| Name
- AMARANTH |
Revision No - 00 |
| Classification E123 /C.I. FOOD RED -9 /C.I.
No. 16185 /C.I.ACID RED#27/BORDEAUX -S |
| Effective
Date - 01/17/2000 |
| No. |
Characteristic |
Requirement |
| |
DESCRIPTION |
REDDISH BROWN POWDER |
| 1) |
Total colour/Assay, percent by Mass, min. |
85.00 |
| 2) |
Water-insoluble matter, percent by mass, Max. |
00.20 |
| 3) |
Combined ether extracts, percent by mass, Max. |
00.20 |
| 4) |
Subsidiary dyes, percent by mass, Max. |
03.00 |
| 5) |
Dye intermediates, percent by mass, max.
O- Sulfo - Benzaldehyde
N'-N'- Ethyl benzyl aniline 3- sulfonic acid
Leuco base
|
00.50 |
| 6) |
Unsulfonated primary aromatic amine (calculated as aniline)
percent by mass, max. |
00.01 |
| 7) |
Lead, mg/kg, Max. |
10.00 |
| 8) |
Arsenic, mg/kg, Max. |
03.00 |
| 9) |
Heavy metals, (as pb) mg/kg, max. |
40.00 |
| 10) |
Mercury, mg/kg ,Max. |
01.00 |
| 11) |
Cadmium, mg/kg, Max. |
01.00 |
|