Applications of Food colourings
We concentrate science, service and innovation to offer the best colour solutions for food and drinks. Incoltec provides a very wide colour variety of quality food colours in the world.
A solution is a transformation, alchemy, an application for creating and transforming.
Our laboratories create solutions designed in order to solve any need in any colour. Applying a solution is not only remedying a problem, but also providing tools to generate new products and therefore innovate.
Incoltec maintains a permanent feedback with the clients, with the worldwide trends and with the scientific community in order to provide quality solutions and being able to give the best advice and support.
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GreenApple Powder
Read moreApples stand as one of the most renowned fruits in global history, originating from the Rosaceae family. Packed with pectins, soluble fibers aiding in cholesterol elimination and sugar balance, along with essential vitamins and mineral.
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Green
Artichoke Powder
Read moreThe artichoke, an herbaceous plant utilized for both culinary and medicinal purposes, shares similarities with thistles and belongs to the compound family. Renowned for its metabolic healing properties, it aids digestive functions. With bluish-green and purple flowers, artichokes are enjoyed in various dishes, juices, and infusions. We provide an ecological nutritional food colouring derived from dehydrated and ground artichokes (Cynara scolymus L.), ensuring nutritional quality, a natural green hue, and a pleasantly sweet aroma.
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Red
Black carrot
Read moreBlack carrot: Red colorant obtained by extraction of the Black Carrot (a variety of carrot with an intense red colour) and subsequently dehydrated by atomization. It comes in liquid and powder format. It can be applied in soft drinks, wines, liqueurs, confectionery in general, juices, jams and others as long as the final pH is acidic.
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Blue
Blue Genipa
Read moreOur blue colouring food is derived from the Jagua or Huito (Genipa Americana), an edible fruit abundant in the tropical forests of Latin America. Available in powder or liquid form, it is water-soluble and demonstrates excellent stability to heat, light, and a wide range of pH levels, both acidic and neutral. It finds applications in desserts, ice creams, beverages, confectionery, pastry, sweets, and candies.
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Blue
Blue Spirulina
Read moreBlue Spirulina: This product is a blue pigment derived from blue-green algae, featuring Phycocyanin as the active agent. It is water-soluble, offered in both powder and liquid forms, and exhibits good stability to heat, light, and a range of pH levels. Ideal for use in desserts, ice creams, beverages, confectionery, pastry, sweets, and candies.
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Brown, Green
Broccoli Powder
Read moreBroccoli, a member of the cabbage family, boasts significant cardiovascular benefits owing to its rich content of flavonoids, antioxidants, vitamin C, proteins, and other nutrients. Recognized by its plentiful green edible heads arranged in a tree-like shape, this absolutely natural product can be incorporated into various preparations, imparting a green-brown colour along with its full nutritional value.
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Orange
Carrot Powder
Read moreThe carrot, recognized by its edible orange root and elongated leaves, derives its properties from a concentration of carotenes, including beta-carotenes or pro-vitamin A, serving as natural antioxidants. Beyond benefiting the skin, eyes, and digestion, our organic colouring food products offer a versatile option for various culinary applications, delivering a nutritional-quality orange hue.
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Green
Chard powder
Read moreChard, belonging to the beta vulgaris family like beets, features large green and reddish leaves with white stalks, cultivated for consumption. Abundant in vitamin K, calcium, and other nutrients supporting the blood, bone, and digestive systems, it also serves as a natural green colouring food. Extracted from selected raw materials free of toxic agents, our organic colouring product retains fibres and proteins.
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Yellow
E-100 Curcumin
Read moreCurcumin (E-100): Natural colorant that offers bright and intense colour tones ranging from yellow to orange. Obtained from Curcuma longa, a member of the ginger family, through a process of extraction, drying, and purification. Known for its high anti-inflammatory properties and health benefits, we provide it in powder and liquid formats, both hydro-soluble and fat-soluble. Typically used in dairy products desserts, jams, meat, snacks, baked goods, preserves, pasta, ice cream, sauces, and drinks.
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Orange, Red
E-120 Carmine
Read moreCarmine (E-120): This widely-used natural food colouring, derived from cochineal extracts, imparts deep red hues, shades of orange, and purplish tones. Carminic acid and carmine lakes, are applied in colouring various products like food, drugs, and cosmetics. These include meat, seafood, confectionery, alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, cider, vinegar, yogurt, baked goods, jams, jellies, dairy products, snacks, convenience foods, fruit preparations, and seasonings.
The colours exhibit stability against light, heat, and varying pH levels, with some being water-soluble and others fat-soluble.
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Green
E-141 CU-CHLOROPHYLLINE / CHLOROPHYLL
Read moreChlorophyllin cuprosodic (E-141): Alfalfa-derived natural green is used to produce chlorophyllin, a blend of copper salts and sodium originating from chlorophyll. Being water soluble, it facilitates enhanced absorption by the body while maintaining it’s inherit properties. Chlorophyllin finds application in various beverages, smoothies, ice cream, jellies, pastries, vegetables dishes, cheeses, and candies. Its stability to both light and heat exposure is remarkable.
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Black
E-153 CHARCOAL
Read moreCarbon Black (E-153): Charcoal is a natural colorant in black tones, obtained from the burning of vegetables, coconut shells and other natural materials reduced to small particles and suspended in glucose syrup. Presented as a paste, it is soluble in water and applicable in neutral or acid pH products. Used in the fish industry for caviar or surimi imitation, as well in confectionery, candies, cookies and chocolates. It serves as a vegetable black pigment without toxicity, suitable for human consumption. Excellent stability to the light and heat exposure.
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Orange, Yellow
E-160A Betacarotene
Read moreBetacarotene (E-160a): Betacarotenes are natural pigments that provide orange and yellow colours to fruits and vegetables. Recognized for their skin, eyesight and overall health benefits, these pigments find applications in medicine and the food industry. Our quality products are sourced through extraction from natural sources and biosynthesis in the laboratory. Available in liquid or powder formats, these natural food colorants are applicable to dairy, bakery, drinks, margarine, snacks, sauces, candies and desserts. They are stable, safe, easy to apply and exhibit excellent solubility.
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Orange, Red
E-160c Paprika ORP
Read moreOleoresin (E-160C): Paprika oleoresin serves as a red vegetable colouring, easily dissolvable in liquids and viscous substances. Extracted naturally from Capsicum Annum L peppers, it contains Capsanthin pigment, providing orange and red shades from the carotenoid family. Available in powder or liquid format, it demonstrates good stability to light and heat. Applicable to products with acidic or neutral pH, including meat, surimi, sauces, candies, snacks, spices and vegetables.
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Red
E-160d Lycopene
Read moreLycopene E-160 (d): Lycopene is an oil-soluble red carotenoid pigment, occurs naturally in various fresh fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, watermelon, pink grapefruit and papaya. It can also be synthetically be produced. Applicable to acidic and neutral pHs, it finds uses in candies, dairy, bakery, surimi, meat and sauces. Available in water soluble and fat-soluble version.
