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| CAS No.: | 2611-82-7 |
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| Product Name | Carmine |
| CAS No | 2611-82-7 |
| EINECS No | 220-036-2 |
| Active Ingredient | Carminic Acid |
| Molecular Formula | C22H20O13 |
Cochineal Extract is a natural coloring 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.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 words 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 coloring and in cosmetic.
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.
Cosmetic: Can be used for lipstick, foundation, eye shadow, eyeliner, nail polish and infant supplies.
Medicine: Carmine in the pharmaceutical industry, as a coating material for tablets and pellets, and colorants for capsule shells.
Food: Carmine can also be used in food such as candy, drinks, meat products, coloring.
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