date:Sep 12, 2012
materials like solids and liquids. Some standard food colourings use both synthetic and natural colours. Natural dyes from plant products are popular but they come at a price. High quality colorants for the food industry comprise colours, lakes and pigments. In some cases, specialty fluorescent colours are also used by the food industry.
Lakes
Colours that are insoluble in water are made by a chemical process called Lakes. An aluminium lake, for instance, is produced by adsorption of water-so