Cheese, colorants

Lithol Rubine BK (E 180, Cl Pigment Red, Rubin Pigment, Carmine 6B) is a mono azo dye, chemical name calcium 3-hydroxy-4-(4-methyl-2-sulfonatopheny-lazo)-2-naphthalenecarboxylate. It is a red powder, slightly soluble in hot water (90°C), insoluble in cold water, insoluble in ethanol. The absorption maximum is 442 mn in dimethylformamide with Ej. = 200. It is not permitted in the US and is restricted to cheese coloring in the EU. "... 

Americans were eating a wide variety of artificially colored products, including ketchup, jeUies, cordials, butter, cheese, ice cream, candy, sausage, noodles, and wine. The use of the new synthetic colorants in dmg and cosmetic products was also increasing rapidly. 

In milk approximately 90% of the yellow color is because of the presence of -carotene, a fat-soluble carotenoid extracted from feed by cows. Summer milk is more yellow than winter milk because cows grazing on lush green pastures in the spring and summer months consume much higher levels of carotenoids than do cows ham-fed on hay and grain in the fall and winter. Various breeds of cows and even individual animals differ in the efficiency with which they extract -carotene from feed and in the degree to which they convert it into colorless vitamin A. The differences in the color of milk are more obvious in products made from milk fat, since here the yellow color is concentrated. Thus, unless standardized through the addition of colorant, products like butter and cheese show a wide variation in shade and in many cases appear unsatisfactory to the consumer. 

The colorant is prepared by leaching the annatto seeds with an extractant prepared from one or more approved, food-grade materials taken from a hst that includes various solvents, edible vegetable oils and fats, and alkaline aqueous and alcohoHc solutions (46,47). Depending on the use intended, the alkaline extracts are often treated with food-grade acids to precipitate the annatto pigments, which ia turn may or may not be further purified by recrystallization from an approved solvent. Annatto extract is one of the oldest known dyes, used siace antiquity for the coloring of food, textiles, and cosmetics. It has been used ia the United States and Europe for over 100 years as a color additive for butter and cheese (48—50). 

The colorant is used at 2—50 ppm as pure color to shade margarine, shortening, butter, cheese (4 ), baked goods, confections, ice cream, eggnog, macaroni products, soups, juices, and beverages (58). Its chief advantages over other colorants are its nutritional value and its abiUty to dupHcate natural yellow to orange shades. 

Only synthetically prepared Ti02 can be used as a color additive. It is permitted ia foods to 1% and is used to color such products as confectionary paimed goods, cheeses, and icings. It is also widely used ia tableted dmg products and ia numerous cosmetics such as Upsticks, nail enamels, face powder, eye makeup, and rouges, ia amounts consistent with good manufactuting practice (42). 

Fig. 3. Schematic process flow diagram for an imitation cheese product having the following formulation dry ingredients, calcium caseinate (or rennet casein), 24.5 wt % tapioca flour, 3.0 wt % salt, 2.16 wt % adipic acid, 0.6 wt % vitamins and minerals, 0.1 wt % sorbic acid (mold inhibitor), 0.5 wt % fat—color blend, soybean oil hydrogenated to a Wiley melting point of 36°C, 21.3 wt % lactylated monoglycerides, 0.05 wt % red-orange coloring, 0.01 wt...

Later it was found growing in South America where the Indians used the red dye from the seeds as a body paint. An extract of the seeds appears on the market as annatto. This extract is used in coloring butter, margarine, and cheese such as Leicester cheese. In Mexican and South American cuisine, it finds special use as a flavor and coloring matter. The seeds are sold under the name achiote in many Latin grocery stores and markets. Ann at o is available as an aqueous solution, as an oleaginous dispersion, and a spray-dried powder. 

Annatto provides color in cheese, butter, margarine, and microwave popcorn. It is often used as a substitute for the expensive herb saffron. It also has antioxidant properties. 

Because annatto binds well to the proteins in dairy foods, it is often used to add color to milk products such as butter, cheese, or puddings. 

