Declaration: Colouring without E-numbers!
Colourfood Professional‘s products are colouring foods and are thus not colouring agents such as additives and therefo- re do not have to be declared as a a colourant with an E-number.
But what is the difference between colourings?
There are food colourings that have a plant origin, but there are also synthetic replicas of naturally occurring colouring substances as well as entirely synthetic compounds.
We therefore distinguish between 3 types of colourants*
• Artificial dyes (additive, with E-number)
• Natural dyes (additive, with E-number)
• Colouring food (no additive, without E-number)
*This distinction is not recognised by law, but is common in the industry.
Artificial
colourants
- Completely synthetically produced colourants
- This category includes az based colourants, which require - when used - the following label on the packeging:
"may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children"
Additive - with E-Number
Natural
Colourants
- The colour pigments are selectively extracted from natural raw materials (e.g. plants, fruits, animals, ...)
- Frequently, additional additives are used in the production process such as solvents, emulsifiers, aluminium, copper etc.
Additive - with E-Number
Colouring
Foods
- These are defined as foods with a colouring effect (e.g. cherry juice)
- In the industry, colouring foods are mostly extracted from colour intensive foods to be used as colourants
- Thereby the pigments are not extracted selectively, as the taste of the raw materials remains
No additive - without E-Number
How do I have to declare Colourfood Professional?
As colouring foods are normal ingredients and there- fore part of the recipe, they only need to be listed in the ingredient list as what they are and with what is listed in the respective specifications.
For example:
„colouring food: carrots and peppers“ or „colouring concentrate (paprika and carrot)“
How do I have to declare dyes or additives?
Food colours that are additives must be declared with the class name, i.e. „dye“, which indicates the intended use, the chemical name or E-number.
For example: „Colour E120“ or „colouring agent carmine“
