Ponceau 4R

Ponceau 4R Food Color

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Color: Red
Form: Powder
Packaging Size: 25 kg
Packaging Type: as per requirement
Brand: Megha International
Country of Origin: Made in India

Ponceau 4R is also known by the names of Cochineal Red A, Brilliant Scarlet 3R, C.I. Acid Red 18, New Coccine. Providing support as a synthetic colorant it can be used as food coloring agent and is made available in form of red AZO dye. It finds suitability in variety of food products and normally come synthesized from aromatic hydrocarbons from petroleum.

Its composition includes trisodium 2-hydroxy-1(4-sulfonato-1-naphthylazo) naphthalene-6,8-disulfonate as well as subsidiary coloring agents that are used in combination with sodium chloride/sodium sulfate as principal uncolored component.

specification

products name

ponceau 4r

color shade

synonyms

food red-7

chemical name

trisodium 2-hydroxy-1-(4- sulfonato-1-naphtylazo)-naphtalene-6,8-disulfonate

color index no.

16255

c. I. Name

acid red 18

fda status

cas no.

2611-82-7

einecs no.

220-036-2

eec no.

e-124

hue name (food)

red - 7

indian standard no.

2258

class

monoazo

total dye content % min.

loss on drying at 135 c & sodium
chlorides & sulphates % max

water insoluble matter % max.

0. 2

ether extracts % max. .

0. 2

subsidiary dye % max.

1. 0

dyes intermediates % max.

0. 50

unsulfonated primary aromatic amines % max.

0. 01

lead (as "pb") ppm (max. )

10. 00

arsenic (as "as" ppm (max. )

1. 00

mercury (as "hg") ppm (max)

1. 0

chromium (as "cr") ppm (max)

5. 0

heavy metals ppm (max)

40. 00

total organic compound other than coloring matters, percent by mass.
4-aminonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid
7-hydroxynaphthalene-1,3-disulfonic acid
3-hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid
6-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid
7-hydroxynaphthalene-1,3-6- trisulfonic acid

max

00. 50

water (gms/ltr. )

140. 0

glycerine (gms/ltr. )

10. 00

propylene glycon (gms/ltr. )

50. 00

ethanol (95%) (gms/ltr. )

trace

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