Customers can avail Orange Red color in various quantities at market leading prices.

Coffee Brown Blended Colours - Dain Colour Chem offers a wide range of blended food Colours including Coffee Browns.

Lake Food Colours - Lake Colours are used, where Colours are not suitable due to dissolving in water. Lake Colours are bright, consistent and useful such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, inks, plastic food containers, etc.

Lake Quinoline Yellow - The quinoline yellow lake, a food additive is popular in various industries and is available at reasonable prices. It is available in powder form and is equally soluble in a variety of liquids.

Tartrazine Lake - Tartrazine Lake is used in both commercial food production and domestic cooking. It is an active ingredient of various food products such as custard, cereals, ice creams, drinks and confectionery items.

Lake Sunset Yellow FCF - Dain Colour Chem has succeeded in manufacturing and supplying Lake Sunset Yellow FCF in the market. It has great importance in pharma, cosmetics, cereals, beverages and other industries.

The colour of your food plays an essential role by visually stimulating your appetite. But have you ever fascinated where these colours come from? Let’s take a closer look.

Why Is Colour Added To Food?

• Coloured foods are generally considered to be inferior in quality and hence colours are added.
• Colours can also protect vitamins and flavors that can be affected by sunlight during storage.
• By using food colouring, we can enhance the natural color of a plate and introduce decorative colors in other foods.
• Food colour can affect perceived taste.

Types of Food - Natural and Synthetic Colours:

There are two types of food colours: Synthetic Food Colours and Natural Food Colours. Not surprisingly, natural colours are a better option because they are derived entirely from plants. Natural colours generally appear less vibrant than artificial colours. However, it does not determine the taste of your food.

Natural Food Colour:

Natural Food Colours is any dye, pigment or any other substance acquired from a vegetable or animal mineral that is capable of colouring food or medicine. Colours come from a wide variety of sources such as seeds, fruits, vegetables, algae and pests. Grass, beet root and turmeric are some of the natural sources from which colours are extracted.

Know Your Natural Colours:

• Red, Blue and Purple: Derived from anthocyanin found in beet, raspberries and red cabbage.
• Green: derived from chlorophyll, a green pigment found in all leaves and stems.
• Yellow, Orange, Red: procured from carotenoids found in apricots, carrots and tomatoes.

Synthetic Food Colour:

They are also called artificial colours. These are manufactured by chemical reaction and are commonly used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Some of the usual food colours are Tartrazine, Sunset Yellow, Amaranth, Allure Red, Quinoline Yellow, Brilliant Blue and Indigo Carmine.

Synthetic or Natural:

Due to consumer concerns around synthetic colours, there is an inclination towards promoting natural colours. Certified synthetic colours are popular because they are less expensive, but they are also effective in giving a rich, uniform color. They can blend easily to give a variety of colours. The use of Synthetic Food Colours is gradually decreasing in India after realizing their harmful effects. Given the relatively high cost of natural colours, it seems that the transition from synthetic colours is an extremely slow process.

Regulation

Whether it is natural or synthetic, the main thing is to meet the desired specifications of the product as prescribed by the regulation. There is a set of rules as per the FSSAI-Indian Regulatory Body for the use of food colours in various foods. Even if there is an inclination towards natural products, if the desired specifications are not met, it serves no purpose.