date:Mar 06, 2019
ght or pH (Karaali et al. 1993). Natural colouring matters are synthesised by plant and animal organisms or microorganisms and they naturally exist in them, e.g., annatto, anthocyanins, caramel, carotenes, curcumin, lycopene.
Synthetic Colourants
The substances which are not found in nature due to chemical structures and obtained by chemical synthesis are known as synthetic colourants. Synthetic food colourants surpass natural colourants due to their high colouring ability, various colour tone,