Beta-carotene is used in foods to provide color (margarine would look as white as vegetable shortening without it). Another similar molecule, annatto, is used in cheeses. Another famous carotenoid dye, saffron, is used to color rice and other foods. 

Colorant containing annatto and Ca caseinate as carrier mixed with water to be added directly to cheese milk yielding uniform colored cheese mass Water-dispersible beadlet of p-carotene is mixed with oil to attein composition that remains stable even in presence of polyphosphates and with antioxidant action even in absence of ascorbic acid Blending carotenoid pigment and soybean fiber (wifii tomato juice) as effective ingredient for dispersion stability... 

Annatto colors (C.I. 75120) E 100 2% norbixin Annatto extract, water, Yellow-orange Cheeses, ice cream, bakery products... 

In the EU, the use of cochineal derivatives is authorized for coloring alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, candied fruits and vegetables, red fruit preserves, confectionery, ices, bakery products, cheeses, jam, jellies, marmalades, fruit-flavored cereals, and other products. ... 

Color plays a special role in the foods we eat. For example, when confronted with a food of an unattractive color, the consumer assumes the food is of poor quality or is spoiled. Similarly, a product with an atypical color, e.g., a green cheese or a blue drink, in most cases would be rejected by the consumer. Typically, one associates certain colors with certain food items such as cherry with red, lemon with yellow, and orange with carrot. Therefore, color can serve as a primary identification of food and also as a protective measure to prevent the consumption of spoiled food. Food colors create physiological and psychological expectations and attitudes that are developed by experience, tradition, education, and environment we inevitably eat with our eyes. ... 

Hong, C.M., Wendorff, W.L., and Bradley, R.L., Jr., Factors affecting light-induced pink discoloration of aimatto-colored cheese, J. Food ScL, 60, 94, 1995. 

Petersen, M., L. Wiking, and H. Stapelfeldt. 1999. Light sensitivity of two colorants for Cheddar cheese. Quantum yields for photodegradation in an aqueous model system in relation to light stability of cheese in illuminated display. J. Dairy Res. 66 599-607. 

Pavia, M., Trujillo, A.J., Guamis, B., Capellas, M., and Ferragut, V. 1999. Changes in microstruc-tural, textural and color characteristics during ripening of Machego type cheese salted by brine vacuum impregnation. Int. Dairy J. 9, 91-98. 

Tofu has long been a source of protein in the Orient. It has much the same importance to the people of the Orient that meats, eggs and cheese have for the people in Western Countries. Tofu is usually sold in the form of a wet cake with a creamy-white color, smooth custard-like texture and a bland taste. It is highly hydrated and, depending on the water content, tofu products with different characteristics can be produced. The typical oriental type of tofu has a water content about 85%. Japanese prefer tofu having a smooth, fragile texture that contains about 88% water. The Chinese, on the other hand, produce many types of firm products with a chewy meatlike texture and a water content as low as 50-60%. Western consumers like tofu with a firm texture therefore, tofu found in the U.S. supermarkets contains 75-80% water. 

P.R.57 1 is a useful colorant for a variety of special purpose media, including colored pencils and crayons. A number of countries have legally defined purity regulations concerning the use in decorative cosmetics articles, such as face powder and lipstick. The same is true for cheese casings [11], Suitable grades are commercially available, they are registered in the USA as D C Red 7, in Japan as Red No. 202. 

Paprika contains capsombin and capsanthin (Fig. 8.3) which occur mainly as the lauric acid esters, and about 20 other carotenoid pigments. Paprika is produced in many countries which have developed their own specialties. Cayenne or cayenne pepper, produced from a different cultivar of C. annum, is usually more pungent. C. frutescens is the source of the very pungent Tabasco sauce. Paprika oleoresin is produced by solvent extraction of the ground powder. Obviously paprika supplies both flavor and color and its use is limited to those products compatible with the flavor. The recent rise in demand for tomato products in the form of pizza, salsa, etc., has increased the demand for paprika. Paprika is used in meat products, soups, sauces, salad dressings, processed cheese, snacks, confectionery and baked goods.1018... 

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