Food Dyeing Materials Cochineal Carmine Extract powder is a Natural Pigment 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. Natrual Ingredients 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 Food Coloring Agents 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 Pigment and Cosmetic Raw Materials.
Food Colorant Cochineal Extract 50% Carmine Cochineal
Specification of Cochineal extract
Product Name: Cochineal extract
Latin Name: Carmine Cochineal
Apperance: Red powder
Specification: 50%
Test Method: HPLC
Function of cochineal extract
1. Can be used for lipstick, foundation, eye shadow, eyeliner, nail polish and baby products.
2. Cochineal is used in the pharmaceutical industry as a coating for tablets and pellets and as a coloring agent for capsule shells.
3. Cochineal pestis can also be used for coloring foods such as sweets, drinks and meat products.
Cochineal and yellow, orange, red pigment, such as curcumin, bismuth orange, red peppers, β-carotene mix can be adjusted out a series of different shades of products.
Application of cochineal extract
1. Applied in food field, it is mainly used as natural food additives for colorant;
2. Applied in cosmetic field and pharmaceuticals , it is mainly used as red colorant;
3. As senior dye, widely used in textile manufacturing industry, such as toys, senior textile, wool products .